The Mad Scientist's Daughter by Cassandra Rose Clarke This is a quiet sci-fi story about relationships, consciousness, and growing up, ...

The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman This book might've gotten a slightly higher rating if I hadn't been in a reading slump...

The Scorpion Rules by Erin Bow I thought the premise of this one sounded really cool, and I enjoyed the first part of it, but ultimately ...

Cress by Marissa Meyer I wasn't as engaged with the story as I was with Scarlet . The pacing seemed uneven – large slow stretches pe...

Why yes, here I am, sporadically posting another blog post after about 2 months of silence! *waves* This isn't in one of my regular re...

Last year I did a series of posts called " Cross My Palm ", looking at recent and potential trends in YA. It got a good response...

" Eva's life is not her own. She is a creation, an abomination—an echo. She was made by the Weavers as a copy of someone else, ...