Just a girl and her books
THE GIRLS OF SUMMER | Katie Bishop 06.06.2023 | St. Martin’s Press Rating: 4/5 stars Rachel has been in love with Alistair for fifteen years. Even though she’s now married to someone else. Even though she was a teenager when they met. Even though he is twenty years older than her. Rachel and Alistair’s summer … Continue reading Book Review: The Girls of Summer
BEFORE WE WERE INNOCENT | Ella Berman 04.04.2023 | Berkley Rating: 4/5 stars Ten years ago, after a sun-soaked summer spent in Greece, best friends Bess and Joni were cleared of having any involvement in their friend Evangeline’s death. But that didn’t stop the media from ripping apart their teenage lives like vultures. While the … Continue reading Book Review: Before We Were Innocent
THE DAYDREAMS | Laura Hankin05.02.2023 | BerkleyRating: 5/5 stars Back in 2004, The Daydreams had it all: a cast of innocent-seeming teenagers acting and singing their hearts out, amazing ratings, and a will-they-or-won’t-they romance that steamed up fan fiction forums. Then, during the live season two finale, it all imploded, leaving everyone scrambling to understand … Continue reading Book Review: The Daydreams
ONE OF THE GOOD ONES | Maika Moulite & Maritza Moulite 01.05.2021 | Inkyard Press Rating: 4/5 stars When teen activist and history buff Kezi Smith is killed under mysterious circumstances after attending a social justice rally, her devastated sister Happi and their family are left reeling in the aftermath. As Kezi becomes another immortalized … Continue reading Book Review: One of the Good Ones
BLACK BUCK | Mateo Askaripour 01.05.2021 | HMH 4.5/5 stars Darren is an unambitious twenty-two-year-old living in a Bed-Stuy brownstone with his mother, whose one wish is for Darren to live up to the potential she sees within him. Darren is content working at Starbucks in the lobby of a Midtown office building and spending … Continue reading Book Review: Black Buck
LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND | Rumaan Alam 10.06.2020 | Ecco Rating: 4/5 stars Two families have been forced together on a long weekend gone terribly wrong. Amanda and Clay have decided to take a reprieve from their bustling New York City life and spend some quality time with their teenage son and daughter in a … Continue reading Book Review: Leave the World Behind
WATCH OVER ME | Nina LaCour 09.15.2020 | Dutton Rating: 4/5 stars Mila has recently graduated from high school and aged out of the foster care system. She is used to being alone. Perhaps that’s what drew her to accepting a new opportunity. She’ll be living in a remote place, among the flowers and the … Continue reading Book Review: Watch Over Me
THE GIFTED SCHOOL | Bruce Holsinger 07.02.2019 | Riverhead Rating: 4/5 stars The town of Crystal, Colorado is slated to have a new school for gifted students opening in the near future. In an area filled with private institutions for the gifted, this school offers something unique. This school is a public school where potential … Continue reading Book Review: The Gifted School
NINE PERFECT STRANGERS | Liane Moriarty 11.06.2018 | Flatiron Books Rating: 2.5/5 stars Nine people have gathered at Tranquillum House for what they hope with be a ten-day journey at a health resort that will leave them refreshed and able to look at life with a new perspective afterwards. Each person has a unique reason … Continue reading Book Review: Nine Perfect Strangers
THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO | Taylor Jenkins Reid 06.13.2017 | Atria Books Rating: 5/5 stars Evelyn Hugo is one of the most famous actresses of our generation. She has lived a life of glamour and scandal that has been highlighted in tabloids throughout the years, most notably including her seven marriages. Evelyn recently … Continue reading Book Review: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
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