Winter Glass Blog Tour & Review!!

I'm so excited to be a part of this blog tour: as I was a member of the #SpindleSquad, I hold a special place in my heart for Lexa's books. I loved Spindle Fire, so I knew I would love Winter Glass. Though it didn't end how I would have liked...but that's a big spoiler …

Happy New Year! Here’s a COVER REVEAL!!

Happy New Year, all! I'm hoping to start the New Year off right with blogging some more. I know I get wrapped up in work or watching Rick and Morty...but my blog means a lot to me. So I'm making it a priority. Let's hear it for 2018!! So I've been keeping this under wraps …

TBR Thursday? Totally!

So I haven't posted in awhile and that's totally my bad! I have been all over the place with reading, acquiring beautiful books to read, and anything to do with books in general! (Don't they smell so pretty? 😂) Plus the teaching has me plum exhausted by the end of the day! I'm working on …

Awaken Blog Tour!!

About The Book: Title: AWAKEN Author: Georgina Kane Pub. Date: December 5, 2017 Publisher: Fierce Girl Publishing House Pages: 278 Formats: Paperback, eBook Find it: Amazon, Goodreads In the city of Daventry, citizens live without question of authority, liberty or even the ability to dream. Your purpose is determined by your placement within the Sectors of Society. 16 year old Ethan Drake is …

Rosemarked Release!!

I have had the ARC for this book ever since I went to ALA, and I have been excited to read it since. It is on my most anticipated reads...and now it has come out (it was released November 7!) and I need to read it ASAP! The covers may differ from my ARC and …

BLOG TOUR: This Mortal Coil – Emily Suvada (Review)

Title: This Mortal Coil (Mortal Coil #1) Author: Emily Suvada  Publisher: Simon Pulse, 2017 (Nov 7) Genre: YA Dystopian, YA Science Fiction **I received a copy of this book free from the tour in exchange for an honest review** This review can be found on my Blog, TeacherofYA’s Tumblr, or my Goodreads page My Review: First of all, you …

SJM and Bardugo Events!!

Hello, guys!! So many of you know that I got double lucky and had Sarah J Maas AND Leigh Bardugo come to my state this past month. Besides dying of eternal happiness, I got tickets to go right away. As many of you know, there aren't many authors that come to Michigan...and we get TWO …

Black Bird of the Gallows – Meg Kassel (Review + Giveaway)

Title: Black Bird of the Gallows  Author: Meg Kassel Publisher: Entangled Publishing, 2017 (Sept 5) Genre: YA Fantasy, YA Paranormal **I received a copy of the book free from Netgalley and Chapter by Chapter Book Tours in exchange for an honest review** This review can be found on my Blog, TeacherofYA's Tumblr, or my Goodreads page My …

Black Bird of the Gallows – Excerpt and Giveaway!!

So I love Entangled Teen and have been a fan of a lot of their books.  Black Bird of the Gallows by Meg Kassel is a beautiful book - you know me and my cover obsession. And they reached out to me and offered me a chance to review it!  I'm totally noticing a theme …

How I Write Book Reviews: guest post with Namitha @ Teen Memoir

Namitha talks about the techniques of blogging and included MY BLOG in her examples! I am honored to be featured by a fellow blogger friend! 😍❤️

Hey, everyone! I’m Namitha over @teenmemoir and today I’m going to be doing a guest post on Katie’s blog all about How I Write Book Reviews. Click here to check out Katie’s post on how she bookstagrams! She seriously posts the best pictures and I’m in love with her Instagram feed! Working with Katie was honestly so much fun and I hope to collab with her more in the future!

Tips/Things to Remember

Have an outline: Before you start writing, have an idea of what exactly you want to say in your review. Think and organize your thoughts. For example; Make a list of the things you liked/hated most in the book. Ask yourself questions like “What stood out to me the most?” or “What could have been better?” Then, try to group them under categories such as plot, characters, writing, pros, cons, etc. Next, outline your review. Do you…

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