Gabby Gardiner wakes up in a hospital bed looking like a cautionary ad for drunk driving and lacking a single memory of the accident that landed her there. What she can remember, in frank and sardonic detail, is the year leading up to the accident. As she takes us through her transformation from invisible girl […]
My wishis to fallcranium over Conversein dizzy, daydream-worthylove. When her parents split, Marcie is dragged from Idaho to a family summerhouse in New Hampshire. She leaves behind her friends, a group of freaks and geeks called the Leftovers, including her emo-rocker boyfriend, and her father. By the time Labor Day rolls around, Marcie suspects this […]
“One thing my mother never knew, and would disapprove of most of all, was that I watched the Garretts. All the time.” The Garretts are everything the Reeds are not. Loud, numerous, messy. And every day from her balcony perch, seventeen year old Samantha wishes she was one of them… until the day Jase Garrett […]
It’s week two of the Just Contemporary month that’s being hosted by Basically Amazing Books and Chick Loves Lit. This week, we’re discussing The Tough Stuff. These contemporary stories are the ones that get you right in the heart. The stories that are hard to take at times and the ones that make you sit […]
In an effort to support the ladies over at Books from Bleh to Basically Amazing and Chick Loves Lit, all of my book watches for the month of November will all be contemporary YA. I post upcoming releases that I’m looking forward to reading every Friday and to be honest, most of the books that […]