“But your best is not good enough sometimes.”… “Sometimes… you have to stop trying and just let someone else try their best. In order to survive.” Rating: 4/5 stars Format: e-Book The Synopsis When August learns that his best friend, Jack, shows signs of degenerative hallucinatory disorder, he is determined to help Jack cope. Jack’s [...]
“I don't know who I am right now. But I know who I'm not. And I like that.” Rating: 5/5 heartbreaking stars Format: Audiobook Synopsis Eden was always good at being good. Starting high school didn’t change who she was. But the night her brother’s best friend rapes her, Eden’s world capsizes. What was once [...]
"If I'm not responsible for my words and actions, then I'm nothing. No free will, no self." Rating: 4/5 stars Format: e-ARC Release Date: February 5, 2019 Thank you Sourcebooks Fire for an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review! Synopsis Only when she’s locked away does the truth begin to escape… Four walls. One [...]
“No matter what happens, no matter who turns on me, no matter what pompous swine thinks he has power over me, I am still me. I will always be me.” Rating: 4/5 stars Format: Audiobook Synopsis A heartbroken girl. A fierce warrior. A hero in the making. Sixteen years ago the Kingdom of Winter was [...]
"I know everything we’re doing is wrong, and I don’t know how I’m going to explain this to anyone, but right here—right now—I don’t want to be anywhere else. I wish I could die as happy as I am right now." Rating: 3/5 stars Format: eBook Synopsis JORDAN He took me in when I had [...]
"They believe her limp is the result of a war injury, but Harper is quick to correct them."I was born this way," she'll snap, "and I'm going to die this way, so teach me to work around it." They love her for it." Rating: 4.5/5 stars Format: e-ARC Publication Date: January 29, 2019 Thank you to Bloomsbury for [...]
It's Friday, you know what that means!! Time for the last round of recommendations for Contemporary January! I'm kind of sad January is already over because I really enjoyed digging through my shelves to talk about some of my favorite books in each little sub-genre of the massive genre that is contemporary. So today, for [...]
“I guess that's part of growing up, too--saying goodbye to the things you used to love.” Rating: 2.5/5 stars Format: eBook Synopsis Lara Jean is having the best senior year. And there’s still so much to look forward to: a class trip to New York City, prom with her boyfriend Peter, Beach Week after graduation, [...]
“You get to choose who you are. Legacy, memories of the past, can serve us well. But we cannot let them define us. When heritage becomes a box instead of an inspiration, it has gone too far.” Rating: 4.5/5 stars Format: Hardcover Synopsis Defeated, crushed, and driven almost to extinction, the remnants of the human race are [...]
Happy Friday friends! It's Friday, so you know what that means - MORE RECOMMENDATIONS! I can't believe we're already halfway through the month of January. Today's Contemporary January recommendations are going to be about one of my favorite things ever....retellings. I love me a good retelling and I'm super excited to share with you a few [...]
