January 2022
Road of Bones by Christopher Golden

February 2022
Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour

September 2022
I'm the Girl by Courtney Summers

January 2023
All Hallows by Christopher Golden

One afternoon in the bookstore, a young woman in her late teens approached me and said, "Excuse me. Can you help me? I want some books like . . . " She named a few teen fiction titles that dealt with drug abuse and anorexia. She looked slightly uncomfortable but mostly excited. I told her that I could recommend many good books. Within minutes, she ( Read more... )

Congratulations to all of my readers who have recently graduated from high school or college. You did it ( Read more... )

One of my regular teen customers requested a booklist of super sleuths and sassy spies. I could have listed many, many spy-tastic books, but I decided to create a shorter list which focused on my absolute favorites and those which I most highly recommend as well as some recent releases.

Super Sleuths: Classic Realistic Mystery Series - rated G - ( Read more... )

My friend Claire asked for a list of YA books which focused on school life. After giving her some recommendations, I typed up this list, and kept adding more and more titles until I had a booklist populated with characters in various grade levels going through all sorts of transitions.

Elementary and middle school:The Ramona books by Beverly ( Read more... )

December: 13 books and scripts read

I read mostly unpublished new works this month. I also listened to the first season of Limetown.

Total number of books read in 2019: 170

Here is my list of my favorite books I read this year, listed in the order in which they were read. Click on a title to read my review, when available.

Fierce Fairytales: Poems and Stories to Stir Your Soul by Nikita Gill (poetry and short stories, published in 2018)
The Lady from the Black Lagoon: ( Read more... )

November 2019: 16 books and scripts read

Another month where almost everything I read is unpublished/not yet public. I hope you are all enjoying a lovely holiday season!

October 2019: 13 books and scripts read

I didn't do nearly as much reading this month as I'd like, but I have some books in my sights for the coming months that I hope will be amazing!

September 2019: 18 books and scripts read

This month's reading once again was filled solely with unpublished works, so I can't cite anything, but I can say that it was a good month, life-wise!