Did you like FRONT DESK by Kelly Yang but think to yourself, I wish this book was not set in the 90s and ALSO I wish that the main character was really into coding? Then SHINE ON, LUZ VELIZ is for you. Luz Veliz is a compelling middle-grade character and all of the side characters […]
Lisi Harrison is a really prolific author, and it’s because she writes pop fiction, which is not necessarily Good Fiction. This book is. Fine. I read a lot of REALLY GOOD middle grade fiction, and this is not REALLY GOOD middle grade fiction. It’s perfectly fine middle grade, and one thing about the Graveyard Girls […]
Ah, Branderson. How I hate this man. All the more annoying that he is once again successful at writing for children as well as sitting upon his piles of money. Incredibly snarky humor. Great breaking of the fourth wall. Fantastic use of mayhem as a weapon. Four stars and I’m so mad about it. Storygraph […]
The Marvellous Land of Snergs by Veronica Cossanteli 307 pages published August 30th, 2022 A funny, quirky, brand-new story based on E.A. Wyke-Smith’s classic, the inspiration for J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, featuring wonderful illustrations from Melissa Castrillón. At the Sunny Bay Home for Superfluous and Accidentally Parentless Children, Pip and Flora were never good at […]
The Stars Between Us by Cristin Terrill 400 pages published August 2nd, 2022
Devon is part of a secret society of people who literally eat books to survive, but her son has a more complicated need: a hunger for human minds. This becomes a problem, as you might expect. What follows is a story of sacrifice, love, motherhood, and train schedules. Also it’s sapphic. Five stars. (Also the […]
LOVE this cover. Also loved the part where I was anticipating this book but had not yet read it. Having read it, I’m really. Well. I think a lot of other people have said a lot better things on Goodreads and NetGalley than I have, and I will have to wave my hand vaguely towards […]
This book starts out as DON’T LOOK UP and continues into more of a PACIFIC RIM BUT MUSICAL. Actually, it kind of feels like the video game REIGNS: BEYOND, which is a game about being a rockstar in space. It’s a dual-POV book and there is a lot going on, and one of them is […]
Scatter of Light by Diana Pharoah Francis ??? pages published June 24th, 2022 Welcome back to Diamond City where hell just busted loose. Senator Rice, hater of all things magic, declared martial law following the recent bombings. His goal? Arrest all magic-wielders and take control of the mines. To get what he wants, he doesn’t […]
Aughughuhguh. This book is so. I’m so. Eugh. Lots of other people have said a lot of really smart things about this book and you should go read their reviews instead. The famous dathomira review, of course, but also some other great reviewers have given in-depth reviews. Personally, this book was Exhausting and I could […]