“Here’s the truth: it’s okay not to read. It’s okay not to feel like reading, or to fall into a multi-week reading slump. It’s okay to choose something else.” – Leah Rachel von Essen Reading burnout has a way of creeping into our lives without a whisper of a warning, and at the most inconvenient …
[divider] Steampunk is an old genre that has been around since K. W. Jeter coined the phrase to describe his novel Morlock Night. Since then the genre has recognized that Jules Vern, Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, and the like were writing steampunk long ago. The years pass and the cog turns slowly at first …
Title: Fatal InfatuationSeries: Almost Human The First Trilogy, #1Author: Melanie NowakGenre: Fantasy, Paranormal RomancePublisher: Self PublishedFormat: eBookISBN: 0982410204 Summary: ALMOST HUMAN – the first trilogy –In this witty paranormal adventure/romance, each chapter alternates perspective between an elder vampire and a young human girl as they navigate the difficulties of addiction and desire; the perils of zombies and …
Title: Speak: The Graphic NovelSeries: Author: Laurie Halse AndersonGenre: Graphic Novel, Realistic FictionPublisher: Farrar, Straus, GirouxFormat: HardcoverISBN: 0374300283 CWs: Sexual Assault, Rape, Depression, Self Harm, Bullying, Consent Summary: “Speak up for yourself-we want to know what you have to say.” From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows this is a big fat …
The Books I’ll be stuffing my nose into this month. What’s on your TBR shelf?
Title: The Lives of Desperate GirksAuthor: Mackenzie CommonsGenre: Thriller Publisher: Penguin TeenFormat: e-bookISBN: 9780143198710 Summary: One small, northern community. Two girls gone — one missing, the other dead. A riveting coming-of-age debut young adult novel for fans of Everything I Never Told You and All the Bright Places. Sixteen-year-old Helen Commanda is found dead just outside …
Title: Six Of CrowsAuthor: Leigh BardugoGenre: FantasyPublisher: Henry Holt & CoFormat: PaperbackISBN: 9781627792127 Summary: Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price—and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond …
