Book Reviews and Book Adventures
I am always on the quest for more fantasy YA, especially immersive fantasy YA. With A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown, I built up so much anticipation for a well written and exciting story. I am here to report that I was very much pleased with this book. The story follows… Continue reading Review: A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown
Ah, middle school. There was a point in time where I would beg my mom to drive me to the library every week and she would have to limit the amount of books I'd check out. I think my subconscious goal was to read everything in the "Teen/Young Adult" section of the library. I must… Continue reading Books I Read in Middle School
A Non-Binary Coming of Age & Romance I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver ★★★★ Buy the book herePage Count: 336Genre: Young Adult, LGBTQ+ Fiction, RomanceContent warnings: Homophobia, transphobia, misgendering, bad coming out, depression, emotional child abuse I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver is a Young Adult novel filled with… Continue reading Review: I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson is a poetry memoir geared towards an adolescent audience that focuses on the author's childhood. Brown Girl Dreaming has a long list of accolades including winning a National Book Award for Young People's Literature, a John Newberry Medal, and the Coretta Scott King Award. I was recommended Brown Girl… Continue reading Review: Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
My Copy of The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan I casually mention the Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan a lot on this blog, but I've yet to dive into real discussion of it! My first encounter with this series was way back in third grade. During our Greek Mythology unit (which I was fully… Continue reading Is Percy Jackson a Bildungsroman?
I love vampires. There's something just so mysterious and alluring (and sometimes sparkly!) about them. Vampires have overtaken my life in a few ways: first, by invading my TikTok For You Page with an abundance of Edward Cullen videos. Second, through my constant rewatching of The Vampire Diaries. It was actually my eighth grade English… Continue reading Top Five Vampire Reads
I can wholeheartedly say that my love for Divergent by Veronica Roth in middle school was unhealthy. The embarrassing image of thirteen year old me laying in bed listening to 'sad music' next to my poster of Theo James as Four is burned into my brain. Divergent drew me in for all of the usual… Continue reading Insurgent and Allegiant had Missed Potential
What is the problem with Edward Cullen? My heavily annotated copy of Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer ★★★ Buy the book herePage Count: 658Genre: Romance, Fantasy, Young Adult, Fiction Oh, Midnight Sun. You are the addition to Stephenie Meyer's Twilight saga that middle school Julia desperately wanted but certainly didn't… Continue reading Review: Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer
Pictured: "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins Mockingjay (Hunger Games #3) by Suzanne Collins ★★★★★ In middle school, I was a diehard Hunger Games fan. I dressed up as Katniss Everdeen at summer camp. I saw Catching Fire in theaters four times within two weeks of the film release. I even made my own iPod case out… Continue reading Why “Mockingjay” is my Favorite “Hunger Games” Novel
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