Concrete Rose Book Review

by Courtney Meunier | Mar 25, 2021 | Adult Fiction, Book Review, Featured, YA Historical Fiction

By Angie Thomas Concrete Rose (Book Review) The third novel set in the Garden, Concrete Rose explores the backstory of Starr’s dad, Maverick Carter, as he finds out he’s a father at seventeen and struggles to know what to do: play it straight (and poor) or follow in...

Ziggy, Stardust and Me Review

by Courtney Meunier | Jul 25, 2020 | Book Review, Bookish Blog, Featured, YA Historical Fiction

By James Brandon Ziggy, Stardust and Me (Review) Part journal, part poetry, and part stardust-shimmering dream, Ziggy, Stardust and Me is the story of a boy who loves Bowie, boys, and his best friend/bad-ass feminist icon Starla.  A snapshot into the ’70s as...

The Mall ARC Review

by Courtney Meunier | Jul 21, 2020 | ARC, Book Review, Bookish Blog, Featured, YA Historical Fiction

By Megan McCafferty The Mall (ARC Review + Blog tour stop) A heavy dose of early-’90s nostalgia, “The Mall” takes us back into a time period when six-thousand square feet of stores could provide the setting for a teenager’s entire social life, including...

Like a Love Story Review

by Courtney Meunier | Jun 3, 2020 | Book Review, Bookish Blog, Featured, YA Historical Fiction

By Abdi Nazemian Like a Love Story (Review) Like a love letter to 1989, Madonna, activism, and the queer community of New York City, Like a Love Story is both a story of hope and advocacy, and a story of sorrow and sickness.  Like a Love Story follows Judy, whose...

Girl in the Blue Coat

by Courtney Meunier | Mar 13, 2020 | Book Review, Bookish Blog, Featured, YA Historical Fiction

By Monica Hesse Girl in the Blue Coat (Review) It’s rare that I pick up a historical fiction (something that I’m trying to change) and even rarer that I gravitate towards one about WWII. The thing is, if I want to read about historical events, I usually want it to...

Blood Countess ARC Review

by Courtney Meunier | Jan 28, 2020 | ARC, Book Review, Bookish Blog, Featured, Horror, YA fantasy, YA Historical Fiction

By Lana Popovic Blood Countess (ARC Review) Based on Elizabeth Bathory, who was basically the female version of Vlad the Impaler (AKA Dracula) this story was bound to get dark and gory (which, as we all know, I love). But, this story made me beg the question: Why have...