Valerie Zhang
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Valerie is sixteen. She attends a boarding school near Boston, where she writes, reads, and attempts to be a studious student. She's too lazy to write the rest of this bio, so follow her on Twitter @torquoiseworld because shameless self-promotion is alive and thriving!

Guest Post: C.C. Hunter – ‘That Perfect Love Connection’

It is my pleasure to feature a guest post from an incredible YA author – the powerful, the pleasurable, the indestructible Mushu  C.C. Hunter. She has penned both the Shadow Falls series and the Shadow Falls: After Dark series, most recently Eternal,…

Book Review: ‘Tabula Rasa’ by Kristen Lippert-Martin

I typically start book reviews with something that doesn’t directly relate to the book. However, I simply can’t review Tabula Rasa the way I normally do. Because Tabula Rasa is far from formulaic, I can’t resort to my regular methods…

Book Review: ‘In Real Life’ by Lawrence Tabak

Although I’m dangerously addicted to the internet, I’ve never quite understood the thrills of gaming. After all, who needs video games when you have books, right? Wrong. There’s something even better than books: books about video gaming that appeal to…

Book Review: ‘Of Scars and Stardust’ by Andrea Hannah

Call me a romantic or a deluded teenage girl, but I don’t mind love at first sight. Mainly because I’ve fallen in love with countless book covers, but that’s not the point. The point is, I am “unconditionally and irrevocably…

Book Review: ‘Odeful’ by Jennifer Recchio

I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling twenty-two the last time I read poetry, I had to dissect it for a paper. That’s the thing about poetry. Most people associate poetry with an English class or a crazy teacher.…

Book Review: ‘Unmarked’ by Kami Garcia

Prior to about a month ago, I had only associated Kami Garcia with Beautiful Creatures. Then came the opportunity to review Unmarked, so then I learned that Kami Garcia has since written another series, one that I should’ve heard about…

Book Review: ‘I’ll Give You the Sun’ by Jandy Nelson

I would’ve given my life’s savings, a lifetime’s supply of coffee, five years of my life, and the sun to Jandy Nelson if she hadn’t waited over four years to publish her next book. I am not exaggerating; that’s how…