Wednesday 20 July 2016


           

Highly Illogical Behaviour by John Corey Whaley


     Wink Poppy Midnight by April Genevieve Tuckholke

       Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton

       Truthwitch by Susan Dennard

       Thief of Lies by Brenda Drake

       The Love that Split the World by Emily Henry

       Revenge and the Wild by Michelle Modesto

       The Forbidden Wish by Jessica Khoury by Sarah J Mass and Renee Ahdieh

     

 

 

Into the Dim by Janet B Taylor (Time travel, mother/daughter, love)

   The Glittering Court by Richelle Mead (Fantasy, class system)

   Rocks Fall Everyone Dies by Lindsay Ribar

   This is Where it Ends by Marieke Nijkamp

  Passenger by Alexandra Bracken

  The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley by Shaun David Hutchinson

  The Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi

   The Square Root of Summer by Harriet Reuter Hapgood

The Geek’s Guide to Unrequited Love by Tash Sarvanaz

Scarlett Epstein Hates it Here by Anna Breslaw

The Land of 10,000 Madonnas by Kate Hattemer

Rebel, Bully, Geek, Pariah by Erin Jade Lange

 

          Seven Ways We Lie by Riley Redgate

A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallario

The Crown’s Game by Evelyn Skye

Map of Fates by Maggie Hall

 

 

 

 

Seven Black Diamonds by Melissa Marr

 

   Outrun the Moon by Stacey Lee

   The Accident Season by Moira Fowley-Doyle

Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin

   Dreamology by Lucy Keating

  Shuffle, Repeat by Jen Klein

Monday 11 July 2016

Teen Book Review: Dumplin' by Julie Murphy 


 
 
 
Good Reads Summary
 
Self-proclaimed fat girl Willowdean Dickson (dubbed “Dumplin’” by her former beauty queen mom) has always been at home in her own skin. Her thoughts on having the ultimate bikini body? Put a bikini on your body. With her all-American beauty best friend, Ellen, by her side, things have always worked…until Will takes a job at Harpy’s, the local fast-food joint. There she meets Private School Bo, a hot former jock. Will isn’t surprised to find herself attracted to Bo. But she is surprised when he seems to like her back.

Instead of finding new heights of self-assurance in her relationship with Bo, Will starts to doubt herself. So she sets out to take back her confidence by doing the most horrifying thing she can imagine: entering the Miss Clover City beauty pageant—along with several other unlikely candidates—to show the world that she deserves to be up there as much as any twiggy girl does. Along the way, she’ll shock the hell out of Clover City—and maybe herself most of all.

With starry Texas nights, red candy suckers, Dolly Parton songs, and a wildly unforgettable heroine—Dumplin’ is guaranteed to steal your heart.
  
 
 
 
Teen Review
 
When I started this book, I was skeptical. It's based in Texas and is about beauty pageants which aren't really my thing, but then I picked it up. Reading this story helped changed my point of view and way of thinking about some things and that's why I love it so much.  This book is about relationships between a boy and a girl, best friends, mother and daughter and the protagonist and herself. It showed how you can love your own skin and hate it, be sure of yourself and unsure of yourself, all at the same time. The way she refused to change who she was, no matter what anyone else said but still managed to develop as a character was remarkable. All of the characters are wonderful and make you wish you lived in that little town in Texas.  I would recommend this book to anyone who's ever felt uncomfortable in their skin, who's ever had passion for something and for anyone who's ever loved before. I wouldn't give this five stars completely, just because the book can move a little slowly at times, so I'd have to give it a solid 4/5. 
 
Teen Reviewer Ella