Tag: coming of age

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~ Book Review: Reggie and Delilah’s Year of Falling ~

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Published: January 31, 2023 Author: Elise Bryant Delilah always keeps her messy, gooey insides hidden behind a wall of shrugs and yeah, whatevers. She goes with the flow—which is how she ends up singing in her friends’ punk band as a favor, even though she’d prefer to hide at the merch table. Reggie is a D&D… Continue reading ~ Book Review: Reggie and Delilah’s Year of Falling ~

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~ Book Review: Fake Dates and Mooncakes (ARC) ~

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Expected publication May 16, 2023 Author: Sher Lee Heartstopper meets Crazy Rich Asians in this heartfelt, joyful paperback original rom-com that follows an aspiring chef who discovers the recipe for love is more complicated than it seems when he starts fake-dating a handsome new customer. Dylan Tang wants to win a Mid-Autumn Festival mooncake-making competition for teen chefs—in… Continue reading ~ Book Review: Fake Dates and Mooncakes (ARC) ~

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~ Book Review: Not Here to Stay Friends (ARC) ~

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Expected publication April 4, 2023 Author: Kaitlyn Hill This friends-to-lovers spin on The Bachelor follows two childhood besties reuniting to spend the summer in L.A. after five years apart—but when they both get involved with a teen reality dating show, their lives take an unexpected turn for the unreal. Sloane McKinney feels like a background… Continue reading ~ Book Review: Not Here to Stay Friends (ARC) ~

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Audiobook Review: The Year Shakespeare Ruined My Life

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Published September 22nd 2020  Author: Dani Jansen Narrator: Rebecca Auerbach Audiobook Length: 7 hours 49 minutes Alison Green, desperate valedictorian-wannabe, agrees to produce her school's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. That's her first big mistake. The second is accidentally saying Yes to a date with her oldest friend, Jack, even though she's crushing on Charlotte.… Continue reading Audiobook Review: The Year Shakespeare Ruined My Life

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Book Review: A Very Large Expanse of Sea

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Published October 16th 2018 Author: Tahereh Mafi It’s 2002, a year after 9/11. It’s an extremely turbulent time politically, but especially so for someone like Shirin, a sixteen-year-old Muslim girl who’s tired of being stereotyped. Shirin is never surprised by how horrible people can be. She’s tired of the rude stares, the degrading comments -… Continue reading Book Review: A Very Large Expanse of Sea

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Book Review: So, This Is Christmas (#1)

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Published October 12th 2021 Author: Tracy Andreen Sarah Dessen meets Let It Snow in this new YA Christmas romance! When Finley Brown returned to her hometown of Christmas, Oklahoma, from boarding school, she expected to find it just as she left it. Christmas hasn't changed much in her sixteen years. But instead she returns to find that… Continue reading Book Review: So, This Is Christmas (#1)

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Audiobook Review: All This Time

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Published September 29th 2020 Authors: Mikki Daughtry & Rachael Lippincott Narrator: Timothy Andres Pabon Audiobook Length: 7 hours 45 minutes Kyle and Kimberly have been the perfect couple all through high school, but when Kimberly breaks up with him on the night of their graduation party, Kyle’s entire world upends—literally. Their car crashes and when… Continue reading Audiobook Review: All This Time