*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.Title: Dear UniverseAuthor: Florence GonsalvesPublisher: Little, Brown Books for Young ReadersPublication Date: May 12, 2020ISBN: 9780316436731 Synopsis from Goodreads:It’s senior year, and Chamomile Myles has whiplash from traveling between her two universes: school (the relentless countdown to prom, torturous college applications, and theContinue reading “Book Review: Dear Universe by Florence Gonsalves”
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Book Review: The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
Title: The Nickel BoysAuthor: Colson WhiteheadPublisher: DoubleDay CanadaPublication Date: July 16, 2019ISBN: 9780385693967 Synopsis from Goodreads:Abandoned by his parents, but kept on the straight and narrow by his grandmother, Elwood is about to enroll in the local black college. But for a black boy in the Jim Crow South in the early 1960s, one innocentContinue reading “Book Review: The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead”
Book Review: We Are Lost and Found by Helene Dunbar
Title: We Are Lost and FoundAuthor: Helene DunbarPublisher: Sourcefire BooksPublication Date: September 3, 2019ISBN: 9781492681045 Synopsis from Goodreads:Michael is content to live in the shadow of his best friends, James, an enigmatic teen performance artist who everyone wants and no one can have and Becky, who calls things as she sees them, while doing allContinue reading “Book Review: We Are Lost and Found by Helene Dunbar”
Book Review: Now, Then, and Everywhen by Rysa Walker
Title: Now, Then, and EverywhenAuthor: Rysa WalkerPublisher: 47NorthPublication Date: April 1, 2020ISBN: 9781612189192 Synopsis from Goodreads:In 2136 Madison Grace uncovers a key to the origins of CHRONOS, a time-travel agency with ties to her family’s mysterious past. Just as she is starting to jump through history, she returns to her timeline to find millions ofContinue reading “Book Review: Now, Then, and Everywhen by Rysa Walker”
Book Review: Greenwood by Michael Christie
Title: GreenwoodAuthor: Michael ChristiePublisher: McClelland & StewartPublication Date: September 4, 2019ISBN: 9780771024450 Synopsis from Goodreads:They come for the trees. It is 2038. As the rest of humanity struggles through the environmental collapse known as the Great Withering, scientist Jake Greenwood is working as an overqualified tour guide on Greenwood Island, a remote oasis of thousand-year-old trees.Continue reading “Book Review: Greenwood by Michael Christie”
Book Review: This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.Title: This Tender LandAuthor: William Kent KruegerPublisher: Atria BooksPublication Date: September 3, 2019ISBN: 9781476749297 Synopsis from Goodreads:1932, Minnesota—the Lincoln School is a pitiless place where hundreds of Native American children, forcibly separated from their parents, are sent to be educated. It is alsoContinue reading “Book Review: This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger”
Book Review: Girls Need Not Apply by Kelly S. Thompson
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.Title: Girls Need Not Apply: Field Notes from the ForcesAuthor: Kelly S. ThompsonPublisher: McClelland & StewartPublication Date: August 20, 2019ISBN: 9780771070952 Synopsis from Goodreads:At eighteen years old, Kelly Thompson enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces. Despite growing up in a military family —Continue reading “Book Review: Girls Need Not Apply by Kelly S. Thompson”
Book Review: Supper Club by Lara Williams
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.*Title: Supper ClubAuthor: Lara WilliamsPublisher: G.P. Putnam’s SonsPublication Date: July 4, 2019ISBN: 9780525539582 Synopsis from Goodreads:Roberta spends her life trying not to take up space. At almost thirty, she is adrift and alienated from life. Stuck in a mindless job and reluctant toContinue reading “Book Review: Supper Club by Lara Williams”
Book Review: Secrets of the Baby Whisperer by Tracey Hogg
Title: Secrets of the Baby Whisperer: How to Calm, Connect, and Communicate with your BabyAuthor: Tracey HoggPublisher: Ballentine BooksPublication Date: 2000ISBN: 9780345479099 Synopsis from Goodreads:At the heart of Tracy’s simple but profound message: treat the baby as you would like to be treated yourself. Reassuring, down-to-earth, and often flying in the face of conventional wisdom, SecretsContinue reading “Book Review: Secrets of the Baby Whisperer by Tracey Hogg”
Book Review: Girls of Storm and Shadow by Natasha Ngan
Title: Girls of Storm and ShadowAuthor: Natasha NganPublisher: Jimmy Patterson BooksPublication Date: November 5, 2019ISBN: 9780316528672 Synopsis from Goodreads:Lei and Wren have escaped their oppressive lives in the Hidden Palace, but soon learn that freedom comes with a terrible cost. Lei, the naive country girl who became a royal courtesan, is now known as theContinue reading “Book Review: Girls of Storm and Shadow by Natasha Ngan”
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