Unravel Me – Tahereh Mafi (Review)

Title: Unravel Me (Shatter Me #2) Author: Tahereh Mafi Publisher: Harper (Division of HarperCollins), 2013 Genre: YA Dystopian, YA Science Fiction This review can be found on my Blog, TeacherofYA's Tumblr, or my Goodreads page My Review: Note: Here's the series, since this is a review of the sequel of Shatter Me, and I've already reviewed the novella Destroy …

The Fox Inheritance – Mary E. Pearson (Review)

Title: The Fox Inheritance (Jenna Fox Chronicles, #2) Author: Mary E. Pearson Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR), 2011 Genre: YA Dystopia, YA Science Fiction This review can be found on my Blog, TeacherofYA's Tumblr, or my Goodreads page My Review: After reading The Adoration of Jenna Fox, I was intrigued to see how the story continues. I knew from …

(Book)Clubbing for Kids – Tips on Life and Love

Reading groups and book clubs have always intrigued me. While I understand the pull of talking about books with other people (after all, I do it all day) reading to me has always been a more solitary pursuit. Maybe it’s a job hazard: After talking endlessly about a manuscript, art, the cover, the price and …

Unplugged – Donna Freitas (Review)

Title: Unplugged (The Wired, #1) Author: Donna Freitas Publisher: HarperTeen, 2016 Genre: YA Dystopian, YA Science Fiction This review can be found on my Blog, TeacherofYA's Tumblr, or my Goodreads page My Review:  This book was like Scott Westerfeld's Unglies on steroids. And involving virtual worlds, of course. But definitely reminded me of Westerfeld, which is a good thing. …

It’s Never A Simple Trip to the Library…

So I just go in to pick up my holds...I promised myself I wouldn't get ANYMORE books...I was expecting The Sleeping Prince because I have been waiting on it.... This is what I leave with: It's not MY FAULT that all the good stuff is there when I get there. It's a conspiracy. One that …

There Once Were Stars – Melanie McFarlane (Review)

Title: There Once Were Stars Author: Melanie McFarlane Publisher: Month9Books, LLC, 2016 Genre: YA Dystopian, YA Science Fiction **I received a copy of this book free from Ebooksforreview.com and the Author in exchange for an honest review** This review can be found on my Blog, TeacherofYA's Tumblr, and my Goodreads page My Review: I know...I'm reading too fast lately to even …

YA and Why It’s Important

Thank you E.C. This post HAD to be shared!! Dear Reader; Just recently I had a rant about books and writing exercises which ultimately digressed into an angry rant about how I was annoyed that people are so snooty about YA books. I mean, rea… Source: YA and Why It's Important

Craving Beauty – Jennifer Silverwood (Review)

Title: Craving Beauty (A Wylder Tale #1) Author: Jennifer Silverwood Publisher: SilverWoodSketches, 2015 Genre: Fantasy, Retellings, Fairy Tales **I received a copy of this book free from Book Enthusiast Promotions and the Author in exchange for an honest review** This review can be found on my Blog, TeacherofYA's Tumblr, and my Goodreads page My Review: Beautiful cover, is t it? …

Finally Got Approved By Edelweiss!!

It's been an arduous task, but this morning I got the first email actually saying YES to a galley request, and I can hardly contain myself.  Here's the book and blurb: What if a microchip could identify your perfect match? What if it could be used against you and the ones you love? Eight years …

Real Neat Blog Award

So I'm trying to make sure I do one tag or nomination today, because I'm so behind, so I'm going back to see what's on my Pingbacks...and there's the Real Neat Blog Award! I was nominated by MidnightBiblioBlog, who was nice enough to nominate me because she wanted to know more about me. I think that …