Deep Valley Confidential

At the intersection of children's literature, pop culture, feminism and nostalgia.

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Wednesday, June 24, 2026

ATTACHMENTS by Rainbow Rowell

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  Since this is a reread, I am not legally obligate to review it, but I want to because it was my first adult Rainbow Rowell and it made me ...
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MY FRIENDS by Fredrick Bachman

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  So many people told me this book is amazing and would make you feel all the feels and they were right. So I don't know why it took me ...
Tuesday, June 23, 2026

INTO THE BLUE by Emma Brodie

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  This was my book club book and I think some of my church lady friends are going to clutch their pearls when they read how spicy this gets!...

VALLEY OF THE MOMS by Hannah Selinger

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  Well, I hate Hamilton, and even I found this book to be a little heavy-handed. I enjoyed it and read it in 2 days, but man, it was humorle...
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THE INTROVERT'S GUIDE TO KISSING IN EUROPE by Brenda Janowitz comes out August 18

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So I have been trying to review every new book I read this year and I have a bit of a backlog, but I just finished this little delight and I...
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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 ...
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