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Another okay book in a series I keep going back to

Mislaid in Parts Half-Known by Seanan McGuire

November 16, 2024 by genericwhitegirl Leave a Comment

This is book nine in the Wayward Children Series, a series of books about children who have found portals into alternate worlds that can be the stuff of nightmares or dreams, depending on the child. A good thing about this series is that you could probably read the books out of order, since they deal with different children and worlds. But there are recurring characters and themes throughout, which might be lost by going out of order. This book is about Antsy, who has a […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, Fiction, genericwhitegirl, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known, Seanan McGuire, skootchyknees, Wayward children series, young adult fiction

genericwhitegirl's CBR16 Review No:19 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, Fiction, genericwhitegirl, Mislaid in Parts Half-Known, Seanan McGuire, skootchyknees, Wayward children series, young adult fiction ·
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Clown Vs Teenagers

There's No Way I'd Die First by Lisa Springer

October 4, 2024 by dreadpiratekel Leave a Comment

What happens when an aspiring teenage movie critic hosts a Halloween party at her isolated mansion home, invites her friends (and some quasi-friends who are teenage influencers), and sets up a fun “game” involving a creepy clown, but the clown turns out to be like – psychotic?  Well, you get There’s No Way I’d Die First by Lisa Springer, where our heroine Noelle gets to prove she has the chops to be a Final Girl, and show there is no way she’d die first. This […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Young Adult Tagged With: evil clown, horror, Lisa Springer, There's No Way I'd Die First, young adult fiction

dreadpiratekel's CBR16 Review No:35 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Young Adult · Tags: evil clown, horror, Lisa Springer, There's No Way I'd Die First, young adult fiction ·
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My heart is wrapped up in you.

The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner

February 28, 2023 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

“If you’re going to live, you might as well do painful, brave, and beautiful things.” ― Jeff Zentner, The Serpent King While our classmates are getting zongered at the Holiday Inn in Cookeville and getting pregnant, you and I will be playing in the sprinkler and looking up at the stars until your curfew. ― Jeff Zentner, The Serpent King After his father, the magnetic preacher of a full-on “speaking-in-tongues and handling snakes” church is sent to prison, Dillard Early Jr. has the weight of […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: American South, coming of age novel, evangelical christianity, Jeff Zentner, Tennessee, Young Adult, young adult fiction

carmelpie's CBR15 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: American South, coming of age novel, evangelical christianity, Jeff Zentner, Tennessee, Young Adult, young adult fiction ·
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A lot to unpack in this short, supernatural mystery

The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass

January 30, 2023 by genericwhitegirl 2 Comments

There is nothing in this book that I relate to. I am not a 16-year old, gay, black, male. And I definitely don’t see ghosts or ghouls. But Jake is and does. And as extraordinary as he is, he still deals with all the other ordinary things a teenager deals with. So Jake’s life is…complicated…to say the least. Jake’s ordinary life concerns living in the shadow of his big brother, growing apart from friends, and getting to know the cute new student at his school […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Fiction, mystery, Ryan Douglass, skootchyknees, supernatural, the taking of jake livingston, YA, young adult fiction

genericwhitegirl's CBR15 Review No:4 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Fiction, mystery, Ryan Douglass, skootchyknees, supernatural, the taking of jake livingston, YA, young adult fiction ·
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Coming of Age in 1950s Chinatown

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

December 30, 2022 by teresaelectro Leave a Comment

I read Last Night at the Telegraph Club for our Cannon Book Club to celebrate Asian Pacific Heritage month. The YA novel is part historical fiction and part romance. It was a powerful story of coming of age and sexual awakening. It’s also a captivating window into what life was like for 1950s Chinese Americans and the LGBTQIA community. We meet shy Chinese-American student Lily Hu who loves studying math and science. She likes to fall into books and loves sci-fi, which I can relate to! When […]

Filed Under: Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: historical fiction, Last Night at the Telegraph Club, lesbian character, lesbian romance, LGBTQIA romance, Malinda Lo, YA Romance, young adult fiction

teresaelectro's CBR14 Review No:26 · Genres: Romance, Young Adult · Tags: historical fiction, Last Night at the Telegraph Club, lesbian character, lesbian romance, LGBTQIA romance, Malinda Lo, YA Romance, young adult fiction ·
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YA POV of the LA riots

The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed

October 31, 2021 by teresaelectro 1 Comment

And with this review of Christina Hammonds Reed’s The Black Kids, I made a bingo just under the wire. I received this for free from my Mocha Girls Read book club as it was our July sponsored book of the month. This YA historical novel is set against the backdrop of the 1992 LA riots. From the get, I was like is it really historical?! But I have to admit it has been some time since that fateful Rodney King verdict. Ashley Bennett lives in […]

Filed Under: Young Adult Tagged With: 1992, black protagonist, cbr13bingo, Christina Hammonds Reed, historical fiction, LA riots, los angeles, young adult fiction

teresaelectro's CBR13 Review No:11 · Genres: Young Adult · Tags: 1992, black protagonist, cbr13bingo, Christina Hammonds Reed, historical fiction, LA riots, los angeles, young adult fiction ·
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