Oppression: Children of the Gods – Jessica Therrien (Review)

Title: Oppression (Children of the Gods, #1) Author: Jessica Therrien Publisher: Acorn Publishing, 2015 Genre: YA Fantasy, YA Mythology, YA Paranormal **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, or my Goodreads page I am not part of …

Flawed – Cecelia Ahern (Review)

Title: Flawed (Flawed, #1) Author: Cecelia Ahern Publisher: Feiwel & Friends, 2016 Genre: YA Dystopian This review can be found on my Blog, TeacherofYA's Tumblr, or my Goodreads page My Review: Let me start by telling you that I have waited to read this book ever since it was an ARC on Netgalley and I was declined. The description …

My Awesome NetGalley Approvals!!

I've been meaning to share there with you guys, but with work and school I've been super busy... I got approved for some major titles on a book reviewer's favorite site, NetGalley! These titles make me feel like I've finally made it in the book blogging community, as some of these are coming out from …

Poisoned Blade – Kate Elliott (Review)

Title: Poisoned Blade (Court of Fives, #2) Author: Kate Elliott Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2016 Genre: YA Fantasy This review can be found on my Blog, TeacherofYA's Tumblr, or my Goodreads page My Review: This is the sequel and second book in the Court of Fives series: Does this cover jog your memory if the first …

Are You Participating in NaNoWriMo?

Are you participating in NaNoWriMo? I am! What is NaNoWriMo, you ask? Well, let me tell you... National Novel Writing Month (often shortened to NaNoWriMo, "na-noh-ry-moh"), is an annual, Internet-based creative writing project that takes place during the month of November. NaNoWriMo challenges participants to write 50,000 words (their minimum number of words for a …

The Beauty of Darkness – Mary E. Pearson (Review)

Title: The Beauty of Darkness (The Remnant Chronicles #3) Author: Mary E. Pearson Publisher: Henry Holt & Co. (BYR), 2016 Genre: YA Fantasy This review can be found on my Blog, TeacherofYA's Tumblr, or my Goodreads page My Review: Can I just say that these covers are beautiful? #coverlove for me! Here's the whole beautiful series because they are …

Am I in Askimet Jail??

I think I'm in Askimet Penitentiary... 🎤Oh, I'm stuck in a cell (harmonica playing)      Don't know what to do... (harmonica playing)      Please will you spring me.... (harmonica playing)      Because I'm so blue! (harmonica playing)🎤 Ok...enough of that. Will y'all check and see if I'm in your Spam folder? I'm …

Spindle – Shonna Slayton (Review)

Title: Spindle Author: Shonna Slayton Publisher: Entangled Teen, 2016 (Oct 4) Genre: YA Fairy Tale Retellings, YA Fantasy, YA Historical Fiction **I received an ARC of this book free from Netgalley and the Publisher in exchange for an honest review** This review can be found on my Blog, TeacherofYA's Tumblr, or my Goodreads page My Review: I read Spindle …

Red Queen – Victoria Aveyard (Review)

Title: Red Queen (Red Queen #1) Author: Victoria Aveyard Publisher: HarperTeen, 2015 Genre: YA Dystopian, YA Fantasy This review can be found on my Blog, TeacherofYA's Tumblr, or my Goodreads page My Review: I wish I could find a bigger pic of this cover. It gives me chills.  I actually went into this book thinking it was a retelling …

Another Achievement! (Kind of weird, though…)

So I get this notification today: That's a LOT of likes. Thank you, guys! (But the number is strange...where's the 1,000? I got an award at 1,337??  Doesn't that seem like a strange number to you? Just asking... I'm still grateful as heck. (Not going to say H-E-double hockey sticks...don't want to offend 😉) I'm …