Category: Coming-of-Age
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Review: HOW TO BE FAMOUS by Caitlin Moran
Thank you so much to Harper Books for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. Description: Johanna Morrigan (aka Dolly Wilde) has it all: she is nineteen, lives in her own flat in London, and writes for the coolest music magazine in Britain. Her star is rising, just not quickly enough for…
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Review: WHAT SHOULD BE WILD by Julia Fine
Thank you so much Harper Books for my free copy – all opinions are my own. Book Description: Cursed. Maisie Cothay has never known the feel of human flesh: born with the power to kill or resurrect at her slightest touch, she has spent her childhood sequestered in her family’s manor at the edge of a…
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Review: PROVIDENCE by Caroline Kepnes
Thank you so much to Random House and Lenny Books for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. Book Description: Best friends in small-town New Hampshire, Jon and Chloe share a bond so intense that it borders on the mystical. But before Jon can declare his love for his soul mate, he…
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Review: MAP OF SALT AND STARS by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar
Many thanks to Touchstone Books for my free copy – all opinions are my own. Book Description: In the summer of 2011, just after Nour loses her father to cancer, her mother moves Nour and her sisters from New York City back to Syria to be closer to their family. In order to keep her…
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Book Mail: THE WILD INSIDE by Jamey Bradbury
This book looks incredible! I have a soft spot for Siberian Huskies so I am obsessed with this cover! Thank you so much William Morrow for sending this lovely free copy my way! SYNOPSIS: “The Wild Inside is an unusual love story and a creepy horror novel — think of the Brontë sisters and Stephen King.”…
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Review: THE PARKING LOT ATTENDANT by Nafkote Tamirat
Thank you so much to Henry Holt for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. “I didn’t even believe in God. But did my believing in something render it true? Doesn’t the truth remain the truth, regardless of what I think? My mother used to say that God stopped sending plagues because…
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Epic Book Mail: NUMBER ONE CHINESE RESTAURANT by Lillian Li, THE COMEDOWN by Rebekah Frumkin, SUICIDE CLUB by Rachel Heng
Thank you so much Henry Holt for sending me these gorgeous free copies! They are all so different and all sound amazing! I will leave the synopses below. NUMBER ONE CHINESE RESTAURANT by Lillian Li: he Beijing Duck House in Rockville, Maryland, is not only a beloved go-to setting for hunger pangs and celebrations; it…
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Book Mail: I’LL STAY by Karen Day
Thank you so much Kensington Books for this gorgeous copy! I am so excited to read it! SYNOPSIS: In this compelling, emotionally complex novel, a college friendship sparks a life-changing sacrifice that connects two women forever–even as it shatters their closeness . . . “Let her go. I’ll stay.” There are some decisions…
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Fabulous Book Mail: MY NAME IS VENUS BLACK by Heather Lloyd
BIG thanks to Random House and The Dial Press for sending me this beautiful copy! This book has been on my radar for months so I am very excited to read it! Sounds excellent! In this riveting, heartfelt debut, a young woman assumes a new name to escape her dark past and find the redemption…
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Review: I LOVE YOU TOO MUCH by Alicia Drake
I’m so incredibly grateful to Little, Brown and Company for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. “Who’s César?’ ‘He’s my dog, only he’s more than a dog, he’s super-intelligent and he knows all my feelings, all my secrets.” Paul is thirteen, lives in Paris, and is constantly shuffled back and forth…