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I love dysfunctional families. (Fictional dysfunctional families.) There’s just so much fodder for drama and confrontation. Ryan Effgen’s d...

This was one of my favorite books of the last decade, but when I was given the opportunity to receive a free copy of the book from Red Clov...

It’s the annual lock-in night at Central International School, the night where students stay at school and enjoy fun events and a legendary...

Volume 3 of Alice Oseman's amazing Heartstopper series hit me square in the feels, just like the last two books! Nick and Charlie an...

I'm a big fan of short stories, but it doesn't seem like there have been many collections this year that have caught my eye. I'...

There's a tremendous sense of nostalgia that pervades every page of Craig Davidson's The Saturday Night Ghost Club . Not only does ...

Whenever I read a YA rom-com featuring LGBTQ characters, I feel so happy that kids today have these books to read, to see that finding some...

With Two Can Keep a Secret , her follow-up to the excellent One of Us is Lying ( see my review ), Karen M. McManus proves she's not a ...

Despite its name, Flint City has always been more like a small town, where everyone knows everyone's business. The town is rocked by th...

To borrow from a language spoken periodically in this book, Madre de Dios, este libro ! (Mother of God, this book!) "Second chances...

Michael has tried to stay positive. But after his family moves for the fourth time in 10 years—and a month and a half into his junior year ...

A fascinating, timely, and thought-provoking meditation on the craziness of our internet-obsessed culture, the generational divide between ...

I've remarked in previous reviews that much like they say in spy movies, my philosophy when reading thrillers is simple: trust no one ....

Through the years I've had the opportunity to read books by so many incredibly talented authors. I have "discovered" new auth...

Yep. All the feels. And what would you expect from a book with a title like Me and Earl and the Dying Girl ? When I read Jesse Andrews...

Here's a conundrum: how do you review a book that is dazzlingly beautiful but otherwise relentlessly brutal? Do you focus on how it...

Wow, I loved this book. If you've ever felt like you don't fit in, or that no one understands who you really are, this book is for ...

Don't know if you saw this story in the news earlier in the week, but I've been to busy to post this before. Apparently the grandm...

Dennis Lehane is one of my favorite authors. While I've tended to love his grittier books more than his recent forays into historically...

For ESPN The Magazine's recent Kids in Sports Issue, 12 professional athletes were asked to write letters to their younger athletic s...