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Why Do You Think Anything in that House was ever Yours to Take?

Tear it Down by Nick Petrie

January 28, 2019 by Jenny S Leave a Comment

Two weeks ago, after a long day of pre-semester meetings at my college, I headed to a library in Gurnee (the town next to mine) with my sister to hear Nick Petrie talk with another author, Lori Rader-Day, about his newly released novel, Tear It Down. The book is the fourth in a series about Peter Ash, a military veteran with a persistent case of PTSD and an uncanny ability to attract trouble. The conversation wandered in many interesting directions, including a discussion of series […]

I’m a Teacher In a Movie (or “I’m a college professor in a contemporary romance”)

My Favorite Half-Night Stand by Christina Lauren

January 24, 2019 by Jenny S 2 Comments

This was one of the books I received for Jolabokaflod this year from my sister, and it was just the type of novel that I needed to escape to last weekend—an interesting group of friends, an academic setting, and a rather silly plot involving an online dating site. Millie Morris is a professor of criminology, specializing in female serial killers, at UC-Santa Barbara; she has a tightknit but eccentric group of male friends, all academics in different departments and all single. Reid and Ed are […]

Laundry and Ghosts are Currently Tied for First

Sheets by Brenna Thummler

January 20, 2019 by Jenny S 1 Comment

This was the last book from the pile of books I checked out from my college’s library right before break and it’s fitting that I finished it now—two days before I kick the semester into high gear. My community college library has a fantastic graphic novel collection—thanks to some awesome librarians and one of my fellow English faculty—and this one caught my eye. In Sheets, Brenna Thummler tells the story of two young people having a rough time. One of them is Marjorie Glatt, a […]

Window Books and Mirror Books (or Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can’t Lose)

Patina (Track - Book 2) by Jason Reynolds

Sunny (Track - Book 3) by Jason Reynolds

Lu (Track - Book 4) by Jason Reynolds

January 19, 2019 by Jenny S 2 Comments

Last February I read Ghost, the first book in Jason Reynold’s middle grade Track series and enjoyed it immensely though I understood I was definitely not the intended audience. I had seen Jason Reynolds on The Daily Show, started following him on Twitter, and all that made me want to read his work—all of his work. He’s a prolific writer, so catching up and keeping up will take some work. Flash forward to mid-December when I discovered a display of the remaining three books in […]

Life is Way Too Short to Spend Another Day at War With Yourself

13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl by Mona Awad

January 4, 2019 by Jenny S 1 Comment

If your plan was to start 2019 with a blast of body positivity, you might want to avoid this book. Through a series of 13 potentially standalone stories, Mona Awad focuses on Lizzie, self-described fat girl, from her teens to her late twenties. Awad is brutally masterful in her depiction of one young woman’s battle with her body and how that shapes in mostly horrifying ways the relationships she has in her life—with friends, family, and romantic partners. There is something so bleakly realistic about […]

What If It’s Me

What If It's Us by Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera

January 4, 2019 by Jenny S 1 Comment

I have to preface this review by saying that I haven’t read anything by either Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera though I did watch (and enjoy) Love, Simon. The premise of this YA novel is cute as is its origin story. The two authors didn’t know each other but their debut novels were sold and published at about the same time and they connected and bonded over e-mail and social media. They decided soon after to collaborate on a novel and this is the result. […]

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