Book Review #65: Cursed (Lost in the Vast #3)

With every jump through time, bonds splinter just a little more. The bonds between friends. The bonds holding reality together. The bonds of the human mind. The bonds that separate worlds. Alexis, Cole, Trent, and Dante find themselves in an new reality full of monsters, but little do they know, the real monster is already …

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Book Review #61: Some of It was Real by Nan Fischer

I picked this book up on a whim. There's a reviewer that I follow on BookTok and Goodreads who writes the most hilarious reviews (talking about you, Ayman, even though you'll never, ever see this) and I saw it pop up on her timeline saying, and I quote: "I've never read anything like this." I …

Book Review #60: Noises from the Other Side by Tabatha Shipley

Annie’s life has been turned upside down. Her parents have suddenly divorced, she had to switch schools, and her mom moved her into a new house in a new neighborhood. The new house shouldn’t be a problem, but… it’s a duplex. And there are strange noises coming from the dividing wall. Investigating the source could …

Book Review #59: this is where it ends

I was really excited for this book. As a teacher, the subject matter--school shootings--is one that hits so close to home. Every day, I go into work, fully committed to throw myself in front of a bullet for those children inside my classroom, my building. I've had to train children on where to hide inside …

Book Review #58: All the Bright Places

I’m convinced that this book was not written for teens who struggle with mental health. Is it a good book for them? …. Eh. When I began reading All the Bright Places, my friend Erin said, “I didn’t like the way it handled its main topic.” And I agree. Many, many things about the way …

Book Review #55: XOR AX, AX by Andrei Saygo

Axel Anderson is part genius, part Coca-Cola addict. But he’s also part criminal. Axel hacks for a living, finding bugs in systems and rooting his way through technical security systems. More often than not, he gets away with it! Until he doesn’t. When Axel is blackmailed by a mining company called DVC, his life changes—and …

Book Review #39: Beneath a Blanket of Snow by Arlene Lomazoff-Marron

Meredith Perkins' life was almost perfect. A loving, faithful husband, two beautiful children, wealth enough to live comfortably... It really was a wonderfully calm, blissful life.But even the ugliest truths can be covered by a gorgeous glass cover.One tragic decision by Meredith's husband leads to her family's collapse. With Jonathan imprisoned, Meredith is left to …

Book Review #34: Dear Pink by Michelle Angelle

After catching her high-school sweetheart in bed with another woman, Hannah's life starts to spiral into a dark, dismal state. Not only are her dreams of going to art school crushed, but she's also alone without her parents or best friend. That is, until she receives the bucket list: a set of things Libby says …

Book Review #33: Muck World by C.G. Lewis

Following the Ever Rain, a global superstorm that melted ice caps, rose sea levels, and forced the survivors to seek higher ground, society exists in makeshifts towns and villages, barely scraping by the best they can in the horrific, muddy circumstances. Civilization as we knew it fell with the rain, and with its fall, divides …

Book Review #26: Transcendence by H.G. Ahedi

Zane Carter is a survivor-- a hardened, broken soldier. The confidence he used to have in his country is gone, and he knows, without a doubt, that the US is going to lose WW2. So, when a battle goes sideways and Zane blacks out, he's sure he's dead. This is the end for him.Except, it's …