When two actresses wear the same dress, all those gossip magazines do a “who-wore-it-better” poll. When two book reviewers request the same book, they just collaborate and produce a brilliant (okay, I’m super biased) interview. I interviewed Stephanie Estrada on…
Book Review: ‘5 to 1’ by Holly Bodger
It’s 2054, and after decades of gender selection, India’s boy to girl ratio is now five to one. In other words, women are now even more valuable commodities than before. Tired of marry their daughters off, some women form the…
Book Review & Giveaway: ‘The Isle of the Lost’ by Melissa de la Cruz
Book Synopsis: Evil tree. Bad Apple? Twenty years ago, all the evil villains were banished from the kingdom of Auradon to the Isle of the Lost–a dark and dreary place protected by a force field that makes it impossible for them…
Book Review: ‘Neverland’ by Shari Arnold
To seventeen year old Livy Cloud, four months simply isn’t enough time to move on from her younger sister’s death, not even close. She’d rather keep spending her time at the Seattle Children’s hospital, keep reading to the patients and…
Book Review: ‘Avalon Rising’ by Kathryn Rose
I recently unearthed some of the book reviews I wrote back in middle school to show to my sister, and long story short, I’ve never been more embarrassed in my life. (Not that I’ve lived for a particularly long time…
Book Blog Tour: ‘Written in the Stars’ by Aisha Saeed
This heart-wrenching novel explores what it is like to be thrust into an unwanted marriage. Has Naila’s fate been written in the stars? Or can she still make her own destiny? Naila’s conservative immigrant parents have always said the same…
Book Review: ‘Watched’ by CJ Lyons
In recent years, the government especially has been increasingly scrutinized for its spying on citizens. (NSA, anyone?) However, it’s not just the government that can spy on people; it’s any hacker with enough skills, as 16-year-old Jesse soon finds out.…