For those who thought studying actual Greek mythology was too time consuming - or perhaps, for those who love Greek mythology, but want to see it get a modern makeover, Greek Gods: #squadgoals by Courtney Carbone is the social media/smartphone retelling you didn't know you needed. Imagine: What if Mount Olympus got WiFi and the... Continue Reading →
Retribution Rails by Erin Bowman + Blog Tour Contest
Today's review is part of the official blog tour. Be sure to keep reading for your chance to win a copy! The Wild West comes alive once more in Retribution Rails by Erin Bowman, the thrilling companion to Vengeance Road - in a story where new characters meet familiar faces, and past transgressions lead to... Continue Reading →
The Nocturnals: The Moonlight Meeting by Tracey Hecht & Rumur Dowling
The perfect entree for young readers to begin devouring books independently, The Nocturnals: The Moonlight Meeting is the first in a new series of young reader chapter books that is filled with whimsy and educational content. Fabled Films Press, the imprint of Fabled Films, a children’s media and entertainment company, is thrilled to announce Grow &... Continue Reading →
Race to the Bottom of the Sea by Lindsay Eagar
Whimsical and wildly imaginative, Race to the Bottom of the Sea by Lindsay Eagar is a pirate story with about love and loss. Can a clever young inventor uncover a ruthless pirate’s heart of gold? Thrilling sea adventure takes on a hint of steampunk in the second book by the author of the acclaimed Hour... Continue Reading →
Echo After Echo by Amy Rose Capetta
Echo After Echo by Amy Rose Capetta looked, to me, like a quiet, unassuming book about a blossoming romance set amidst a series of mysterious deaths at a New York theater. Instead, what I found was an explosive look at femininity and love and loss and power, and the deeply unsettling pattern of ignoring misogyny... Continue Reading →
Things I’m Seeing Without You by Peter Bognanni
Things I expected from this book: an emo teen mourning her dead boyfriend, and whoa is me, all the angst. Things I actually got: a weirdly funny, quirky, touching, moving book about love and loss and grief and death that left me shook in the best way possible. Things I'm Seeing Without You by Peter... Continue Reading →
Hunting Prince Dracula by Kerri Maniscalco
Today's review is a guest post from Ali of Dazzled by Books! Hunting Prince Dracula by Kerri Maniscalco is beautiful, morbid, and mystifying. After all the tragic events in Stalking Jack the Ripper, Audrey Rose and Thomas are off to Romania to school. Of course the Academy of Forensics, Science, and Medicine has plenty of... Continue Reading →
There’s Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins + Blog Tour Contest
Today, we're hosting a stop on the official blog tour for There's Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins, which wins the award this year for book that I both simultaneously enjoyed and regretted reading. Why, you ask? Well, I adore Stephanie Perkins, and I've loved her previous books. But I'm also a big ol'... Continue Reading →
Release by Patrick Ness
A surreal story filled with coming of age wisdom, whimsy, and magic, Release by Patrick Ness is about the small moments that can make a big impact on one person's life. Adam Thorn doesn’t know it yet, but today will change his life. Between his religious family, a deeply unpleasant ultimatum from his boss, and... Continue Reading →
Slider by Pete Hautman
Framed through the lens of competitive eating, Slider by Pete Hautman is a witty, amusing and surprisingly heartfelt book about family, finding yourself, and fitting in. David can eat an entire sixteen-inch pepperoni pizza in four minutes and thirty-six seconds. Not bad. But he knows he can do better. In fact, he'll have to do... Continue Reading →
