I was tempted to make a list of my favorites among the 2019-published books I read this year. In the end I decided to focus on my favorite 2019 reads (first time reads; I didn’t include books I had read / reviewed in prior years) without regard to their year ... more >
Dear Kylie Scott, Trust represents your first foray into self-publishing. It fits somewhere in the YA/New Adult romance subgenre, with both protagonists in their senior year of high school. The cover suggests to readers that there is sex contained in the book – and there is – but neither does ... more >
They were the golden boys of fall: Stewart Mills High School’s legendary championship football team. Fourteen years later, they’re back to relive their glory, save the team—and find themselves again . . . Sam Leavitt has two goals when he returns home to Stewart Mills to fill in for Coach ... more >
After producing three horror movies that went mostly ignored on YouTube, Justin and his filmmaking buddies decide it’s time they create something noteworthy, something epic. They’re going to film the Greatest Zombie Movie Ever. They may not have money or a script, but they have passion. And, after a rash ... more >
Dear Ms. Farizan, Your LGBT-themed YA novel, Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel, came to my attention thanks to this post at The Book Smugglers. Leila Azadi is a sixteen year old student at Armstead Academy, a private high school in the Boston suburbs. Leila, whose parents immigrated ... more >
“Holding Eleanor’s hand was like holding a butterfly. Or a heartbeat. Like holding something complete, and completely alive.” Dear. Ms. Rowell, In 2011, your book, “Attachments,” was one of my surprise delights and, like any book lover, when I find an author whose book moved me this much I immediately ... more >