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The Spring Cleaning Book Tag

I was tagged by Heather at The Sassy Book Geek, and this seemed like such a fun spring tag that I wanted to do it right away! 1. The struggle of getting started: a book or series you struggle to begin because of its size Definitely Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss! I got this one as a birthday gift last October, and I know I’m gonna love it, but it intimidates the hell out of me for some reason! 2....

The Raven King / Opal — Maggie Stiefvater

TITLE: The Raven King AUTHOR: Maggie Stiefvater SERIES: The Raven King, #4 RELEASED: April 26, 2016; Scholastic Press GENRE: Fantasy AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: The fourth and final installment in the spellbinding series from the irrepressible, #1 New York Times bestselling author Maggie Stiefvater. All her life, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love’s death. She doesn’t believe in true love and never thought this would be a problem, but as her life becomes caught up in the strange and...

City of Ashes — Cassandra Clare

TITLE: City of Ashes AUTHOR: Cassandra Clare SERIES: The Mortal Instruments, #2 RELEASED: March 25th, 2008; Margaret Ferguson Books GENRE: Fantasy AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: Clary Fray just wishes that her life would go back to normal. But what’s normal when you’re a demon-slaying Shadowhunter, your mother is in a magically induced coma, and you can suddenly see Downworlders like werewolves, vampires, and faeries? If Clary left the world of the Shadowhunters behind, it would mean more time with her best friend, Simon, who’s...

INTL GIVEAWAY: Burning the Bacon — L. Austen Johnson (ARC Review)

TITLE: Burning the Bacon AUTHOR: L. Austen Johnson RELEASES: April 26th, 2018; Gen Z Publishing GENRE: Nonfic/Poetry AGE RANGE: Everyone SYNOPSIS: In Burning the Bacon, debut poet L. Austen Johnson navigates through deeply personal terrain, laying waste to it and watching its flowers regrow in the four sections of the collection: “Gravity,” “In Memoriam,” “Entropy,” and “Parthenogenesis.” She explores topics such as chronic illness, love, heartbreak, memory, and growing up with a blend of accessible language and rich metaphor. {GOODREADS . AMAZON} SCROLL DOWN FOR...

A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel — Madeleine L’Engle & Hope Larson

TITLE: A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel AUTHOR: Madeleine L’Engle (adapted and illustrated by Hope Larson) RELEASED: October 2nd, 2012; Margaret Ferguson Books (original story published in 1962) GENRE: Science Fiction AGE RANGE: MG SYNOPSIS: The world already knows Meg and Charles Wallace Murry, Calvin O’Keefe, and the three Mrs–Who, Whatsit, and Which–the memorable and wonderful characters who fight off a dark force and save our universe in the Newbery award-winning classic A Wrinkle in Time. But in 50 years of publication, the book...

Liebster Award #4-5

I haven’t done these in a while, but it’s time for a Liebster Award post! One of these nominations is from last fall, so… I know, we’ve talked about this, but I’M SORRY for being so bad at doing award tags, lmao! This time, I was tagged by Darque Dreamer Reads and Scrill! (And you can see my previous Liebster Award posts here and here!) The Liebster Award: Liebster is a German word meaning beloved or dearest. The Liebster Award is for...

White Rabbit — Caleb Roehrig (ARC Review)

TITLE: White Rabbit AUTHOR: Caleb Roehrig RELEASES: April 24th, 2018; Feiwel & Friends GENRE: Thriller AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: Rufus Holt is having the worst night of his life. It begins with the reappearance of his ex-boyfriend, Sebastian—the guy who stomped his heart out like a spent cigarette. Just as Rufus is getting ready to move on, Sebastian turns up out of the blue, saying they need to “talk.” Things couldn’t get much worse, right? But then Rufus gets a call from his sister...

What I Leave Behind — Alison McGhee (ARC Review)

TITLE: What I Leave Behind AUTHOR: Alison McGhee RELEASES: May 15th, 2018; Atheneum GENRE: Contemporary AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: After his dad commits suicide, Will tries to overcome his own misery by secretly helping the people around him in this story made up of one hundred chapters of one hundred words each. Sixteen-year-old Will spends most of his days the same way: Working at the Dollar Only store, trying to replicate his late father’s famous cornbread recipe, and walking the streets of Los Angeles....

Gray Wolf Island — Tracey Neithercott (ARC Review)

TITLE: Gray Wolf Island AUTHOR: Tracey Neithercott RELEASED: October 10th, 2017; Knopf Books for Young Readers GENRE: Contemporary/Mystery/Magical Realism AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: Right before Sadie died, she begged her sister, Ruby, to do the one thing she could never do herself: Find the treasure on Gray Wolf Island. With just a mysterious treasure map as a guide, Ruby reluctantly allows some friends to join her on the hunt, each of whom is touched by magic: a boy allegedly born to a virgin, a...

Chord — Chelsea M. Cameron

TITLE: Chord AUTHOR: Chelsea M. Cameron RELEASED: January 28th, 2018; self-published GENRE: Contemporary AGE RANGE: NA SYNOPSIS: Chase Hillier has plans, and nothing will cause her to deviate from them. So far, they’re pretty simple: Get through her first year of college with good grades, read a lot of books, and hopefully find a cute boyfriend who could turn into her husband someday. She’s got it all mapped out. No one is going to stand in her way. Not even her roommate, Cordelia Scott....