Please tell me there is a sequel. This was an outstanding YA fantasy. I loved Voya and I want more! If you like strong female characters, magic, and moral dilemmas, this one is for you.

This is the first time I've noticed a content warning in a book I'm reading. I like it.

I powered through this one in less than 36 hours. It is worth the hype it has generated. It's been a long time since I stayed up way past my bedtime reading, but this book did that for me.

It's just as delightful as the first. A must-read for historical fiction fans. My only criticism is that it ended too soon. I want to know more about Honey's story. The author could easily write a third book, and I'd pre-order it. Literacy and women's rights in the hills of Kentucky!

I remember this one receiving such flack. I'm going to love it anyway. It has the best first line that pulled me in from the very start: "I decided that Orion Lake needed to die after the second time he saved my life." It has everything you'd want from a story set in a magical school, deadly magical creatures, enemies and allies, and a snarky but likable protagonist. I'll definitely read the whole trilogy, an anomaly for me.

I forget where I am in the pattern, how many stitches I've done, which kind of stitch I'm on, what I'm trying to make, why I haven't stabbed out my own eyes with the hook yet. It's brilliant for building a truly frothing head of rage.
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She says it's too easy to call people evil instead of their choices and that lets people justify making evil choices. Because they convince themselves that it's okay because they're still good people overall inside their own heads. And yes, fine. But I think that after a certain number of evil choices, it's reasonable shorthand to decide that someone's an evil person who oughtn't have the chance to make any more choices...

Rynn was adopted as a baby but feels a strong connection to her birth family and goes looking for her birth mom against her adopted mom's wishes, which creates tension in an already tumultuous relationship. Culley does an amazing job crafting this story.

1. Summer. Trader Joe'sSweet & Spicy pecans. Lilacs. Historical or haunted houses/castles. Diet Pepsi. Phase 10.

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A delightful tale where the princess does the saving!

I read/listed to 14% but I'm just not loving ot. I rarely DNF a book.

Olivia, Olivia, Olivia, a mute orphan, finds her family home and relatives she didn't know existed. Gallant is her home, but it exists on the border between two worlds. Olivia learns that home is a decision and death is an inevitability.

I love hearing/reading stories from multiple perspectives. Ivy, Cal, and Mateo rekindle their middle school friendship only to become wrapped up in the murder of a classmate. They are witnesses turned suspects, and no one is safe. Another homerun by McManus!

"I respect a good checklist, but I‘m beginning to think my mother went overboard."

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Your reading habits are a form of self-care - a vehicle for unwinding and taking time for you. You tend to gravitate towards books that make you feel optimistic and relaxed, and you are energized knowing you can escape from reality to visit worlds and characters you love by simply settling in with a good book. Thrillers, mysteries, fiction or romance… if it lets you switch off the world, you‘ll read them as fast as you can get them...

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The perfect interruption to my steady stream of YA books of late. Who would ever suspect a group of four menopausal granny types to be trained assassins more than capable of outsmarting their male counterparts? This is the best fun novel that gives the big middle finger to sexist ageist bullshit. You'll love this quartet of hot-flashing badasses.

About grief.

Karen M. McManus doesn't disappoint in this fictional true crime YA drama. High school senior Bryan moves back to her hometown and immediately lands a coveted internship at an emerging true crime show. She begins investigating the murder of her 8th grade teacher and opens old wounds that get the community buzzing.

As good as the first! If you liked We Were Liars, this is a must-read. As a child of the 80s, I enjoyed the time period. I loved learning of the family dynamics, secrets, and loyalties. This is Carrie's story. Hopefully, the author chooses to write Bess and Penny's story, too.

Ghost haunting someone because they want to watch SNL. 🀣

Heard and Dotlich share poems back and forth during the pandemic. Part poetry book and part journal. There are three sections. Section one has poems about loss, grief, and worry and how we hold on. Section two poems are about repairing, healing, and connection, and feeling hope again. Section three is about the hope and joy that inspires creativity and new beginnings.

Addie LaRue asks us to consider what makes a life worth living. It reminds us to live well because no matter how long our life is, it goes by so fast! Addie is spirited, cunning, and strong. Give me more books and more characters just like this one! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

If you're a teacher, if you love a struggling reader, if you've ever taught or tried to teach someone to read, you NEED to listen to this podcast.

I have absolutely LOVED everything I've read from this author, and this book was no exception. This is a tale of three sisters who found magic and witchcraft and used it to fight for women's rights during a time when women had none.

For December, I couldn't pick just one.

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Loved this YA mystery/family drama. #12BooksOf2022 @Andrew65

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I'm ready to read! Isn't the necessity of employment unfortunate? 🀣

I loved this series!

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I just recommended this one to my mom tonight. She put it on hold on the Libby app.

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A short but powerful read about how the treaties made with the indigenous peoples of North America were not honored and how that has negatively impacted Mother Earth, especially Water.

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