As You Wish By Chelsea Sedoti Mini-Review by Celadon No, this is not the book about the making of “The Princess Bride” by Cary Elwes, though they share the same name. This is a new book! About wishing! The Basic Premise: Eldon is a teen living in Madison, a very small city in the middle … Continue reading
Hooray! There is a new Lone Star Reading List in town! Out with the old (sorry,Undertow by Michael Buckley and When by Victoria Laurie) and in with the new. For those of you who don’t follow the deeply Official Lists from Libraries, the Lone Star List is curated by school and public librarians who are part of … Continue reading
I read a lot of manga. Like, a lot of it. And between the hilarious characters and its subverting of shojo manga tropes, this might be my new favorite manga ever. The Basic Premise: Sakura Chiyo confesses her love to Umetarou Nozaki, but he completely misinterprets her and instead of ending up a couple … Continue reading
The Steep and Thorny Way by Cat Winters is a re-telling of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” set in Prohibition-era rural Oregon featuring a biracial female protagonist named Hanalee. After her father’s scandalous murder two years previously, Hanalee became the only African-American in her hometown of Elston. With the rising prominence of the Klu Klux Klan and a … Continue reading
There need to be more books set in Russia. It’s such an interesting setting and it just doesn’t get enough credit. Srsly. Luckily, Evelyn Skye has attempted to change up the status quo by giving us The Crown’s Game, a romantic fantasy that’s a great read if you don’t think about it too much The … Continue reading
The Teen Zone 