Everyone knows a guy like Jared: the burnout kid in high school who sells weed cookies and has a scary mom who’s often wasted and wielding some kind of weapon. Jared does smoke and drink too much, and he does […]
From October to December of last year, I read just over 50 middle-grade fiction books in my role as a round one judge for the Cybils. To share some of the Cybils nominees I’ve read, I’ve decided to create a […]
Author: Grace Lin Title: When the Sea Turned to Silver Format/Source: Hardcover/Library Published: October 2016 Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers Length: 370 pages Genre: Middle-grade fantasy Why I Read: Cover + premise Rating: ★★★★½ GoodReads | Indigo | Indiebound | Book Depository I had some trouble with this […]
Author: Antoine Leiris (trans. Sam Taylor) Title: You Will Not Have My Hate Format/Source: Hardcover/Library Published: October 2016 Publisher: Penguin Press Length: 129 pages Genre: Memoir Why I Read: Read an excerpt Rating: ★★★★ GoodReads | Indigo | IndieBound | Book Depository In November 2015, Antoine Leiris’s […]
January has set a great precedent for my reading and blogging this year. I’m on track with my two general challenges: 100 books/year and 8 posts/month including 4 review posts. I have a lot of reading challenges, new releases, and […]