CARAVAL by STEPHANIE GARBER A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN I first heard of Caraval from the gaggle of creators I watch on YouTube. (Side note: If you didn’t already know, YouTube has a bustling community in which users talk about nothing but books. We call it BookTube. It’s wonderful.) It…
THAT BLUE SKY FEELING 1 by OKURA A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN That Blue Sky Feeling is a brand-new manga series by writer Okura. The characters and plot of the story once appeared online but have since been bound in graphic novel format by Viz, a prominent manga publisher both…
THIS DARKNESS MINE by Mindy McGinnis (2017) A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN Last year, when This Darkness Mine by Mindy McGinnis was released, it was all the rage in my bookish internet circles. People I’m subscribed to on YouTube were talking about it, excited that Mindy had a new book…
THE DARK DESCENT OF ELIZABETH FRANKENSTEIN by KIERSTEN WHITE (2018) A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN It’s October, everyone! My favorite month of the year is finally here, and to kick off the spookiness, I decided to read a spooky book. The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White is…
GRACE AND THE FEVER by ZAN ROMANOFF (2017) A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN Grace and the Fever by Zan Romanoff is a coming-of-age tale that could only have been written in the 2010s. Sure, you could have written this book about, say, The Beatles, but it would lack the distinctly…
THINGS JOLIE NEEDS TO DO BEFORE SHE BITES IT by KERRY WINFREY A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN Things Jolie Needs to Do Before She Bites It by Kerry Winfrey is a delightful little gem of a book reminiscent of teen comedies from the 2000s. It follows our main character, Jolie,…
DIVERGENT by VERONICA ROTH (Divergent #1) A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN In some ways, this feels like a silly book to write an “In Case You Missed It” review on. Writing about missing Divergent is sort of like writing about missing The Hunger Games or Twilight. Divergent may not have…
Orange: The Complete Collection vol. 1 by Ichigo Takano A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN Before I get into the review for the books this month, let me preface it by saying that I’m technically cheating a little bit. The books I’ll be talking about aren’t exactly “new,” per se, but…
TO ALL THE BOYS I’VE LOVED BEFORE by JENNY HAN A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han is a sugary-sweet contemporary novel following our main character, Lara Jean Song-Covey as she navigates her way through high school. The twist here is that…
MONDAY’S NOT COMING by TIFFANY D. JACKSON A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson is a ripped-from-the-headlines story about the bonds of friendship, the relationship between marginalized communities and the police, and how far people will go to cover up a crime. Monday isn’t a…