Title: This Spells LoveAuthor: Kate RobbPublisher: Dial Press TradePaperback: 352 pagesSource: PublisherSummary: (taken from Goodreads): A spell for you to forget your ex, but what else might you lose? Reeling from a recent breakup, a young woman tries to heal heartbreak with a spell–only to wake up in an alternate reality where she’s lost more… Continue reading Book Review: This Spells Love by Kate Robb
Title: When You Wish Upon a LanternAuthor: Gloria ChaoPublisher: VikingHardcover: 352 pagesSource: PublisherSummary: (taken from Goodreads): Liya and Kai had been best friends since they were little kids, but all that changed when a humiliating incident sparked The Biggest Misunderstanding Of All Time—and they haven’t spoken since. Then Liya discovers her family’s wishing lantern store… Continue reading Book Review: When You Wish Upon a Lantern by Gloria Chao
Title: Pride and Prejudice and PittsburghAuthor: Rachael LippincottPublisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young ReadersHardcover: 256 pagesSource: ARC from ALA conferenceSummary: (taken from Goodreads): What if you found a once-in-a-lifetime love…just not in your lifetime? Audrey Cameron has lost her spark. But after getting dumped by her first love and waitlisted at her dream art… Continue reading Book Review: Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh by Rachael Lippincott
Title: Heiress ApparentlyAuthor: Diana MaPublisher: Harry N. AbramsHardcover: 304 pagesSource: PurchasedSummary: (taken from Goodreads): Gemma Huang is a recent transplant to Los Angeles from Illinois, having abandoned plans for college to pursue a career in acting, much to the dismay of her parents. Now she’s living with three roommates in a two-bedroom hovel, auditioning for… Continue reading Book Review: Heiress Apparently by Diana Ma
Title: A Scatter of LightAuthor: Malinda LoPublisher: Dutton Books for Young ReadersHardcover: 325 pagesSource: Chicago Public LibrarySummary: (taken from Goodreads): Aria Tang West was looking forward to a summer on Martha’s Vineyard with her best friends–one last round of sand and sun before college. But after a graduation party goes wrong, Aria’s parents exile her… Continue reading Book Review: A Scatter of Light by Malinda Lo
Title: Crazy Rich Asians Author: Kevin Kwan Series: Crazy Rich Asians, Book 1 Publisher: Doubleday Paperback: 403 pages Source: Chicago Public Library Summary: (taken from Goodreads): Buy from the Book Depository Crazy Rich Asians is the outrageously funny debut novel about three super-rich, pedigreed Chinese families and the gossip, backbiting, and scheming that occurs when… Continue reading Book Review: Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
Title: Pride Author: Ibi Zoboi Publisher: Balzer & Bray Paperback: 285 pages Source: Own Summary: (taken from Goodreads): Buy from the Book Depository Pride and Prejudice gets remixed in this smart, funny, gorgeous retelling of the classic, starring all characters of color, from Ibi Zoboi, National Book Award finalist and author of American Street. Zuri Benitez… Continue reading Book Review: Pride by Ibi Zoboi
Title:The Ghost and the Goth Author: Stacey Kade Series: The Ghost and the Goth, Book 1 Publisher: Disney Hyperion Hardcover: 281 pages Source: Chicago Public Library Summary: (taken from Goodreads) Buy from The Book Depository Alona Dare–Senior in high school, co-captain of the cheerleading squad, Homecoming Queen three years in a row, voted most likely to… Continue reading Book Review: The Ghost and the Goth by Stacey Kade
Title: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before Author: Jenny Han Series: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, Book 1 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Paperback: 421 pages Source: Own Summary: (taken from Goodreads) Buy from The Book Depository Lara Jean’s love life is about to go from imaginary to out… Continue reading Book Review: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han
Title: Anna and the Duke Author: Kathryn Smith Publisher: HarperTeen Paperback: 304 pages Source: Own Summary: (taken from Goodreads) Anna At the very least, anyone else in Anna Welsley’s position would be satisfied. Anna is to inherit a fortune, and after a glittering London debut last Season, she is now engaged to a duke’s son. Anna… Continue reading Book Review: Anna and the Duke by Kathryn Smith
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