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Review: It’s Complicated by Laura L. Smith

It’s Complicated
Laura L. Smith
Playlist Fiction
Published March 26, 2013

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When Claire meets a girl looking for a third and fourth college roommate, she takes a chance and accepts. Sharing a room with Hannah and her friends will be awesome. Hannah is bubbly and bright. Palmer, Hannah’s bestie is looking for friends to fill the gap that will be left when she moves away from her long-time boyfriend. Despite her excitement about being on the college soccer team, Kat is thrilled at the possibility of friends off the field. But just as roomie preparations are finally in place, the unthinkable happens, and one of the girls is raped. How can she … Continue reading

Best Young Adult Books I Read From Summer 2023

24 Best Young Adult Books of Summer 2023

At the start of the summer, I had all these grand plans of lists to share and updates to post… and then reality hit like a stack of overdue library books. Don’t get me wrong– I had a great summer, but it was a much busier summer than I predicted. Between family responsibilities, work, and my out-of-control review calendar (Yep, I’m still struggling to say yes to fewer books. It was much easier before I knew so many irresistible books were coming out!), most of my glorious plans went out the window.

Now that school is back in session, I’m ready to catch up a bit on things I missed. One such thing was … Continue reading

2024 Reading List

2024 Reading List

2024 Reading List

Check back as I update this list often! Just about every week, I add new books I’ve accepted for review or titles I can’t resist, as well as a few backlist titles squeezed in where I can.

This list includes some backlist titles that I’ve read recently and plan to post reviews for this year.

Like last year, I’m breaking up my list into four categories. Click one of the headings below to go directly to my reading list in that category.

Young Adult Fiction (12 and up)

Middle Grade Fiction (8-12)

Graphic Novels/Nonfiction

Nonfiction

Young Adult Fiction

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2023 Reading List

2023 Reading List

2023 Reading List

This is the list of books I’m planning to read in 2023. Check back as I update this list often! Just about every week, I add new books I’ve accepted for review or titles I can’t resist, as well as squeeze in a few backlist titles where I can.

Some of the backlist titles on this list are books I’ve already read and written up my review for, but my calendar has been so… well, booked… that I’ve had to wait to post about them. There are some great titles on here that I can’t wait to share my reviews about.

This year, I’m breaking up my list into four categories:

Young Adult Fiction (12 and up)

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2022 Reading List

2022 Reading List

2022 Reading List

Here are the books I’m planning to read in 2022. Check back as I update this list often! Just about every week, I add new books I’ve accepted for review or titles I can’t resist as well as squeezing in a few backlist titles where I can.

Update 10/20/22: This list has gotten so long that I’m trying something new– breaking it into sections. Click the section heading below to jump straight to one of these sections.

Young Adult Fiction (12 and up)

Middle Grade Fiction (8-12)

Nonfiction

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