Today we’re kicking off the blog tour for The Forbidden Wish by Jessica Khoury. Khoury’s most recent novel is a stunning retelling of Aladdin with beautiful, captivating storytelling and immense world-building. I believe this is a standalone novel but I…
Review: Kalahari by Jessica Khoury
When an educational safari goes wrong, five teens find themselves stranded in the Kalahari Desert without a guide. It’s up to Sarah, the daughter of zoologists, to keep them alive and lead them to safety, calling on survival know-how from…
Interview: Penguin Teen on Tour
I had the pleasure of interviewing the 2015 Penguin Teen on Tour authors at the NOVA Teen Book Festival. The five wonderful authors are: Morgan Rhodes (Gathering Darkness, book 3 of the Falling Kingdoms series), Rachel Hawkins (Miss Mayhem, sequel…
This Month In Books: February 2015
I have been simulataneously awaiting and dreading February 2015 for months now (specifically since July 29, 2014) because the last and final Bloodlines novel is finally going to be released! Richelle Mead’s Vampire Academy/Bloodlines novels have been what I’ve been…
The Young Folks’ Best Books of 2012
The Young Folks writers have come together to list the very best in entertainment and pop culture for the year 2012! From inciting rebellions to falling in love with the wrong person, books have taken us on some incredible journeys.…
Book Review: Origin by Jessica Khoury
Origin has been on my radar for a while now. As one of Fall 2012’s five Breathless Reads there has been a lot of hype surrounding this debut which is a mixture of mystery, dystopian, and science fiction. I had…