The Book Shire

Books

Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine

I had a hard time getting into this book – so much so that I almost DNF’d it at like 4%, but once it gets going WOW. Ink and Bone presents a strangely [...]

All We Have Left by Wendy Mills

I feel like if I start talking about this book I will never ever stop, so I’m just gonna dive right in and apologize ahead of time for any [...]

How It Ends by Catherine Lo

How it Ends may not have the most original premise – two best friends torn asunder by the pressures and politics of high school drama – but what it lacks [...]

How to Keep Rolling After a Fall by Karole Cozzo

GUYS. THIS BOOK. This book could have gone horribly wrong. It could have come off as insensitive. It could have featured a whiny and annoying [...]

The Lost and Found by Katrina Leno

Synopsis: A charming and imaginative new novel about getting lost before you can be found. LOST: Frannie and Louis met in an online support group when [...]

Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven

It took me a while to write this review because this book… This book changed my life. You know that feeling when you meet a protagonist who just gets it? [...]

Interview with Jessica Khoury

When I picked up The Forbidden Wish earlier this year, I was expecting your standard Aladdin retelling, complete with lots and lots of references to some [...]

Waiting on Wednesday: The Inexplicable Logic of My Life

Can we just talk about this cover for a second?!?!? UM, WHAT? YES. YES YES YES YES YES. I neeeeed this book in my life. I mean this is Benjamin Alire [...]

Lucky Few by Kathryn Ormsbee

Synopsis: Stevie, Max, and Sanger: keeping Austin weird. Stevie Hart is homeschooled, but don’t hold that against her. Sure, she and her best (okay, [...]