★★★★★ If someone asks you how you are, you are meant to say FINE. You are not meant to say that you cried yourself to sleep last night because you hadn't spoken to another person for two consecutive days. FINE is what you say. Ohhh, I could not wish for a more perfect book. Eleanor… Continue reading Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine – Gail Honeyman
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What Can We Be? – R.A. Crawford & Kayla Coombs
★★★★★ Alone in her room, Millie couldn't stop yawning. Millie's bored. Like, really bored. There's nothing to do in her room and it's terrible. When she talks to her friends at school, she expects them to all be just as mind-numbingly bored as her. But then...her friends start sharing stories about what they do when they're at home with their dads.… Continue reading What Can We Be? – R.A. Crawford & Kayla Coombs
His Name Was Zach – Peter Martuneac
★★★★ He froze in place and cocked his good ear towards her... Two years ago the unthinkable happened - the world collapsed and what's left of it quickly became overrun with zombies. Wasn’t this one of those things that always happened to ‘somebody else’? Sergeant Zach Davidson always knew he would survive - he has had plenty… Continue reading His Name Was Zach – Peter Martuneac
The After House – Michael Phillip Cash
★★★★ ½ It was late, the sun just about to dip into the horizon, but this was too great a prize to ignore. Decades ago, a brave whaler met a mysterious end and ever since Eli has "lived" in an old cottage by the sea. The previous tenant was a painter, depicting thrilling stories and scenes from… Continue reading The After House – Michael Phillip Cash
The Hanging Tree – Michael Phillip Cash
★★★★ ½ "They say the tree is haunted." "I'm not afraid of ghosts." At the base of an old tree sits Arielle and...Chad (much to her parent's dismay). (She's convinced her parents are wrong, the rest of the jury is out). Unbeknownst to the possible-lovers, the old tree is actually...the hanging tree. The very same from decades… Continue reading The Hanging Tree – Michael Phillip Cash
Brood X – Michael Phillip Cash
★★★★ ½ Satellite stopped hours ago...It's Armageddon. All summer long, everyone talks about the swarm, aka Broad Ten, aka cicadas - lots of them. All set to hatch and eat everything in their path. In the midst of the theorizing and stockpiling, Seth and Lara are starting a family. He loses his job but picks up a camera,… Continue reading Brood X – Michael Phillip Cash
Death in the Family – Tessa Wegert
★★★★ That muscle again. It slid beneath the surface of his skin like an eel in shallow water. Former NYPD detective Shana Merchant took her position at Thousand Islands to escape the haunting events from thirteen months ago - where she was knocked down to a shell of her former self. This sleepy little town was supposed… Continue reading Death in the Family – Tessa Wegert
The Humiliations of Pipi McGee – Beth Vrabel
★★★ ½ "What could go wrong?" "Don't you say that. Don't you ever say that to me." Pipi McGee has had a rather...miserable...time of elementary and middle school so far. Every year, you start off like an innocent little lamb thinking this time, everything's going to be so new and grand. Every year, I've got… Continue reading The Humiliations of Pipi McGee – Beth Vrabel
Moonstruck – Heather Young-Nichols , read by Amanda Abeillan
★★ The world spun around me. Elizabeth Davis, only daughter of Henry Davis, spent her entire life under his thumb. And she played her part well - yes sir, no sir, whatever you'd like sir. It was enough to keep her head down and her wits about her - she just had to survive.. Though much… Continue reading Moonstruck – Heather Young-Nichols , read by Amanda Abeillan
Marvin’s Monster Diary 2 (+ Lyssa!) – Raul Melmed, Caroline Bliss Larsen and Arief Kriembonga (illustrator)
★★★★ Sometimes I see something across the room and my mind totally runs off in another direction in a pair of Sneaky, Squeaky Sneakers, Marvin Monster is the same as every other monster his age - he loves learning and playing - except he sometimes has troubles paying attention. He learned about ST4 (Stop Take Time… Continue reading Marvin’s Monster Diary 2 (+ Lyssa!) – Raul Melmed, Caroline Bliss Larsen and Arief Kriembonga (illustrator)
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