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Wednesday, June 17, 2026

SEASON OF LIGHT AND DARKNESS by Jillian Cantor comes out August 4

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  The Handmaid's Tale was one of the first adult books I read as an adult and it has really stuck with me. I feel like there wasn't ...
Tuesday, June 16, 2026

MOONSINGERS by Robin J. Pritzker comes out June 14, 2026

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  Well this was a cozy one! I am not the sort of reader who constantly seeks out the cozy, but I can appreciate the appeal. I think I am gui...

ONCE UPON A K-PROM by Kat Cho

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  Now this was a high school book I can get behind. It has a lot going on. A teenage girl who doesn't like to be the center of attention...

YESTERYEAR by Caro Claire Burke

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  As much as I didn't enjoy much about Yesteryear, I did enjoy the experience of reading it. I am not usually a fan of an unlikeable nar...
Friday, June 12, 2026

The Thrashers by Julie Soto - Mass. Teen Choice Book Award Nominee

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  I did not expect to enjoy The Thrashers. It seemed scandalous and set in a high school which is usually problematic for me. Unless it is a...

ATMOSPHERE by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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  It feels so strange to read a book just, you know, to read it. This middle-aged-lady book isn't for the Mass. Teen Choice Book Award o...
Monday, May 25, 2026

Bridget and Gabe are Not Okay by Lex Croucher comes out August 11, 2026

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  It has been a long time since I stayed up after midnight to finish a book, but that is just what happened last night! I loved the previous...
Wednesday, May 20, 2026

TIME TRAVEL FOR BEGINNERS by Jaclyn Moriarty comes out August 4, 2026

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Wow, this was a sheer delight from beginning to end! I have read Jaclyn Moriarty's YA novels and appreciated their humor and the exotic ...

ABBY OFFSIDES by Anna McCallie comes out June 23, 2026

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  As someone who has binged Ted Lasso 11 times, I came to this book with some expectations. And I am thrilled to inform you that they were a...
Wednesday, May 6, 2026

RETRO by Jessica M. Goldstein comes out June 23, 2026

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  In the words of the great Fred Kwan - That was a hell of a thing!  Jessica Goldstein's debut novel is a wild ride through time and I ...
Saturday, May 2, 2026

BETTER THAN BEFORE by Courtey Walsh is coming out June 8, 2026

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  Well this was a delightful romance-ish, second chance-y book about the importance of community. This is a new favorite subgenre of mine an...

TRUTH IS by Hannah V. Sawyerr and THE BEST OF ALL WORLDS by Kenneth Oppel

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 Okay, these two books have nothing in common except that I read them back-to-back-ish in my quest to read all the Mass. Teen Choice book aw...
Saturday, April 18, 2026

THE BEAR by Andrew Krivak

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This book was chosen as the "One Read" for the city in which I live so I decided to give it a try for the summer reading list at t...