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Calendar Girls (May 2019): Mother’s Day: (Best Book with a Mother/Daughter Relationship)

May 6, 2019

It’s time for another Calendar Girls Books post, and this month our prompt is Best Book with a Mother/Daughter Relationship. And let me say, this was a tough one! I didn’t realize, until going through my ‘read’ list on Goodreads, how many of the books that I’ve read do not contain good mother-daughter relationships! So, either the… Read More Calendar Girls (May 2019): Mother’s Day: (Best Book with a Mother/Daughter Relationship)

— ARC review, book review, young adult —

Once & Future by Amy Rose Capetta and Cori McCarthy (ARC Review)

May 3, 2019

I’ve been chased my whole life. As a fugitive refugee in the territory controlled by the tyrannical Mercer corporation, I’ve always had to hide who I am. Until I found Excalibur. Now I’m done hiding. My name is Ari Helix. I have a magic sword, a cranky wizard, and a revolution to start.When Ari crash-lands on Old Earth and pulls a magic sword from its ancient resting place, she is revealed to be the newest reincarnation of King Arthur… Read More Once & Future by Amy Rose Capetta and Cori McCarthy (ARC Review)

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Squad by Mariah MacCarthy (ARC Review)

April 19, 2019

This darkly comic debut novel by an award-winning playwright is like Mean Girls meets Heathers with a splash of Bring it On. Jenna Watson is a cheerleader. But it’s not some Hollywood crap. Cheerleaders are not every guy’s fantasy; they are not the “popular girls” or the “mean girls” of Marsen High School. They’re too busy for that. They’re literally just some human females trying to live their lives and do a perfect toe touch. But that all changed after Raejean stopped talking to Jenna and started hanging out with Meghan Finnegan… Read More Squad by Mariah MacCarthy (ARC Review)

— ARC review, book review, young adult —

Dark of the West by Joanna Hathaway (ARC Review)

April 14, 2019

He was raised in revolution. She was raised in a palace. Can their love stop a war? Code Name Verity meets The Winner’s Cursein Joanna Hathaway’s Dark of the West, a breathtaking YA fantasy debut. Aurelia Isendare is a princess of a small kingdom in the North, raised in privilege but shielded from politics as her brother prepares to step up to the throne. Halfway around the world, Athan Dakar, the youngest son of a ruthless general, is a fighter pilot longing for a life away from the front lines… Read More Dark of the West by Joanna Hathaway (ARC Review)

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Rayne and Delilah’s Midnite Matinee by Jeff Zentner (ARC Review)

April 13, 2019

A contemporary novel about two best friends who must make tough decisions about their futures–and the TV show they host–in their senior year of high school. Every Friday night, best friends Delia and Josie become Rayne Ravenscroft and Delilah Darkwood, hosts of the campy creature feature show Midnite Matinee on the local cable station TV Six. But with the end of senior year quickly approaching… Read More Rayne and Delilah’s Midnite Matinee by Jeff Zentner (ARC Review)