Oh how I loved this story! The title is absolutely PERFECT!!! How to Find Love in a Bookshop is the most charming little book! The kind of book that makes your little bookworm heart sing! There is SO MUCH power in words, and books deliver this magic with every page you turn. Books have the […]
The Curse of the Werewolf Boy by Chris Priestley
July 10, 2018 by ·
Mildew and Sponge don’t think much of Maudlin Towers, the blackened, gloomladen, gargoyle-infested monstrosity that is their school. But when somebody steals the School Spoon and the teachers threaten to cancel the Christmas holidays until the culprit is found, our heroes must spring into action and solve the crime! But what starts out as a […]
Son of a Preacher Man by Karen M. Cox
June 30, 2018 by ·
“I forget that you’re a fella sometimes.” “Gee, thanks.” I never forgot that she was a girl. Not for one second… 1959. The long, hot Southern summer bakes the sleepy town of Orchard Hill. Billy Ray Davenport, an aspiring physician and only son of an indomitable traveling minister, is a young man with a plan […]
STRAY MAGIC by Kelly Meding
June 19, 2018 by ·
Shiloh Harrison was hoping for a few days off to recover from a particularly nasty assignment, preferably with the help of the talented hands (and, well, the rest of his body too) of her sexy boyfriend, Vincent. But when a group of vampires takes an entire trailer park hostage, there’s nothing to do but make […]
THE FALL OF INNOCENCE by Jenny Torres Sanchez
June 8, 2018 by ·
Jenny Torres Sanchez (www.jennytorressanchez.com) is a full-time writer and former English teacher. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, but has lived on the border of two worlds her whole life. She is the author of Because of the Sun; Death, Dickinson, and the Demented Life of Frenchie Garcia; and The Downside of Being […]
THE KISS QUOTIENT by Helen Hoang
June 5, 2018 by ·
“You’ve watched Pretty Woman too many times. Kissing doesn’t mean anything, and it’s always best if you’re not thinking too much in bed. Trust me,” he said. Her mouth thinned into a stubborn line. “This is too important for me not to think. I’d rather not kiss anymore if you don’t mind.” Michael’s irritation redoubled, […]
Betty Before X by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson
May 22, 2018 by ·
A powerful middle-grade novel about the childhood activism of Betty Shabazz, Malcolm X’s wife, written by their daughter. In Detroit, 1945, eleven-year-old Betty’s house doesn’t quite feel like home. She believes her mother loves her, but she can’t shake the feeling that her mother doesn’t want her. Church helps those worries fade, if only for […]
Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed
May 20, 2018 by ·
“Books were what made my days bearable. They were what helped me sleep at night without my homesickness choking me.” When Amal’s ordinary life in her quiet Pakistani village is disrupted and she is forced to stay home from school to help her mother take of her siblings, Amal holds on to the hope that […]
Me, Frida and the Secret Peacock by Angela Cervantes
May 19, 2018 by ·
“Whether she liked it or not, Paloma Marquez was in Mexico City for a whole month.” In this enchanting middle grade mystery, we follow 12-year-old Paloma Marquez and her professor mother to Mexico City as she is involved in a research fellowship for the summer. Paloma is a vibrant, smart, fun character who at first […]
Love and Others Words by Christina Lauren
May 18, 2018 by ·
Christina Lauren’s Love and Other Words is one of the best books I have read this year. I was so moved, so enamored, and so taken by this story of long lost love, hope and forgiveness.
