Meet Pepper, swim team captain, chronic overachiever, and all-around perfectionist. Her family may be falling apart, but their massive fast-food chain is booming ― mainly thanks to Pepper, who is barely managing to juggle real life while secretly running Big League Burger’s massive Twitter account. Enter Jack, class clown and constant thorn in Pepper’s side.… Continue reading Mini-Review // Tweet Cute
Tag: contemporary
Mini-Review // Instant Karma
Marissa Meyer is easily one of my favourite writers of YA sci-fi/fantasy, so of course I was curious and thrilled when she released a YA contemporary book! Chronic overachiever Prudence Barnett is always quick to cast judgment on the lazy, rude, and arrogant residents of her coastal town. Her dreams of karmic justice are fulfilled… Continue reading Mini-Review // Instant Karma
Mini-Review // From the Desk of Zoe Washington
Zoe Washington isn’t sure what to write. What does a girl say to the father she’s never met, hadn’t heard from until his letter arrived on her twelfth birthday, and who’s been in prison for a terrible crime? A crime he says he never committed. Could Marcus really be innocent? Zoe is determined to uncover… Continue reading Mini-Review // From the Desk of Zoe Washington
Mini-Review // Clean Getaway
How to Go on an Unplanned Road Trip with Your Grandma:* Grab a Suitcase: Prepacked from the big spring break trip that got CANCELLED.* Fasten Your Seatbelt: G'ma's never conventional, so this trip won't be either.* Use the Green Book: G'ma's most treasured possession. It holds history, memories, and, most important, the way home. What… Continue reading Mini-Review // Clean Getaway
Mini-Review // Get a Life, Chloe Brown
Chloe Brown is a chronically ill computer geek with a goal, a plan, and a list. After almost—but not quite—dying, she’s come up with seven directives to help her “Get a Life”, and she’s already completed the first: finally moving out of her glamorous family’s mansion. The next items? • Enjoy a drunken night out.•… Continue reading Mini-Review // Get a Life, Chloe Brown
Mini-Review // The Kiss Quotient
Stella Lane thinks math is the only thing that unites the universe. She comes up with algorithms to predict customer purchases — a job that has given her more money than she knows what to do with, and way less experience in the dating department than the average thirty-year-old. It doesn't help that Stella has… Continue reading Mini-Review // The Kiss Quotient
Mini-Review // Amina’s Voice
Amina has never been comfortable in the spotlight. She is happy just hanging out with her best friend, Soojin. Except now that she’s in middle school everything feels different. Soojin is suddenly hanging out with Emily, one of the “cool” girls in the class, and even talking about changing her name to something more “American.”… Continue reading Mini-Review // Amina’s Voice
Mini-Review // Counting Thyme
When eleven-year-old Thyme Owens’ little brother, Val, is accepted into a new cancer drug trial, it’s just the second chance that he needs. But it also means the Owens family has to move to New York, thousands of miles away from Thyme’s best friend and everything she knows and loves. The island of Manhattan doesn’t… Continue reading Mini-Review // Counting Thyme
Mini-Review // Felix Ever After
Felix Love has never been in love—and, yes, he’s painfully aware of the irony. He desperately wants to know what it’s like and why it seems so easy for everyone but him to find someone. What’s worse is that, even though he is proud of his identity, Felix also secretly fears that he’s one marginalization… Continue reading Mini-Review // Felix Ever After
Mini-Review // Jo & Laurie
Hi everyone, I am looking forward to sharing a review of Jo & Laurie by Melissa De La Cruz and Margaret Stohl. Note that I haven’t read Little Women, the original book by Louisa May Alcott, so I wouldn’t be able compare the two. Also note that I had received a free advanced reader copy… Continue reading Mini-Review // Jo & Laurie
