First thanks to Netgalley and Victory Editing for allowing me to read an egalley of this. I didn’t get to it until just now, but I’m glad I picked it out to read. There were some issues with the story, it wasn’t perfect. But it had a lot of unique bits while also being reminiscent […]
First, thanks to Harper Collins Children’s books for allowing me to read an ARC of this book. As someone who taught middle and high school students for the past 17 years, and who is now a high school librarian, the subject of bullying is one that is always on my mind. As I started reading […]
Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga’s Reviews. It is a way for us to share the new books we have collected. Only one physical book this week, the rest were some e-books. From YA Book Exchange: This is one of the books that I was supposed to get earlier this year, when I found out […]
This is a book I got as a strip cover from the bookstore where I work. The premise sounded really interesting, and it was, to a point. The main character is Lara. Lara was a beauty pageant winner, she was thin, beautiful, and according to beauty pageant “rules”, she was sweet to everyone, even the […]
Okay, I have to say first off, for some strange reason, when I first saw this book, the name made me think of that football player that was using his dogs for the illegal dog fighting. But that’s Michael Vick, right? Anyway, the cover didn’t draw me in. And I never thought I really wanted […]
FINALLY! A female main character! And really, this was a good book. Our main character is Poe, yes, named after Edgar Allan Poe. Her mother, a really good doctor, has decided to move to some third world country to take care of patients there, and so has shipped Poe off to live with the father […]
This was a really good book. It really hit hard on the school shooting topic. It also focused in on the bullying issue. The main thing that I really liked about this book, is how it takes place from the point of view of the shooter’s girlfriend. The person who actually started the “hate list”. […]