Happy Tuesday! If you love YA books you have come to the right post! Every Tuesday I feature a new YA theme featuring 5 books that you should check out! Explore different genres of YA including Romance, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Horror, Non-Fiction, and […]
Happy Tuesday! If you love young adult (YA) books, you have come to the right post! Every Tuesday I feature a new YA theme that features five books that you should check out! Explore different YA genres including Romance, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Horror, […]
White Oak Teen Librarians have compiled a list of our 11 favorite reads of 2020! See if one of your favorites is on this list, or if you missed something amazing. (This list is in no particular order.) 1. Cinderella Retellings: So two really good […]
Bleach (Bleach #1) by Tite Kubo This is a lengthy manga, so be prepared. They’re all rather quick reads as most of the pages are artwork. Bleach is an excellent story in conclusion, the melding of Mexican and Japanese culture is really interesting, especially concerning […]
Marked (House of Night #1) by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast So, as a whole this series is decent. It manages to capture Native American traditions, Goddess Worship, Paganism and the occult in a fairly positive light. That being said, the characters and writing was […]
Blue is for Nightmares by Laurie Faria Stolarz This is an excellent series, particularly for young Pagans or Wiccans. It mixes in a nice blend of reality and magick (Yes, magick with a k!) The only issue I took with the series, which come sup […]
Flawed by Cecelia Ahern This was unusual for me, I really liked it, but it definitely wasn’t what I expected concerning a rise-up type of novel. It was almost like everything was slowed down so that I could see Celestine’s initial feelings of torment, resentment, […]
The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco Deserves the stars for creativity and world creation alone. Essentially it seems like the author took the concept of Geisha, the Hindu religion, Muslim, Asian, and European culture and smooshed them altogether to create this world. Haha, which sounds […]
The Hawkweed Prophecy by Irena Brignull I enjoyed this. The story was interesting; although some of the character growth was kind of lost in translation. It left it open for a sequel so maybe things will end up being rounded out. The structure of magic […]
Fruits Basket (Furuba #1) by Natsuki Takaya I can’t praise this Shoujo (Shoujo literally translates to Girl and Shoujo manga are geared specifically to teen girls) manga enough! Based on an old folktale about the creation of the Chinese Zodiac, Fruits Basket (Or Furuba, as […]
