Catching Fire, the second book of the acclaimed YA dystopian trilogy The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, turned ten years old today. Catching Fire is…
Book Review: The Lady Rogue by Jenn Bennett
If the 1999 Brandan Fraser and Rachel Weisz classic, The Mummy and the 2009 Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law Sherlock Holmes had an intrepid teenager ob…
Book Review: The Good Thieves by Katherine Rundell
Katherine Rundell’s writing is magic. I’ve read three of her books now, and each one is filled with such whimsy and irresistibly charming …
Book Review: Song of the Abyss by Makiia Lucier
Like a ship caught in the doldrums, Makiia Lucier’s second installment in the YA nautical themed Fantasy Tower of Winds series, Song of the Abyss, str…
Book Review: The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee
As a Chinese girl in the South, Jo Kuan has experienced a great deal of injustices: getting fired from jobs without reason; struggling to find work; s…
YA Books that Complement School Readings
The school year has already begun for most of you high school students out there, unless you’re one of the lucky ones, which means that you’re going t…
Book Review: Start Here by Trish Doller
Trish Doller completely and totally surprised me with Start Here, a devastatingly gorgeous and ultimately hopeful story. Quick background: Willa…