The Hate U Give

The cover of The Hate U Give sits above swirling police car lights. On the cover, the main character, Starr, who is black, holds a sign, much as one would hold a protest sign, but her sign gives the name of the book.

Like all my favorite stories, Angie Thomas’s The Hate U Give introduced me to a whole new world. Except, however foreign it feels to me, Starr’s world exists. It’s in […]

Jacob Have I Loved

Such a good book–and if I found myself a bit disappointed in the end, it’s only because the rest of the book was so astonishingly intense. For hours, I lived […]

Nadya Skylung and the Cloudship Rescue

I always enjoy reading works by the RMFW Writer of the Year nominees, and this little gem by Jeff Seymour is one of the reasons why. It has sparkling wit, […]

The Selection

I admit that I read this because (a) it was on lots of bestseller lists and (b) I liked the dress on the girls on the cover. I mean, I […]