Grades 4 – 6
Thanks to SLJ for a review copy of this book.
Ages 18+
Piper Reynard needs to start over, so she packs her bags and heads to Westport, Connecticut. There, she meets Leo Drakos, and is instantly taken by him. Promptly ignoring his wedding ring, she is determined to become his wife.
Joanna is Leo’s ex who, after all these years, is happy that he has come out of his depression and returned to his normal self. He has been busy with his children, and Joanna is determined to scoop him back up. There’s just one problem – Piper beat her to it. Joanna is hell-bent on finding something, anything, in Piper’s past to drag her through the dirt, and boy, does she hit the jackpot. After her discovery, however, she begins to fear for Leo’s and the children’s lives and is on a mission to loosen them from Piper’s grip.
Thanks to Netgalley for a review copy of this book.
Grades 9 – 12
This book is the intense story of children whose parents sent them away on boats during World War II in order to save their lives. The passenger ship SS City of Benares left for Canada in 1940 with 100 children and chaperones. However, the warships escorting the Benares got torpedoed, putting everyone in danger. Some survived and many did not, and this is their story.
Thanks to SLJ for a review copy of this book.
Ages 18+
Cady Archer’s brother Eric was diagnosed with schizophrenia, and then took his own life last year, as a junior at Harvard. Now, as a freshman, Cady enters the Harvard campus desperately looking for answers and trying to understand her brother. The catch? She herself starts hearing voices. She’s not sure if she is also schizophrenic, but she believes the information she’s gathering from the ghosts are helping her to better understand her brother. Haunting and intriguing, this novel is not to be missed!
Thanks to Netgalley for a review copy of this book.
I wanted to post these photos on my Bookstagram but I didn’t feel like that 1080px by 1080px square would do them justice. I had just watched an Instagram live video by @yaallegiance and was positively ogling her wall to wall bookshelves! While my bedroom is quite big, it would take a lot of heavy moving to be able to even get my bookshelves next to each other. Also, I have built in cubby holes which house a lot of my books, and they’re deep enough for me to double-shelve my books, if need be. I’d rather not have to, though, which is why I just re-arranged my bookshelves (yet again!) so that most of the books’ spines are visible with a glance.
So, without further ado….drum roll, please….
Grades 9 – 12
If you’re like me, stuck in your house because of COVID-19, (and I think most of the world is at this point), you’re looking for things to keep you busy. Right now, I am a librarian working from home, but also looking for ways to help patrons (and blog readers) stay sane. I hope you are enjoying these new blog posts that have gone a little off the norm for me, but I figured I’d try something different since everything has turned on its head.
The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl by Issa Rae and Ctrl, Alt, Delete: How I Grew Up Online by Emma Gannon are two books that I think millennials like me will love. I read both of them, and they were major trips down memory lane for me. 
They discuss dial up internet, AOL Instant Messenger, nudges on MSN and the early days of catfishing. I get a thrill whenever I read something and think to myself, OMG I remember that! Or, I forgot all about that until just now! I felt I could relate to these authors on a personal level. As I read about how Emma Gannon’s parents were clueless about internet safety, I pictured myself in the chilly basement where the desktop computer was and thought, yeah, I could have gotten into so much trouble down there unsupervised.
If you’re a millennial who spent their days on the early internet, got kicked off when your parents needed to make a phone call and were a girl who wrote your name like this: ~*~*~*Michelle*~*~* I highly recommend these books.
Grades 3 – 5
Nanea is a young girl living in Hawaii in the 1940s, when Peal Harbor was attacked by the Japanese, the event that initiated the United States in the Second World War. Her father works at the naval base that was attacked, and she has to deal with the fact that some of the members of her family and friends are missing after the act of war. She relies on her spirit of aloha to get her through the tough times that lie ahead.
Thanks to SLJ for a review copy of this book.
Grades 9 – 12
Batgirl is missing and Cassandra Cain is on the case. First, she has to learn everything she can about Batgirl and overcome the voice inside her head that is telling her she can never be a hero. Can she quiet that voice and save the day?
Thanks to SLJ for a review copy of this book.
Grades 9 – 12
Wonder Woman starts out as Diana, Princess of the Amazons. Diana is trying to prove herself a warrior, but when she finally gets the chance, she blows it and instead breaks Amazon law to save a mortal, Alia. Diana and Alia become allies and face various enemies – both mortal and divine, but they must be careful or they’ll destroy everything they’re tying to save in the process.
Thanks to SLJ for a review copy of this book.
