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  • Nov 2024 Book Recommendation: The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan

    Nov 2024 Book Recommendation: The Sword of Summer by Rick Riordan

    Intro Ever since the success of Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Rick Riordan has been among the most well-known middle grade authors of our time. He’s expanded his universe with not only more Percy Jackson books, but also with series that follow completely different characters who are dealing with completely different pantheons of gods from…

    November 20, 2024
  • Oct 2024 Book Recommendation: Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

    Oct 2024 Book Recommendation: Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

    Intro Fall is now in full swing, so I thought it would be a good time to share one of my favorite fall reads. Plus, there’s a fair amount of creepiness in it as well, making it great for spooky season. If you’re a fan of YA fantasy, you’ve almost certainly heard of Six of…

    October 16, 2024
  • Sep 2024 Book Recommendation: Renegades by Marissa Meyer

    Sep 2024 Book Recommendation: Renegades by Marissa Meyer

    Intro As someone who loves superheroes, I’m happy that superhero novels are slowly becoming more and more common, to the point where even a bestselling author like Marissa Meyer wrote not just one but a whole trilogy of them. While Renegades definitely isn’t quite as popular as the Lunar Chronicles, it is regarded highly by…

    September 18, 2024
  • Aug 2024 Book Recommendation: Virals by Kathy Reichs

    Aug 2024 Book Recommendation: Virals by Kathy Reichs

    While it’s not as well-known as most of the other books I’ve featured on the blog so far, Virals was one of the first YA series that I fell in love with. Written by crime writer and forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs—and her son Brendan Reichs later in the series—it’s full of mystery, action, humor, and…

    August 21, 2024
  • Jul 2024 Book Recommendation: The Maze Runner by James Dashner

    Jul 2024 Book Recommendation: The Maze Runner by James Dashner

    The Maze Runner is one of the more well-known YA action/adventure books, highly acclaimed for its heart-pounding action and shocking twists. From the very beginning, it’s rife with mysteries and questions waiting to be answered. Despite its popularity, I actually only recently started reading the series, and I was pleasantly surprised by how quickly I…

    July 17, 2024
  • Jun 2024 Book Recommendation: Legend by Marie Lu

    Jun 2024 Book Recommendation: Legend by Marie Lu

    Legend has been a favorite of mine ever since I first read it during my early teens. Packed with action, intrigue, and a nice side of romance, it’s one of the first books that I think of when I think of YA, so it was pretty much guaranteed to be among the first reading recommendations…

    June 19, 2024
  • May 2024 Book Recommendation: Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

    May 2024 Book Recommendation: Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

    Intro If you’re at all familiar with popular YA fantasy, you’ve probably heard of Children of Blood and Bone. And trust me, the hype is worth it. Packed with action, magic, and a strong heroine, it’s pretty much a must-read for lovers of YA fantasy. So let’s dive into it, shall we? Children of Blood…

    May 15, 2024
  • Apr 2024 Book Recommendation: Eragon by Christopher Paolini

    Apr 2024 Book Recommendation: Eragon by Christopher Paolini

    Intro I love fantasy of all sorts but, in my opinion, there’s nothing better than high fantasy. The quests and dragons and elves and sword fights type of high fantasy, to be exact. And, weirdly enough, I haven’t had much luck finding YA fantasy that includes those classic tropes. Maybe it’s widely considered to be…

    April 17, 2024
  • Mar 2024 Book Recommendation: An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

    Mar 2024 Book Recommendation: An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

    If you’re a regular reader of book blogs or viewer of bookstagram or booktok posts, this probably isn’t the first time you’ve heard of an Ember in the Ashes. It’s easily one of the most popular YA fantasy series of the 2010s. Despite this, I actually only started to read it a couple of years…

    March 20, 2024
  • Feb 2024 Book Recommendation: Cinder by Marissa Meyer

    Feb 2024 Book Recommendation: Cinder by Marissa Meyer

    I’m going to go right out and say it: The Lunar Chronicles is probably one of my favorite series of all time, even years after reading it for the first time. It’s packed with action, humor, drama, and romance, and the whole cast of characters—and it gets to be a pretty big cast, after a…

    February 21, 2024
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