Wonderstruck Winner!

Most of you probably recognize the author’s name from her  Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants fame. Despite being a contributor to a YA blog, I have to confess that I decidedly did not make that connection when I purchased this book, seeing that I’ve never read the series. I have, however, read her other novel,…

When Fierce Reads announced their tour dates for this summer, I was terribly disappointed. I’ve given up on the idea of any of the big, fun tours actually coming to Vancouver, but at least one a year can usually make it to Seattle which, crossing an international border aside, is an easy trip. But there…

Hi WhatchYAreading, I’m Katie – I know, we like to make it as difficult as possible for you all to remember who is who on here. Since this is my first review, I just wanted to take a brief second to tell you all how blown away I am by our first week live. Readers…

When I signed in to post this review Christine and I wrote yesterday, it came to my attention that Kate has already reviewed Under the Never Sky. Which I totally already knew…somewhere in my brain. But, whatever. I loved the book too much to not share my ramblings about how much I loved it. So…

When I read This is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith, I immediately fell in love. Not with the characters or the setting or the writing or the pretty cover or the love story or any of those normal things. I mean, I fell in love with those things as well, just not…

This book was rough going. I don’t know why I’m drawn to these books about people going through horrible ordeals. Maybe it’s the train wreck mentality, or how I’ve been programmed to perceive such things as ‘entertainment’ and ‘news’ all mixed into one (thanks, media!), or maybe it’s the fact that I need to know…