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book recommendations

The Museum of Heartbreak by Meg Leder

Synopsis: In this ode to all the things we gain and lose and gain again, seventeen-year-old Penelope Marx curates her own mini-museum to deal with all the [...]

All the Feels by Danika Stone

Synopsis: College freshman Liv is more than just a fangirl: The Starveil movies are her life… So, when her favorite character, Captain Matt Spartan, is [...]

Waiting on Wednesday: Six of Crows Box Set

I know. I know. I need to stop talking about Leigh Bardugo. Wait... No I don't.  Why would I ever do that?  I'm totally #sorrynotsorry you [...]

Top Ten Tuesday: UK Book Covers

I am FASCINATED by the differences in cover-designs all around the world. It just means so many more covers to love and collect! But I get GREEN with jealousy [...]

The Loose Ends List by Carrie Firestone

Synopsis: First loves. Last Wishes. Letting go. Seventeen-year-old Maddie O'Neill Levine lives a charmed life, and is primed to spend the perfect [...]

You Know Me Well by David Levithan and Nina LaCour

Synopsis: Who knows you well? Your best friend? Your boyfriend or girlfriend? A stranger you meet on a crazy night? No one, really? Mark and Kate have sat [...]

With Malice by Eileen Cook

Synopsis: A read about a teenage girl who wakes up in a hospital bed and cannot remember the last six weeks of her life, including the accident that [...]

Wild Swans by Jessica Spotswood

Synopsis: The summer before Ivy’s senior year is going to be golden; all bonfires, barbeques, and spending time with her best friends. For once, she will [...]

The Crown by Kiera Cass

 Synopsis: When Eadlyn became the first princess of Illéa to hold her own Selection, she didn’t think she would fall in love with any of her thirty-five [...]