Genre: Coming of Age

Blog Tour: The Code for Love and Heartbreak by Jillian Cantor

Posted October 12, 2020 by Wendy in Blog Tour, Reviews / 0 Comments

The Code for Love and Heartbreak is an inventive and cute contemporary retelling of Jane Austen’s Emma. It centers around Emma, an analytical number focused, top of her class student. Numbers are black and white and make sense to her – they always do what they’re supposed to and she much prefers straightforward numbers to subjective feelings. As co-president of her school’s coding club, she comes up with the idea for an app to predict a person’s “perfect match” based […]

Blog Tour: Permanent Record by Mary H.K. Choi

Posted September 4, 2019 by Wendy in Blog Tour, Reviews / 0 Comments

What really drew me to Permanent Record is the fact that it’s about someone who just has no idea what to do with their life as a twenty year old. It’s that stage after high school when everyone now views you as an “adult” and they ask you about your major and your career aspirations when really, a mere year or less earlier, you were just a kid sitting in class and getting through high school. It’s like an unspoken […]

Review: Fighting Silence by Aly Martinez

Posted April 8, 2015 by Wendy in Reviews / 1 Comment

Why Did I Read? Betty asked if I wanted to read this with her. I looked it up real quick, saw the cover (Betty knows her book boys) and said yes! My Thoughts: To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect when I started this. We open on a crazy scene that finds Till, the main character, rushing back to his best friend, Eliza, who he endearingly has nicknamed Doodle. They met as kids, grew up together and […]

Sunshine || The Sea of Tranquility by Katja Millay

Posted February 9, 2015 by Wendy in Reviews / 2 Comments

Why Did I Read? I’ve been meaning to read this since FOREVER. I had heard nothing but great things! My Thoughts: How do I write this review? This is one of those books that I know I’m going to want to reread. I’m sitting here, wondering how to put into words how amazing this book was. I feel like nothing I say can adequately express just how much I adored it and how amazing it is. Nastya and Josh. The […]

Blog Tour: Make It Last by Megan Erickson Review & Giveaway

Posted January 7, 2015 by Wendy in Blog Tour, Reviews / 1 Comment

Purchase: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iTunes | Kobo My Thoughts: I have really enjoyed the first two books in the Bowler University series, so I was excited to get to Cam’s story! We don’t hear as much about him in Alec and Max’s stories so I was very curious about his back story. Anyway, it’s the summer after college graduation and Cam is right back where he never thought he’d be back — in his small hometown of Paradise. His mom’s health […]