The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas ~ 464 pages ~ published 2/28/17 by Balzer + Bray
Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed.
I love to talk about books (obviously, since I started a book blog!), and learning about other people’s book preferences. I found this tag through Tomes with Tea and Bookish in Bed and thought that this would be a really fun tag to try! So, here we go with the A to Z Book Tag!
I found this tag through Lost In A Story and Fire and Rain Books, and I thought that it sounded like it would be a lot of fun! (Make sure to go check out their blogs, they are fabulous!) I’m always curious about how others choose/find their books, so I figured I would share with you how I find mine! So, without further ado, let’s do this thing!
Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake ~ 320 pages ~ published 3/6/18 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
When a tornado rips through town, twelve-year-old Ivy Aberdeen’s house is destroyed and her family of five is displaced. Ivy feels invisible and ignored in the aftermath of the storm–and what’s worse, her notebook filled with secret drawings of girls holding hands has gone missing.
Mysteriously, Ivy’s drawings begin to reappear in her locker with notes from someone telling her to open up about her identity. Ivy thinks–and hopes–that this someone might be her classmate, another girl for whom Ivy has begun to develop a crush. Will Ivy find the strength and courage to follow her true feelings?
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I discovered the magical world of book subscription boxes last year, and I have not looked back! This is such an amazing way to discover new books, as well as receive some really great bookish swag!
I have decided that I am going to start trying out a different book box every month or so in order to find which one is my favorite! There are so many of them out there! OwlCrate has been my longest running book box subscription, so it seemed fitting to post my first ‘unboxing’ with their February box!
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1987. There’s only one person who has ever truly understood fourteen-year-old June Elbus, and that’s her uncle, the renowned painter Finn Weiss. Shy at school and distant from her older sister, June can only be herself in Finn’s company; he is her godfather, confidant, and best friend. So when he dies, far too young, of a mysterious illness her mother can barely speak about, June’s world is turned upside down. But Finn’s death brings a surprise acquaintance into June’s life – someone who will help her to heal, and to question what she thinks she knows about Finn, her family, and even her own heart.
Whit Reads Lit 