Title: The Dream Thieves              Author: Maggie Stiefvater                   Genre: YA Fantasy         Publisher: Scholastic       Format: Paperback  Pages: 439 Rating: 4/5 stars  Synopsis (Goodreads):   Now that the ley lines around Cabeswater have been woken, nothing for Ronan, Gansey, Blue, and Adam will be the same. Ronan, for one, is falling more and more deeply into his dreams, … Continue reading Book Review: The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater

Title: White Teeth              Author: Zadie Smith                   Genre: Contemporary          Publisher: Penguin        Format: Paperback  Pages: 542 Rating: 5/5 stars  Synopsis (Goodreads):   Zadie Smith's White Teeth is a classic international bestseller and an unforgettable portrait of London, available as a Penguin Essential for the first time One of the most talked about fictional debuts ever, White Teeth … Continue reading Book Review: White Teeth by Zadie Smith

Title: The Hazel Wood             Author: Melissa Albert                   Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy         Publisher: Flatiron Books       Format: Hardcover  Pages: 359 Rating: 4/5 stars  Synopsis (Goodreads):   Seventeen-year-old Alice and her mother have spent most of Alice’s life on the road, always a step ahead of the uncanny bad luck biting at their heels. But when Alice’s grandmother, … Continue reading Book Review: The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert

Title: 11/22/63              Author: Stephen King                    Genre: Historical Fiction, Time Travel           Publisher: Scribner        Format: Hardcover  Pages: 849 Rating: 5/5 stars  Synopsis (Goodreads):   Life can turn on a dime—or stumble into the extraordinary, as it does for Jake Epping, a high school English teacher in Lisbon Falls, Maine. While grading essays by his GED students, Jake … Continue reading Book Review: 11/22/63 by Stephen King

Title: Library of Souls              Author: Ransom Riggs                    Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy           Publisher: Quirk Books       Format: Paperback  Pages: 464 Rating: 4/5 stars  Synopsis (Goodreads):   A New York Times #1 best seller A boy with extraordinary powers. An army of deadly monsters. An epic battle for the future of peculiardom. The adventure that began with Miss … Continue reading Book Review: Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs

Title: Hollow City               Author: Ransom Riggs                    Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy           Publisher: Quirk Books       Format: Paperback  Pages: 428 Rating: 4/5 stars  Synopsis (Goodreads):   This second novel begins in 1940, immediately after the first book ended. Having escaped Miss Peregrine’s island by the skin of their teeth, Jacob and his new friends must journey to London, … Continue reading Book Review: Hollow City by Ransom Riggs

Title: The Poisonwood Bible              Author: Barbara Kingsolver                   Genre: Historical Fiction, Classics           Publisher: Harper Perennial        Format: Paperback  Pages: 546 Rating: 4/5 stars  Synopsis (Goodreads):   The Poisonwood Bible is a story told by the wife and four daughters of Nathan Price, a fierce, evangelical Baptist who takes his family and mission to the Belgian Congo in … Continue reading Book Review: The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

Title: This Savage Song              Author: Victoria Schwab                  Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy           Publisher: Greenwillow Books        Format: Paperback  Pages: 464 Rating: 4/5 stars  Synopsis (Goodreads):   There’s no such thing as safe in a city at war, a city overrun with monsters. In this dark urban fantasy from author Victoria Schwab, a young woman and a young … Continue reading Book Review: This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab