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My heart is wrapped up in you.

The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner

February 28, 2023 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

“If you’re going to live, you might as well do painful, brave, and beautiful things.” ― Jeff Zentner, The Serpent King While our classmates are getting zongered at the Holiday Inn in Cookeville and getting pregnant, you and I will be playing in the sprinkler and looking up at the stars until your curfew. ― Jeff Zentner, The Serpent King After his father, the magnetic preacher of a full-on “speaking-in-tongues and handling snakes” church is sent to prison, Dillard Early Jr. has the weight of […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: American South, coming of age novel, evangelical christianity, Jeff Zentner, Tennessee, Young Adult, young adult fiction

carmelpie's CBR15 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: American South, coming of age novel, evangelical christianity, Jeff Zentner, Tennessee, Young Adult, young adult fiction ·
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A lot to unpack in this short, supernatural mystery

The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass

January 30, 2023 by Scootchyknees 2 Comments

There is nothing in this book that I relate to. I am not a 16-year old, gay, black, male. And I definitely don’t see ghosts or ghouls. But Jake is and does. And as extraordinary as he is, he still deals with all the other ordinary things a teenager deals with. So Jake’s life is…complicated…to say the least. Jake’s ordinary life concerns living in the shadow of his big brother, growing apart from friends, and getting to know the cute new student at his school […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Fiction, mystery, Ryan Douglass, skootchyknees, supernatural, the taking of jake livingston, YA, young adult fiction

Scootchyknees's CBR15 Review No:4 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Fiction, mystery, Ryan Douglass, skootchyknees, supernatural, the taking of jake livingston, YA, young adult fiction ·
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Coming of Age in 1950s Chinatown

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

December 30, 2022 by teresaelectro Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: historical fiction, Last Night at the Telegraph Club, lesbian character, lesbian romance, LGBTQIA romance, Malinda Lo, YA Romance, young adult fiction

teresaelectro's CBR14 Review No:26 · Genres: Romance, Young Adult · Tags: historical fiction, Last Night at the Telegraph Club, lesbian character, lesbian romance, LGBTQIA romance, Malinda Lo, YA Romance, young adult fiction ·
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YA POV of the LA riots

The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed

October 31, 2021 by teresaelectro 1 Comment

And with this review of Christina Hammonds Reed’s The Black Kids, I made a bingo just under the wire. I received this for free from my Mocha Girls Read book club as it was our July sponsored book of the month. This YA historical novel is set against the backdrop of the 1992 LA riots. From the get, I was like is it really historical?! But I have to admit it has been some time since that fateful Rodney King verdict. Ashley Bennett lives in […]

Filed Under: Young Adult Tagged With: 1992, black protagonist, cbr13bingo, Christina Hammonds Reed, historical fiction, LA riots, los angeles, young adult fiction

teresaelectro's CBR13 Review No:11 · Genres: Young Adult · Tags: 1992, black protagonist, cbr13bingo, Christina Hammonds Reed, historical fiction, LA riots, los angeles, young adult fiction ·
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Two books I never read in high school

The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier

Night by Elie Wiesel

November 29, 2020 by KimMiE" Leave a Comment

 November has been a sucky month in a sucky year, and on a recent trip back east for a family situation, I found that the collection of science fiction stories I brought with me for distraction just wasn’t cutting it. Unable to focus, I did the only sane thing and decided to binge-watch seasons 2 and 3 of The Office. After Michael Scott restored the humors in my brain, I raided my sister’s bookcase, where I found a number of books that have been languishing […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, cbr12, elie wiesel, high school reading, Holocaust, KimMiE", nonconformity, Robert Cormier, young adult fiction

KimMiE"'s CBR12 Review No:47 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #memoir, cbr12, elie wiesel, high school reading, Holocaust, KimMiE", nonconformity, Robert Cormier, young adult fiction ·
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Not a damn turtle in sight

Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

September 6, 2020 by KimMiE" Leave a Comment

CBR12 BINGO: Orange I keep trying to like young adult fiction, to the point where it might be unfair of me to review the genre, since it’s clearly not my thing. There are exceptions, of course (my recent discovery of Eleanor & Park stands out), but generally all I can expect from YA is a solid character to whom teenagers can relate. Turtles All the Way Down scores in its representation of a teenage girl with severe anxiety and OCD, but the rest of it just […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Anxiety, cbr12, cbr12bingo, john green, KimMiE", OCD, YA fiction, young adult fiction

KimMiE"'s CBR12 Review No:35 · Genres: Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Anxiety, cbr12, cbr12bingo, john green, KimMiE", OCD, YA fiction, young adult fiction ·
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