Welcome to my Indigo Teen Staff Pick of the Month blog post for July 2018! If you’ve been following my Instagram, you might have noticed that I’ve been posting about the Indigo Teen Staff Picks since November of 2017. But I didn’t talk about the picks on this blog before January 2018 (for some reason)! Continue reading… Read More Indigo Teen Staff Pick of the Month: July 2018
Title: Convenience Store Woman Author: Sayaka Murata Translator: Ginny Tapley Takemori Type: Fiction Genre: Adult, Contemporary, Cultural, Japan Publisher: Grove Press Published: June 12, 2018 A physical copy of this book was kindly provided by Publishers Group Canada, in exchange for an honest review. Keiko Furukura had always been considered a strange child, and her parents… Read More Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata (ARC Review)
Happy Friday Junior, and Backlist Blast day! I’ve owned this week’s feature for some time now, but still haven’t read it. Ohhhh the shame! Also, I’m torn on whether to read this book or Carry On first! I don’t know if there are spoilers for Carry On in Fangirl. Please advise! Haha. Also, I’m so happy to see that so many… Read More Backlist Blast #12: Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
Title: The Way You Make Me Feel Author: Maurene Goo Type: Fiction Genre: YA, Contemporary Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Macmillan) Published: May 8, 2018 A digital copy of this book was kindly provided by the publisher, in exchange for an honest review. From the author of I Believe in a Thing Called Love, a laugh-out-loud… Read More The Way You Make Me Feel by Maurene Goo (ARC Review)
Title: From Twinkle, With Love Author: Sandhya Menon Type: Fiction Genre: YA, Contemporary, Romance Publisher: Simon Pulse (Simon & Schuster) Published: May 22, 2018 A physical copy of this book was kindly provided by the publisher, in exchange for an honest review. Aspiring filmmaker and wallflower Twinkle Mehra has stories she wants to tell and universes… Read More From Twinkle, With Love by Sandhya Menon (ARC Review)
Title: My So-Called Bollywood Life Author: Nisha Sharma Type: Fiction Genre: YA, Contemporary, Romance Publisher: Crown BFYR (Penguin Random House) Published: May 15, 2018 A physical copy of this book was kindly provided by the publisher, in exchange for an honest review. Winnie Mehta was never really convinced that Raj was her soulmate, but their… Read More My So-Called Bollywood Life by Nisha Sharma (ARC Review)
Title: Emergency Contact Author: Mary H.K. Choi Type: Fiction Genre: YA, Contemporary, Romance Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Published: March 27, 2018 For Penny Lee high school was a total nonevent. Her friends were okay, her grades were fine, and while she somehow managed to land a boyfriend, he doesn’t actually know… Read More Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi (ARC Review)
Title: The Pisces Author: Melissa Broder Type: Fiction Genre: Adult, Fantasy, Romance, Contemporary Publisher: Hogarth Press (Penguin Random House) Published: May 1, 2018 A physical copy of this book was kindly provided by the publisher, in exchange for an honest review. An original, imaginative, and hilarious debut novel about love, anxiety, and sea creatures, from… Read More The Pisces by Melissa Broder (Review)
Title: American Panda Author: Gloria Chao Type: Fiction Genre: YA, Contemporary, Romance Publisher: Simon Pulse (Simon & Schuster) Date published: February 6, 2018 A physical copy of this book was kindly provided by the publisher, in exchange for an honest review. An incisive, laugh-out-loud contemporary debut about a Taiwanese-American teen whose parents want her to be… Read More American Panda by Gloria Chao (ARC Review)
Title: Love, Hate & Other Filters Author: Samira Ahmed Type: Fiction Genre: YA, Contemporary Publisher: Soho Teen (Penguin Random House) Date published: January 16, 2018 A physical copy of this book was kindly provided by the publisher, in exchange for an honest review. A searing #OwnVoices coming-of-age debut in which an Indian-American Muslim teen confronts Islamophobia… Read More Love, Hate & Other Filters by Samira Ahmed (Review)