I'm going to include the blurb for the book below my post because in case people are curious about this one. This has been so well-reviewed, I'm going to skip my summary. This started off as an innocent, YA, boy meets girl and they fall in love, but it was engaging, and I loved the … Continue reading All the Little Lights, Jamie McGuire
This story is told in journal entries for a class project from Maisie, in which she needs to document her discoveries during her Christmas break. Her family always spends the break at their cabin, next to their family friends, including Maisie's crush, Sebastian, whom she always gets completely tongue-tied around. This year her father can't … Continue reading What I Like About Me, Jenna Guilaume
Amelia has woken up in the hospital after falling over a cliff that she's visited countless times. With a broken arm and a concussion, she can't remember the fall, but she has a feeling that it was more than just a fall. What's worse, is that this isn't a single incident, yet she isn't sure … Continue reading Lie to Me, Kaitlin Ward
I won this in a Goodreads giveaway from I Read YA and started it as soon as I could as this is my favorite time period in Historical Fiction. In Poland during the second world war, Stefania, called Fusia, takes a job with a family to get away from home. The family is Jewish, which … Continue reading The Light in Hidden Places, Sharon Cameron
After overhearing that her boyfriend Griffin is thinking of breaking up with her, Sophie heads out to her grandmother's for Christmas break earlier than she planned. Wanting only to see her granddaughter happy, Nonna devises a plan: 10 blind dates to see Sophie smile. The family divides up the choices and gives Sophie one free … Continue reading 10 Blind Dates, Ashley Elston
This one is so incredibly well reviewed that I'm going to skip my summary and get right into my thoughts about this book. Poor Raymond is in a sketchy situation with a step-father who doesn't care if he's around or not and a mother who has checked out on parenting. In fact, I couldn't stand … Continue reading Have You Seen Luis Velez, Catherine Ryan Hyde
The Lucky Ones is told in the wake of a school shooting. The story is told in alternating viewpoints, starting with May, who survived by hiding in the music room closet. She lost her twin brother Jordan amongst the others and she carries so much guilt for not going out there to rescue him, to … Continue reading The Lucky Ones, Liz Lawson
With a chance to play a highly technological game against God, who wouldn't play and see what could happen? That's what this group of friends agrees to, and they are hooked from the beginning. Looking through their phones, the world is altered, there are people to communicate with who have tasks for them, and the … Continue reading The God Game, Danny Tobey
During Day 3, things are getting serious, the virus is spreading faster than people can keep track. Our cast of characters has grown, but with the level of seriousness, they are coming together to try and survive the zombie apocalypse. With the multiple characters and multiple settings, things are growing intense. Our main characters, William, … Continue reading Dead Meat: Day 3, Nick Clausen
"The human body's a resilient thing. It heals with very little memory of what's been done to it...The mind that gets twisted and broken." (a note here: I really want to put a comma after mind in that quote, so I do hope that gets fixed in editing) Poppy was once known as Lex, and … Continue reading What Unbreakable Looks Like, Kate McLaughlin
