YA Book Review: Winter Town by Stephen Emond

Winter Town by Stephen Emond Evan and Lucy, best friends, only see each other one week every year. Lucy’s parents divorced and her mother moved away. Lucy comes back to town each Christmas through New Year to stay with her father. Ivy League bound and uptight Evan is a stark contrast to Lucy the casual …

Girls Like Me by Lola St. Vil Review

I have been tearing through many potential Printz, Newbery, and Caldecott hopefuls that I was super excited to just take a break and read something for fun. While Girls Like Me wasn't the fluffy book I had expected, the beautiful prose made it a something wonderful to savor.Girls Like Me by Lola St. Vil Shay's …

Need A Good Ugly Cry? Try A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

I am in the mood for an ugly cry. Sobbing through the Me Before You movie, for the second time, has proven how cathartic it can be. While the movie did its job, I think books give me the feels more often than movies.  A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness was the most recent book …

Cross Country Road Trip in Books:Day 2, Alabama and Mississippi

Day 2The states are getting hotter, but we are having a great time seeing all that different places have to offer. Today's books turn more historical, but are just as good.  AlabamaWe've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March by Cynthia LevinsonWhile the south is historically rich, Alabama was at the center of the …