organized alphabetically by author
Illuminae by Amie Kaufman
“The Universe owes you nothing. It has already given you everything, after all. It was here long before you, and it will go on long after you. The only way it will remember you is to do something worth remembrance.”…
The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee
When I started reading this book, I was really just looking for any possibly interesting audiobook to occupy my long car-rides. I had absolutely no clue how much I would adore this story. I laughed out loud, definitely cried a little, and swooned more than I’d like to admit. Sometimes all at once…
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
This series is a favorite of mine and I looooved rereading the beginning of it all. I’d definitely recommend this series for fantasy lovers who enjoy women to be reckoned with. As a notorious assassin jailed in the salt mines to do forced labor, Celaena Sardothien is not your damsel in distress…
Circe by Madeline Miller
Like many others of my generation– those who feel too young to be millennials, but too old to be Gen Z– who grew up with books as friends rather than playing sports, I read and adored Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson series. This cultivated a love of mythology which only grew as in high school I read The Odyssey and in college, The Aeneid, Medea, Oedipus Rex…
Airborn by Kenneth Oppel
If you’ve ever gone to a library book sale, you know most of the books they’re getting rid of are ones people don’t read often, but I believe there’s always some true gems. At age 13, Airborn was my gem. After getting through great fantasy series like Harry Potter and Eragon, my adolescent mind was desperate for another series to love…
Geekerella by Ashley Poston
This one’s for sure a must read for all the geeks out there!! Main character Elle is obsessed with all things Starfield (a Star Trek-like TV show), continually watching reruns, writing fanfiction, and participating in Cosplay. When she finds about about the ExcelsiCon Cosplay Ball…
Jackaby by William Ritter
They say not to judge a book by its cover, but lets be real, that’s exactly why I picked this book up. The colors, the beautifully overlaying pictures, the font. Everything is perfect. I knew I had to have this book when I read on the back, Sherlock meets Doctor Who meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer...
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
“[Tupac] said Thug Life stood for ‘The Hate U Give Little Infants Fucks Everybody’… Meaning what society gives us as youth, it bites them in the ass when we wild out. Get it?”. This phrase becomes sixteen-year-old Starr Carter’s mantra after witnessing the fatal police shooting of her unarmed childhood best friend, Khalil Harris…
The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey
Picture this: Mary Shelley, Stephen King, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle become free from the bounds of time and get together to write an epic series. The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey is, I believe, the result…
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