Review: Borrowed by Lucia DiStefano

By Kasey | December 3, 2018 - 7:00 am |December 3, 2018 Book Review and Content, Paranormal, Young Adult/Teen 12-18

Borrowed
Lucia DiStefano
Elephant Rock Books
Published on November 1, 2018

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About Borrowed

Love, mystery, and danger collide in this new literary thriller with the dark heart of a Gillian Flynn novel and the lyrical prose of Jandy Nelson’s I’ll Give You the Sun.

A triumph of authenticity, grace, and nail-biting suspense, Lucia DiStefano’s ingenious debut is an unflinching, genre-bending page-turner.

As seventeen-year-old Linnea celebrates the first anniversary of her heart transplant, she can’t escape the feeling that the wires have been crossed. After a series of unsettling … Continue reading →

Blog Tour and Q&A with Lucia DiStefano

By Kasey | November 20, 2018 - 7:00 am |November 20, 2018 Author Interview, New Adult 18up, News and Fun, Young Adult/Teen 12-18

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Once in a while a book comes along that really piques my curiosity, and BORROWED by Lucia DiStefano is definitely one of those! Today, I’ve got the pleasure of sharing an interview with the author where she answers some of my questions about her super intriguing book! First, though, let’s talk about the book.

Borrowed
by Lucia DiStefano
Elephant Rock Books
Published November 1, 2018
264 pages

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About Borrowed
Love, mystery, and danger collide in this new literary thriller with the dark heart of a Gillian Flynn novel and the lyrical prose of Jandy Nelson’s I’ll Give … Continue reading →

Review: Last Summer at Eden by Christina Hergenrader

By Kasey | November 2, 2018 - 7:00 am |September 30, 2018 Blogger's Favorites, Book Review and Content, Christian World-View, Clean Fiction, Contemporary, New Adult 18up, Romance, Young Adult/Teen 12-18
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Last Summer At Eden
Christina Hergenrader
Concordia House
Published on March 1, 2017

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About Last Summer at Eden
Poppi Savot needs a new direction. After her mother’s death to cancer, the smalltown Minnesota girl can’t seem to find her true north anymore. So when she gets a call from a small Christian camp in Southern California, Poppi races into the unknown, hoping a new job will solve everything.
When she arrives at Camp Eden, things already start falling apart. With camp enrollment at a record low and camp about to close for good, her new boss tells Poppi she may as well pack up and head … Continue reading →

Top Ten Tuesday: Best Blogs to Follow

By Kasey | April 5, 2016 - 10:11 am |April 15, 2018 Blogger's Favorites, Lists, News and Fun
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Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s theme is a fantastic one: the best blogs to follow. I tend to follow several different kinds of blogs. I like finding other blogs that review clean books or which list content information. I think in part it makes me feel validated, and it’s always interesting to see the ways other sites break down the content information. I also like to follow what I’ll call a specialty blog, one that steers readers toward specific types of books– books about characters with disabilities, books by minority authors, etc. Then there are the good old trusty review sites where I find myself reading the reviews of books … Continue reading →

Top Ten Authors on my Auto-Buy List

By Kasey | August 18, 2015 - 7:00 am |September 8, 2015 Blogger's Favorites, Lists
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Top Ten Tuesday is an original meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s theme asks participants to list the authors we keep on auto-buy. As soon as we know there’s a new book coming out, we’re already planning when we’ll read it and requesting the galley or placing a pre-order.

Finding favorite books is always a treat, but finding an author who never fails to disappoint is a whole other kind of fun. When a new release hits shelves by these authors, I know I’m going to buy it. Here are my top ten auto-buy authors followed by snippets of some of their book covers. Enjoy!

(These are listed in no particular order.)

1. Markus Zusak

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Top Ten Authors I’ve Read Most

By Kasey | August 11, 2015 - 2:19 pm |April 14, 2018 Blogger's Favorites, Lists, Middle Grade 8-12, News and Fun, Young Adult/Teen 12-18
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Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.

This week’s topic is about which authors I’ve read most. I’m breaking my top authors into two categories: books I read as a child and books I read as an adult/reviewer. Obviously authors with big series that I followed have a huge advantage here, but there were a few that surprised me.