Category: Netgalley Reviews

Animals, Memoirs, Netgalley Reviews

Kit Kat and Lucy: The Country Cats Who Changed A City Girl’s World by Lonnie Hull Dupont

Michelle

Ages 16+

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Kit Kat and Lucy were two cats who arrived in their humans’ lives a year apart and gave them what they’ve been missing. Lonnie and her husband Joe were long-time city people who moved to the country and settled in Michigan. Each cat having her own “personality,” Kit Kat and Lucy had to work their way into Lonnie and Joe’s hearts, and learn to get along with each other. The four became one big family, and Lonnie and Joe couldn’t imagine their lives without their furry friends.

Thanks to NetGalley.com for a review copy of this book.

Netgalley Reviews, Nonfiction, Self Help

Meatless?: A Fresh Look At What You Eat by Sarah Elton

Michelle

Grades 3-6

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This is a great book for kids about vegetarianism! It speaks to the kids who might not be vegetarians, but are thinking about it, as well as vegans and pescatarians. I thought it explains why abstaining from eating meat is good for your health as well as the environment. It even explains why some religions don’t eat certain meats, or prepare it a certain way. This is a great one for any collection!

Thanks to Netgalley.com for a review copy of this book.

Netgalley Reviews, YA Fiction

Royce Rolls by Margaret Stohl

Michelle

Grades 9-12

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Bentley Royce has the life of luxury: she owns a Bentley, enough money to attend a private school and go on expensive vacations, and a family reality TV show entitled Rolling With the Royces. However, after five years on the show, she wants out, and this seems possible when it is on the brink of being cancelled. Bentley realizes, though, that without the show, there is no family, and in order to save her family, she must save the show. Will she be able to do it or lose her family forever?

Thanks to NetGalley.com for a review copy of this book.

Netgalley Reviews, Romance, YA Fiction

Love and First Sight by Josh Sundquist

Michelle

Grades 9-12

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It’s 16-year-old Will Porter’s first day at a mainstream high school. He tries his hardest to fit in, and meets a great new group of friends who accept him for who he is perceived to be: the blind kid. He has been blind since birth, and attended a school for the blind up until that point. Will begins to develop a crush on Cecily, one of the girls in his new group of friends. Then Will learns of a rare opportunity for him to have surgery so that he will be able to see, one that he knows will change his life forever, Does he take the chance or decide against it?

Thanks to NetGalley.com for a review copy of this book.

Adult Fiction, Netgalley Reviews

My Not So Perfect Life by Sophie Kinsella

Michelle

Ages 18+

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Katie’s life seems like it’s as perfect as it’s going to get: a small London apartment, a low-paying job, and an Instagram account where she posts things about her life that aren’t entirely true. Things get even more depressing when her boss, Demeter, fires her and she feels as lost as ever. Katie sees her chance when Demeter and her family go on vacation, but should she seek revenge or try to get her job back?

Thanks to NetGalley.com for a review copy of this book.

Mystery, Netgalley Reviews, YA Fiction

Beautiful Broken Girls by Kim Savage

Michelle

Grades 9-12

beautifulFrancesca and Mira Cillo drown themselves in a nearby lake. Their friend Ben finds a note that Mira left which sends him on a quest to find the seven places where they touched. Through his journey, Ben finds a secret that Mira and Francesca kept and realizes that some things are better left unsaid.

Thanks to Netgalley.com for a review copy of this book.

Adult Fiction, Mystery, Netgalley Reviews

Good Behavior by Blake Crouch

Michelle

Ages 18+

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Letty Dobesh has just gotten out of prison and is already back to her old tricks. Then, while in the middle of a burglary at a luxury hotel, she overhears someone hiring a hit man to kill his wife. Not wanting to call the police, she steps in and gets herself dangerously involved with the man on her own. This book was made into an original TV series on TNT.

Thanks to Netgalley.com for a review copy of this book.

 

Netgalley Reviews, YA Fiction

A List of Cages by Robin Roe

Michelle

Grades 9-12
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Adam Blake is enrolled in his high school’s most coveted elective: Assistant to the school psychologist. At first he spends the period on his cell phone, but then the psychologist asks him to track down a student. The student is Julian, Adam’s foster brother whom he hasn’t seen in years. Upon reconnecting with Julian, Adam sees that he is the same kid he always was. However, as the two get close again, Adam realizes that Julian has a lot of secrets that he’s not willing to open up to him about. Adam decides to help Julian, but will he make it better or make it worse?

Thanks to Netgalley.com for a review copy of this book.

Netgalley Reviews, Romance, YA Fiction

The Infinity of You and Me by J.Q. Coyle

Michelle

Grades 9-12

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Alicia has been diagnosed with a plethora of mental illnesses and idolizes Sylvia Plath. Alicia hallucinates many worlds that are very different from her own reality. She meets a boy named Jax in on of her hallucinations, only to find out later that he is not actually a hallucination, but someone she is connected to in real life. She then starts out on a journey to find true self and save all those around her that she loves.

Thanks to Netgalley.com for a review copy of this book.