★★★★★ "Monsterland is the safest place on Earth." The world survived the apocalypse...barely. The plague is contained but the economy and most of society is still crippled. And while the rest of the world is twiddling their thumbs, Doctor Vincent Konrad has found a way to...repurpose the horrors. "I have put together an excellent team… Continue reading Monsterland – Michael Okon

★★★ Before I start: shout out to my Reading Buddy. He didn't really get the plot but he certainly enjoyed snuggling while I read. Cassel Sharpe comes from a family of criminal Curseworkers. The truth is messy. It's raw and uncomfortable. You can't blame people for preferring lies. Curseworkes tend to have dominion of six powers -… Continue reading Red Glove – Holly Black

★★★★★ Friend: Twenty-six years old and you're reading that? Me: ... Friend: It's only like 50 pages! Me: ... Friend: ...it's cause of the unicorn on the cover, isn't it? Me: YOU WILL NOT SHAME ME ~Ahem~ Let's start the review! "Won't you join us, Horse?" said Unicorn. "NO! I don't like you!" said Horse.… Continue reading Unicorn (and Horse) – David W. Miles (Hollie Mengert, illustrator)

★★★★ Things I have learned: Norman Mounter's Bitching Bits of Bone is FAR more understandable than the original Canterbury tales. I am not a big fan of the Canterbury Tales. But, I am overwhelmingly impressed with the clarity of the rendition. For those not familiar, the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer is a set of 24… Continue reading Bitching Bits of Bones – Norman Mounter

★★★★★ You have no idea what I've been through to get here. You don't want to know what I'll do to stay. Brett, Stephenie, Lauren and Jen star in the hit reality TV show "Goal Diggers".  Allegedly, the focus is on young, millennial women breaking the glass ceiling with the support of each other...though the reality is… Continue reading The Favorite Sister – Jessica Knoll

★★★★ Susanah felt sweat break out on her forehead. She couldn't make up her mind. A buzzer sounded, making her jump. Susannah is a little girl with a big problem. She thought she could handle everything but the more she tries, the worse it gets. Her homework is constantly late, her best friend's house is haunted… Continue reading Oh Susannah – It’s in the bag – Carole P Roman

★★★★ Curse workers - hated, feared, beloved. Some can make you forget your own name. Others can kill you with a single touch. Rarest of all - some can even transform you into something entirely different. But don't forget, their powers are a curse.  They experience a backlash with every use of their powers. If a luck worker gives you good fortune,… Continue reading White Cat – Holly Black

★★★ My home is your home. My life is your life. There will be no locks or secrets here. Avery Greer belongs to the small town life of Littleport, Maine and Sadie Loman belongs to the wealthy summer crowd.  The two communities never mix...until Avery and Sadie. Every summer the two of them are arm-in-arm...well... until the summer it happens. The… Continue reading The Last House Guest – Megan Miranda

★★★★★ "I find it so funny that you're nervous about a woman editing a magazine for women." Alice Weiss leaves the Midwest for the Big Apple - chasing the same dream as her mother, to become a photographer in New York. Her mother's old best friend sets her up with a secretary job under Helen Gurley… Continue reading Park Avenue Summer – Renee Rosen

★★★★★ Absolutely loved this one! Mrs. Owen introduced the children to two alpacas, Cody and Snarf...they had been best friends since they were born. Miss Sutter brings her elementary class to Rainbow's End Alpacas to get to know all the ins and outs of an alpaca farm. Her class loves the field trip - they get to meet… Continue reading Field Trip to the Alpaca Farm – Kathy Kuzck