Review: Alex Approximately by Jenn Bennett

Alex, ApproximatelyJenn BennettSimon PulsePublished April 4, 2017 Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Book Depository | Indiebound | Goodreads About Alex, Approximately Classic movie buff Bailey “Mink” Rydell has spent months crushing on a witty film geek she only knows online by “Alex.” Two coasts separate the teens until Bailey moves in with her dad, … Continue reading Review: Alex Approximately by Jenn Bennett

Review: Starry Eyes by Jenn Bennett

Starry Eyes Jenn Bennett SimonPulse Published on April 3, 2018 Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Goodreads About Starry Eyes Ever since last year’s homecoming dance, best friends-turned-best enemies Zorie and Lennon have made an art of avoiding each other. It doesn’t hurt that their families are the modern day, Californian version of the Montagues … Continue reading Review: Starry Eyes by Jenn Bennett

Top Ten Tuesday: Best New-to-Me Authors of 2023

Top Ten Tuesday: Best New-to-Me Authors of 2023 2023 was such a wild year for me, reading-wise. I feel like I spent all year struggling to throttle back my review commitments while simultaneously wildly self-sabotaging every time a publisher sent me a new catalog offering review copies of books I desperately wanted to read. Too … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Best New-to-Me Authors of 2023

All Alone With You by Amelia Diane Coombs

All Alone with YouAmelia Diane CoombsSimon & SchusterPublished July 25, 2023 Amazon | Bookshop | Goodreads About All Alone with You HBO Max’s Hacks gets a romantic twist in the vein of Jenn Bennett in this swoon-worthy novel about a standoffish teen girl whose loner status gets challenged by a dynamic elderly woman and a perpetually cheerful boy. Eloise Deane is … Continue reading All Alone With You by Amelia Diane Coombs

Review: The Renaissance of Gwen Hathaway by Ashley Schumacher

The Renaissance of Gwen HathawayAshley SchumacherWednesday BooksPublished March 14, 2023 Amazon | Bookshop | Goodreads About The Renaissance of Gwen Hathaway Since her mother’s death, Madeline “Gwen” Hathaway has been determined that nothing in her life will change ever again. That’s why she keeps extensive lists in journals, has had only one friend since childhood, and looks forward to … Continue reading Review: The Renaissance of Gwen Hathaway by Ashley Schumacher

Review: What I Like About You by Marisa Kanter

What I Like About YouMarisa KanterSimon & Schuster Books for Young ReadersPublished April 7, 2020 Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Book Depository | Indiebound | Goodreads About What I Like About You There are a million things that Halle Levitt likes about her online best friend, Nash. He’s an incredibly talented graphic novelist. He … Continue reading Review: What I Like About You by Marisa Kanter