Author: Tiana Smith Publisher: Swoonreads Genre: YA contemporary Release Date: 01.07.20 My Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis: “Quinn and Grayson have been fierce speech and debate rivals for years. They can’t stand one another, either in competition or in real life. But when their AP Government...
Month: October 2019
Product Review: Vellum Post’s “Badass Heroines” Box
posted by: fromthelibraryofalexis
October 28, 2019
Happy Monday! I am very excited to share today’s post as I get to do an unboxing! One of my favorite bookish discoveries since I started blogging has been book boxes… there is something so magical about getting home after a long day to find...
Author: Margaret Rogerson Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books Genre: YA Fantasy Release Date: 06.04.19 My Rating: 3.5/5 stars Synopsis: “All sorcerers are evil. Elisabeth has known that as long as she has known anything. Raised as a foundling in one of Austermeer’s Great Libraries, Elisabeth has...
Waiting on Wednesday: Today Tonight Tomorrow
posted by: fromthelibraryofalexis
October 23, 2019
Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine that is all about sharing and putting a spotlight on upcoming unreleased books that readers cannot wait to get their hands on. My TBR pile is overrun with books that haven’t been released yet, but...
Author: Susan Dennard Publisher: Tor Teen Genre: YA Fantasy Publication Date: 02.13.18 My Rating: 3/5 stars Synopsis: “Before Safi and Iseult battled a Bloodwitch… Before Merik returned from the dead… Ryber Fortiza was a Sightwitch Sister at a secluded convent, waiting to be called by...
Author: Rosaria Munda Publisher: Putnam Genre: YA fantasy Release Date: 10.15.19 My Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis: “Annie and Lee were just children when a brutal revolution changed their world, giving everyone—even the lowborn—a chance to test into the governing class of dragonriders. Now they are...
My Favorite YA Standalone Novels (& why you should read them)
posted by: fromthelibraryofalexis
October 16, 2019
Sometimes, I just can’t do a series. As much as I do love my eight book long series with thousands of pages, side characters, and subplots SOMETIMES I just need a single story in my life with one beginning and one end, all there right...
Hear me out, posting a late wrap-up post is better than not posting one at all. As the first quarter of the school year wrapped up for me I found myself drowning in tests, essays, and suddenly I realized I never had time to post...