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I can’t think of a reason not to give this five stars.

Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert

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Just FYI, I do not want to write this review. I’m feeling real cranky but I need to catch up on reviews, and it just so happens that I have to write a review for this book that was just a perfect little YA romance that I don’t have much to say about (this may change as I type), so I’m just basically starting this review by stream-of-conscious word vomiting to try to get the thoughts flowing because I read this back in fEbRuArY. Oh, […]

A lovely little book.

Lucky Caller by Emma Mills

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There’s just something about Emma Mills’s writing. I don’t read a lot of contemporary YA because it doesn’t do much for me, but her stuff does. It’s just so lovely and well-written and full of characters that seem very real, and her writing is always funny and addictive. This one also has a fun premise that really called to me. Our main character, Nina, lives with her mom and two sisters in a small Indianapolis apartment. Her dad is a rather famous morning radio host […]

Coming of Age in 1950s Chinatown

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

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I read Last Night at the Telegraph Club for our Cannon Book Club to celebrate Asian Pacific Heritage month. The YA novel is part historical fiction and part romance. It was a powerful story of coming of age and sexual awakening. It’s also a captivating window into what life was like for 1950s Chinese Americans and the LGBTQIA community. We meet shy Chinese-American student Lily Hu who loves studying math and science. She likes to fall into books and loves sci-fi, which I can relate to! When […]

A secret Japanese princess

Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean

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Tokyo Ever After is a YA romance about a teenager discovering she’s a Japanese princess. Izumi has lived in a small NorCal town her whole life. She isn’t the best student, especially since she doesn’t finish her homework. She’s been raised by her devoted single mom. Her mom has a close friendship with the weird hippy neighbor but has not dated anyone. Izumi’s been living a relatively carefree existence. Most of the year has been focused on applying to college. Her world is turned upside down […]

“Let me be clear, Gwendolyn. I would rather be swallowed up into the bowels of hell and enter an arrangement with the fallen angel Lucifer than date Jordy Miller again.”

Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie Gonzales

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Thanks to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the advanced listeners copy. It hasn’t affected the contents of my review. This was very nearly a five-star book for me, but the third act conflict didn’t really work for me, so it’s a four now. This made me very sad because the rest of the book was so much fun. What we’ve got here is your standard “I dated a first-class prick this one time until he cheated on me and now he wants to date me […]

I wish I would have known Chloe was based on Paris Geller and Kat Stratford before I read this.

I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston

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As nearly always happens with me upon reading a book that generates such strong opinions in both directions, I am puzzled by the negative reactions here. I’ve seen so many people saying they hate Chloe as a main character, and I’m like, why? She’s just a teenaged girl. Granted, one that is inspired by, among others, Paris Geller and Kat Stratford, so she’s a bit more intense and difficult than your average teenager, but she’s still just a kid, and kids make dumb choices. I […]



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