Every Exquisite Thing Matthew Quick Little, Brown and Company Books for Young Readers Available May 31, 2016 Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Goodreads It starts with a book. A beloved teacher gives Nanette his copy of an out-of-print novel called The Bubblegum Reaper, about a Holden Caulfield-type boy who falls in love with a … Continue reading Review: Every Exquisite Thing by Matthew Quick
Forgive Me, Leonard PeacockMatthew QuickLittle Brown Books for Young ReadersPublished August 13, 2013 Amazon | Bookshop | Goodreads About Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock Today is Leonard Peacock’s birthday. It is also the day he hides a gun in his backpack. Because today is the day he will kill his former best friend, and then himself, … Continue reading Review: Forgive Me Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick
Colt O’Brien Grows Up George Matthew Cole Createspace (Independent) Published October 30, 2012 Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Goodreads With computer certifications under his belt and a new job waiting for him on campus, Colt O’Brien, his best friend Bobby and girlfriend Amy head to their first semester of college. Colt is quickly overwhelmed … Continue reading Review: Colt O’Brien Grows Up by George Matthew Cole
I Will Find You AgainSarah LyuSimon & SchusterPublished March 14, 2023 Amazon | Bookshop | Goodreads About I Will Find You Again All the Bright Places meets Ace of Spades in this twisty teen thriller about finding a way to live after losing the one person who feels like home. Welcome to Meadowlark, Long Island—expensive homes and good schools, ambition and loneliness. … Continue reading Review: I Will Find You Again by Sarah Lyu
August means the back-to-school rush, and this year that meant taking my girl through the halls of my former junior high school, which doesn’t even seem possible, to be honest. That much time can’t have passed, can it? It also means finishing up some summer-time cleaning out and re-arranging, which means new and fun things … Continue reading Monthly Wrap-Up: August 2017
The Definition of Indefinable Things Whitney Taylor HMH Books for Young Readers Published April 4, 2017 Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Goodreads About The Definition of Indefinable Things This heartbreaking, humorous novel is about three teens whose lives intersect in ways they never expected. Reggie Mason is all too familiar with “the Three Stages … Continue reading Review: Definitions of Indefinable Things by Whitney Taylor
