Category Archives: Addiction

Where the Road Leads Us by Robin Reul

Where the Road Leads Us by Robin Reul. Sourcebooks Fire, 2021. 9781492635253 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 3.5 Format: Paperback Genre:  Realistic fiction What did you like about the book? Throughout the course of a road … Continue reading

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Wrecked by Heather Henson

Wrecked by Heather Henson,  A Caitlyn Dlouhy Book/Simon and Schuster Children’s Publishing, 2022. 9781442451056 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Paperback ARC (published March 2022) Genre: Realistic Fiction What did you like about the … Continue reading

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You’d Be Home Now by Kathleen Glasgow

You’d Be Home Now by Kathleen Glasgow, Delacorte Press, 2021. 9780525708049  Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover Genre: Realistic Fiction What did you like about the book? Emory is a high school junior, … Continue reading

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Roxy by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

Roxy by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman. Simon & Schuster, 2021. 9781534451254 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or starred review) 2 Format: Paperback ARC Genre: Realistic fiction What did you like about the book? The book begins with an … Continue reading

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Where We Used to Roam by Jenn Bishop

Where We Used to Roam by Jenn Bishop. Aladdin, 2021. 9781534457294 Rating:  1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover Genre: Realistic fiction What did you like about the book? Emma O’Malley is ready to make … Continue reading

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We Are Inevitable by Gayle Forman

We Are Inevitable by Gayle Forman. Viking, 2021. 9780425290804 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 3 Format: Hardcover Genre: Realistic fiction What did you like about the book?  Bluebird Books in the state of Washington represents … Continue reading

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Violets are Blue by Barbara Dee

Violets are Blue by Barbara Dee. Aladdin, 2021. 9781534469181 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or starred review) 5 Format: Paperback ARC Genre: Realistic fiction What did you like about the book? Wren’s parents are divorced and she lives with … Continue reading

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You are Always Loved: A Story of Hope – written by Madeleine Dean & Harry Cunnane, illustrated by Holly Clifton-Brown

  You are Always Loved: A Story of Hope – written by Madeleine Dean & Harry Cunnane, illustrated by Holly Clifton-Brown, Random House, 9780593309247, 2021 Format: Hardcover Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Genre:  Picture book What … Continue reading

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