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I missed the actual anniversary, but it's time for the third biannual post where I give one (or two if I can't choose) book...

Book Synopsis: Seventeen-year-old Abby Turner's summer isn't going the way she'd planned. She has a not-so-secret but definitely unrequited crush on her best friend, Cooper. She hasn't been able to manage her mother's growing issues with anxiety. And now 4.5/5 stars. It’s been a while since I’ve read a Kasie West book, or a contemporary romance in general. It was nice to get back to a wholesome, quick read with great banter and a fun plot. I don’t really have many negatives t

Book Synopsis: It's September 11, 2001. Brandon, a 9-year-old boy, goes to work for the day with his dad . . . at the World Trade Center in New York City. When two planes hit the towers, Brandon and his father are trapped inside a fiery nightmare as terror and confusion swirl around them. Can they escape -- and what will the world be like when they do? In present-day Afghanistan, Reshmina is an 11-year-old girl who is used to growing up in the shadow of war, but she has dream

Book Synopsis: The story begins on St. Stephen's Day, 2010, in St. John's, Newfoundland, when the author gives birth to a baby girl named...

Book Synopsis: Memphis, 1939. Twelve-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their family’s...

Book Synopsis: What if Meg had to become a god? After Hercules proves he's a true hero and regains his godship, all seems right in the...

Book Synopsis: King Jaron has outwitted the Prozarians and returned to his own kingdom with one secret in his pocket that not even his...

Book Synopsis: Melody is not like most people. She cannot walk or talk, but she has a photographic memory; she can remember every detail...

Book Synopsis: After Ali’s father passes away, he leaves his one and only prized possession—a 1968 Firebird convertible—to his daughter....

Book Synopsis: With two sons of her own, and twelve rescued orphan boys filling the informal school at Plumfield, Jo March -- now Jo...

Book Synopsis: In a peaceful Carthya, Jaron leads as the Ascendant King with Imogen beside him -- but the peace he fought so long for is...

Book Synopsis: What if the witch gave Merida a different spell? If you could change your fate, would you? Merida understands that as...

Book Synopsis: War has come to Carthya. It knocks at every door and window in the land. And when Jaron learns that King Vargan of Avenia...

Book Synopsis: Evalina Cassano’s life in an Italian-American family in 1941 is everything it “should be” until she falls in love with...

Book Synopsis: A kingdom teetering on the brink of destruction. A king gone missing. Who will survive? Just weeks after Jaron has taken...

Book Synopsis: For sixteen-year-old Nina, communicating her emotions is ridiculously hard. She expresses those best through art, the one...

Book Synopsis: Through sloppy usage and low standards on the internet, in e-mail and now "txt msgs", we have made proper punctuation an...

Book Synopsis: As the day dawns on the fiftieth annual Hunger Games, fear grips the districts of Panem. This year, in honor of the...

Book Synopsis: In a discontent kingdom, civil war is brewing. To unify the divided people, Conner, a nobleman of the court, devises a...

Book Synopsis: Jude Carpenter likes his life. Sure, his mom is a little intense sometimes, and sure, it would be great if his older...