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Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell

Okay, I’m way too excited about this book to write an introduction so I’m just going to jump right in! In Omaha, the main goal of every teenager is to fit in. Park has always found that difficult to do. Being half-korean, half-irish in a school with no Asian students means you stick out a…

Bright Young Things by Scarlett Thomas

I don’t have much of an introduction for this review. Suffice to say that it looked like an interesting read. And it definitely was. An advertisement is posted in a newspaper simply asking for Bright Young Things to apply. Out of all of the applicants, 6 20-something-year-olds are selected and go to the interview. The…

One Plus One by Jojo Moyes

This book is on the lighter side of things and it was a nice change from my usual genre. It was sweet and touching and just an overall good book. Jessica has a very difficult life. Her ex-husband has done a vanishing act and can’t be counted on for any financial help. Her son is…

What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty

If I compared this novel to the ones I’ve been reading so far, this is definitely on the light hearted side. It was a quick read but a great one and I’m definitely happy that I gave it a shot! Alice is happily married and thrilled to be expecting her first child at the age…

The Mermaid’s Child by Jo Baker

I’ve heard a lot about this author and since I didn’t have much else to read, I decided to give this book a try. I didn’t write this review for quite a while because frankly, I didn’t know what to say. Even now, my impression of this book isn’t fully formed but hopefully, I can…

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

I’m going to jump right into the review because I just loved this book and the movie so much! Hazel Grace Lancaster hates going to the cancer support group. With her cynical look at life, she just can’t seem to take anything seriously. But at one of these meetings, she meets Augustus Waters, a good…

Whatever Happened to Janie by Caroline b. Cooney

In this sequel, Janie finds herself with the Springs, the family she was abducted from. But all she wants is to go home to her Mommy and Daddy. She doesn’t love this biological family, doesn’t WANT to love them. But she can’t help connecting to them. Janie is torn and now she must choose: should…

Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

Melinda Sordino is a freshman at her high school and is having the worst time. She is a social pariah and has no friends. She eats alone, she sits alone, she IS alone. Everyone holds a grudge against her because she busted an end-of-summer party by calling the police. But what happened that night to…

Let’s Get Lost

So I was hanging out with my friend at Indigo when she recommended this harlequin teen book. Normally, I don’t give them too much of a chance but my friend has pretty good taste in books so I decided to give it a go. This book is about a girl named Leila who is on…