Anger Is a Gift

I don’t have a big or exciting intro about this one – it’s been on my TBR since I first read about its publication last year. The combination of it being available at the library as an audiobook just when I was looking for my next listen meant the time was right. Also, this ended…

With the Fire on High

I read Acevedo’s debut (and multiple award winning) novel The Poet X last year and LOVED it. So you know I was all about reading this, her second novel, as soon as I could. That’s about all the intro I have for this one, but just to make this a little longer, can we also…

Odd One Out

This was absolutely an impulse pick-up at the library a few weeks ago. I mean, I’d had it on my radar, but I had totally planned to read Stone’s first novel, Dear Martin, before reading this one. I mean really, they have nothing to do with each other, so I have no idea why I…

Dumplin’

I had seen this one around a little when it came out a couple years ago. And it looked cute, but it just wasn’t one I had at the top of my TBR…or to be honest, on it at all. (I just wasn't all that drawn to the story - beauty pageants are not something…

The Poet X

This book is one of the three I let myself buy when I was at Powell’s (vacation means of course I was going to visit famous bookstores) a few months ago. This is one of those books that has the perfect mix of a gorgeous and artistic cover, an important contemporary and diverse premise, and…

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

This one has been on my TBR for a few months. When it was almost chosen as by my long-distance book club last month, I took it as a sign that I should move it up to the top of my list. Plus, this is perfect for my goal of reading more diverse authors and…

Moxie

I was really drawn to this book for a couple reasons: the cover is so compelling (the color contrast is really bold and I love it), the title is awesome (something about the word moxie gets me all pumped up) and the description is super inspiring (feminism in a small town America high school). So,…

Radio Silence

This is a bit of a lesser known title, which it a bit out of the ordinary for me of late. I’ve really been more on the “popular new books” train, but everything needs a little shake-up once in awhile. Also, I saw someone on bookstagram mention that this was life-changing for them, though unfortunately…

Love, Hate and Other Filters

I was browsing at my local indie bookstore last weekend (which is something I do more often than I’d like to admit, since I cannot afford to buy all the books I want when I go there, but anyways…) and they had a display with some of the staff’s favorite recently released #OwnVoices YA lit.…