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Review: I’ll Stop the World by Lauren Thoman

By Kasey | December 9, 2023 - 7:00 am |December 4, 2023 Book Review and Content, Contemporary, Historical, Romance, Sci-Fi, Young Adult/Teen 12-18

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I’ll Stop the World
Lauren Thoman
Mindy’s Book Studio
Published April 1, 2023

About I’ll Stop the World

The end and the beginning become one in a heart-pounding coming-of-age mystery about the power of friendship, fate, and inexplicable second chances.

Is it the right place at the wrong time? Or the wrong place at the right time?

Trapped in a dead-end town, Justin Warren has had his life defined by the suspicious deaths of his grandparents. The unsolved crime happened long before Justin was born, … Continue reading →

Review: The Memory Index by Julian R. Vaca

By Kasey | August 18, 2022 - 7:00 am |December 9, 2022 Book Review and Content, Sci-Fi, Young Adult/Teen 12-18

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The Memory Index
Julian R. Vaca
Thomas Nelson
Published

About The Memory Index

In a world where memories are like currency, dreams can be a complicated business.

In an alternative 1987, a disease ravages human memories. There is no cure, only artificial recall. The lucky ones–the recollectors–need the treatment only once a day.

Freya Izquierdo isn’t lucky. The high school senior is a “degen” who needs artificial recall several times a day. Plagued by blinding half-memories that take her to her knees, she’s desperate to remember everything that will help her investigate her father’s violent death. When her sleuthing almost lands her in jail, … Continue reading →

Review: Spin Me Right Round by David Valdes

By Kasey | December 7, 2021 - 7:00 am |December 7, 2021 Blogger's Favorites, Book Review and Content, Contemporary, Young Adult/Teen 12-18

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Spin Me Right Round
David Valdes
Bloomsbury YA
Published December 7, 2021

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About Spin Me Right Round

From lauded writer David Valdes, a sharp and funny YA novel that’s Back to the Future with a twist, as a gay teen travels back to his parents’ era to save a closeted classmate’s life.

All Luis Gonzalez wants is to go to prom with his boyfriend, something his “progressive” school still doesn’t allow. Not after what happened with Chaz Wilson. But that was ages ago, when Luis’s parents were in high school; it would never happen today, right? He’s determined to find … Continue reading →