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book recommendations

A Crown of Wishes by Roshani Chokshi

This book might just be my favorite read of 2017. I know it’s still early in the year for such a declaration, but I am dead serious – I devoured A Crown [...]

The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Alire Saenz

UGH. I have such complicated feels about this book. First off, I’ll admit it: I went into The Inexplicable Logic of My Life with HIGH expectations. I [...]

Optimists Die First by Susin Nielsen

If the title wasn’t enough, the ugly-sweater cover made this a must-read for me. I went in expecting a lot of dark humor and a host of quirky characters, and [...]

The Dragon’s Price by Bethany Wiggins

DRAGONS. There is no other word that can make me run to a book like that one. So I was more than a little disappointed to find out that dragons are not major [...]

Revenge of the Evil Librarian by Michelle Knudsen

To this day I think Evil Librarian is one of the most underrated books on the planet. It’s sassy, snarky, hilarious, and completely original from start to [...]

How to Catch a Killer by Sheryl Scarborough

There isn’t anything I love more than a book that hooks you from page one and doesn’t let go. That’s how I felt about How to Catch a Killer. Even [...]

The Last of August by Brittany Cavallaro

I really enjoyed Brittany Cavallaro’s first foray into the world of Sherlock Holmes adaptations in A Study in Charlotte. Therefore, I was really excited to [...]

The Careful Undressing of Love by Corey Ann Haydu

The prose in this book is achingly beautiful. Seriously, if for no other reason than that, I think The Careful Undressing of Love is worth picking up. I was [...]

We Are Still Tornadoes by Michael Kun and Susan Mullen

I cannot even begin to explain how much I loved this book. It was such a surprise favorite. It wasn’t necessarily a book I would have picked up on my own, [...]