ARC Catch-Up: The Trouble with Heroes and They Bloom at Night

Better late than never! I'm finally reviewing two ARCs from last year that I never got to write, but definitely deserve a spot on your TBR. Though one is an adventure story (Trouble with Heroes) and the other is a horror (They Bloom at Night), both deal with grief in really incredible ways.

A tr…

The Okay Witch by Emma Steinkellner

Magic is harder than it looks.

Thirteen-year-old Moth Hush loves all things witchy. But she’s about to discover that witches aren’t just the stuff of movies, books, and spooky stories. When some eighth-grade bullies try to ruin her Halloween, something really strange happens. It turns out that Foun…

Blog Tour and Giveaway: Fairy in Waiting by Sophie Kinsella

Title: Fairy in Waiting (Fairy Mom and Me #2)
Author: Sophie Kinsella
Pub. Date: January 29, 2019
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Formats: Hardcover, eBook, audiobook
Pages: 160
Fans of Sophie Kinsella's sparkling humor and the first book in the illustrated duology will love these next a…

Mini Review: That's Not Hay in my Hair by Juliette Turner

Standalone. Zonderkidz (March 2016) NetGalley
New York City life had crammed sidewalks, gasoline-filled puddles, and angry taxi drivers, but Juliette enjoyed the towering sky-scrapers, the half-block walk to school, and the restaurant smells wafting into her bedroom. She had never cared for a horse,…

It's Raining Cupcakes by Lisa Schroeder

Cupcakes #1. Aladdin (March 2010) Library
Twelve-year-old Isabel is dying to get out of her small town of Willow, Oregon, and travel like her best friend, Sophie. But when Isabel’s mother decides to open up a cupcake shop across town, Isabel is once again stuck in Willow for the summer…until she lea…

The Dirt Diary by Anna Staniszewski

Standalone. Sourcebooks Jabberwocky (Jan. 2014) Netgalley WANTED: Maid for the most popular kids in 8th grade.                                                               Cleaning up after the in-crowd gets Rachel all the best dirt.                                                     Rachel can'…

Offside by M.G. Higgins

Title: Offside
Author: M.G. Higgins
Series: (Counterattack)
Format- ebook
Publisher- Darby Creek (Imprint of Lerner Publishing)
Published- January 1st, 2013
Pages- 116
Source- NetGalley

Between finishing late school projects and looking after her brothers and sister, Faith Patel barely has time to …

Article 5 by Kristen Simmons

Title: Article 5
Author: Kristen Simmons
Series: (Article 5 #1)
Format- Hardcover
Publisher- Tor Teen
Published- January 31st, 2012
Pages- 364
Source- Library

New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C., have been abandoned.
The Bill of Rights has been revoked, and replaced with the Moral Statutes.
T…

The Truth About Faking by Leigh T. Moore

Title- The Truth About Faking Author- Leigh T. Moore Stand Alone Format- ebook Publisher- Leigh T. Moore Published- September 1st, 2012 Pages- 269 Source- Author
Overview: Harley has been dreamy eyed over Trent since he came to her small town. She has finally been able to get all the puzzle pieces …

Give Up the Ghost by Megan Crewe

Title: Give Up the Ghost
Author: Megan Crewe
Stand Alone
Format- Hardcover
Published: September 15th 2009
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Pages: 241
Source: Library

Overview:
For four years Cass has been able to speak to ghosts. It all started when her sister died and she was able to see her whi…

Define "Normal" by Julie Anne Peters

Antonia can't wait to get out of her house and away from her family so she jumps at the opportunity to be a peer counselor so she can get an extracurricular. That way she can get into a program so she can graduate early. Problem is that she will be counseling Jazz, a punker, a druggie, and a g…

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed

Cheryl's mother died four years ago, she just finalized her divorce, and is going on a journey that will she will always remember because from that point on everything in her life changes. From that point on she can move on.

This is my second memoir not counting Born to Run which I count as ju…