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Review | Love and Other Foreign Words by Erin McCahan

Perfect for fans of John Green and Rainbow Rowell, Love and Other Foreign Words is equal parts comedy and coming of age–a whip-smart, big-hearted, laugh-out-loud love story about sisters, friends, and what it means to love at all. Can anyone be truly herself–or truly in love–in a language that’s not her own? Sixteen-year-old Josie lives her life in...

Review | Red Rising by Pierce Brown

The Earth is dying. Darrow is a Red, a miner in the interior of Mars. His mission is to extract enough precious elements to one day tame the surface of the planet and allow humans to live on it. The Reds are humanity’s last hope. Or so it appears, until the day Darrow discovers it’s all a lie....

Waiting on Wednesday (January 14)

  Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly book meme hosted by Breaking the Spine, which spotlights upcoming releases that are eagerly anticipated. This week, I’m waiting on Love, Fortunes and Other Disasters by Kimberly Karalius, which has an expected publication date of May 12, 2015. In the tradition of Alice Hoffman’s Practical Magic, one girl chooses to change her...

Review | Scarlet by Marissa Meyer

Cinder, the cyborg mechanic, returns in the second thrilling installment of the bestselling Lunar Chronicles. She’s trying to break out of prison–even though if she succeeds, she’ll be the Commonwealth’s most wanted fugitive. Halfway around the world, Scarlet Benoit’s grandmother is missing. It turns out there are many things Scarlet doesn’t know about her grandmother or the grave...

Waiting on Wednesday (December 31)

  Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly book meme hosted by Breaking the Spine, which spotlights upcoming releases that are eagerly anticipated. This week, I’m waiting on The Start of Me and You by Emery Lord, which has an expected publication date of March 31, 2015. Following her pitch-perfect debut Open Road Summer, Emery Lord pens another gorgeous story...

Review | Cinder by Marissa Meyer

Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl. Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and...

Waiting on Wednesday (December 24)

  Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly book meme hosted by Breaking the Spine, which spotlights upcoming releases that are eagerly anticipated. This week, I’m waiting on Magonia by Maria Dahvana Headley, which has an expected publication date of April 28, 2015. Neil Gaiman’s Stardust meets John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars in this fantasy about a girl...