If you are looking for a quick pick-me-up, Mindy Kaling’s Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) is the book you need. It takes about two days to read, claimed by Kaling confirmed by me, and is the refresher I needed. Kaling shares personal childhood stories and more to explain her thoughts and to create […]
book review
Drowning in Disappointment
You would think a dystopian novel with sirens and an underwater civilization would be interesting. But sadly, it was not. I recently just finished reading Atlantia by Ally Condie. After seeing this novel on a recommended list, I thought about how I liked the Matched series and did not hesitate putting it on my to-read […]
This is where it hopefully gets better
School shootings have become an unfortunately more common occurrence. Marieke Nijkamp took on the challenge of trying to show how this experience feels in first-person perspective in her latest novel, “This is Where it Ends.” Using four perspectives, she chose students who were all connected to the killer in some way, however, they all sound […]
Rising from YA Drab comes “Dove Exiled”
In a sea of dystopian novels, it has become hard for one series to stand out. However, Karen Bao’s Dove Arising series has surpassed the expectations of a teen novel by taking things out of this world, the moon, and bringing it all back to Earth. Bao’s first book, “Dove Arising,” introduced a science-driven introvert, […]