B Reviews / Need A Rec! / Recommended ReadsBoston / Contemporary / f/f / high-school / humorous / Iranian-American / LGBTQ / New England / YA4 Comments
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 >
Book Reviews / Reading Listscollege students / hockey / Ivy Years series / New Adult / New England / Reading lists19 Comments
So, I’ve been on a Sarina Bowen reading kick lately and it has been great (I blame you, Jane!). Bowen has an irresistible voice, and her NA works display great pacing, an excellent ear for dialogue, and a good balance of romance and coming of age elements. The Year We ... more >
A Reviews / Recommended ReadsEarly 19th Centurty / Gothic / New England / Young-Adult7 Comments
Dear Ms. Clapp: There are times when the midsummer sun strikes cold, and when the leaping flames of a hearthfire give no heat. Times when the chill within us comes not from fears we know, but from fears unknown – and forever unknowable. So begins your brilliant and spooky Jane-Emily. Originally published in ... more >