ON THE COME UP by ANGIE THOMAS (2019) A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN There hasn’t been a YA novel in recent history with quite as much buzz as The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas. After its release in 2017, THUG has gone on to win numerous (well-deserved) awards, be…
ODD ONE OUT by NIC STONE (2018) A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN Odd One Out by Nic Stone is an #OwnVoices contemporary novel centered around three teens who are struggling to come to terms with their budding sexualities. We have Courtney Cooper, eighteen, star basketball player and all-around nice…
SAILOR MOON 1 (ETERNAL EDITION) by NAOKO TAKEUCHI (2018) A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN I love Sailor Moon. I’ve loved it since I was very young, going to first grade with my Sailor Moon backpack and my Sailor Moon notebook that I carried everywhere. I watched the original anime with…
A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN This Mortal Coil by Emily Suvada is a dystopian sci-fi offering that would have done well in the post-Hunger Games boom back in 2008, but since This Mortal Coil—TMC for short—came out in 2017, I was hesitant to pick it up. Dystopian isn’t really my…
MY ALMOST FLAWLESS TOKYO DREAM LIFE by RACHEL COHN (2019) A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN Welcome to 2019, everyone! If you’re anything like me, you’re more than glad that 2018 is over and have welcomed 2019 with open arms. With the new year comes new book reviews, and this week’s…
A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN I’m cheating again, and by cheating, I mean I’m reviewing a book that isn’t necessarily new, but new to us here at the library. Wotakoi by Fujita is a manga series following the every day lives of four friends living and working in Japan. What…
IT’S NOT LIKE IT’S A SECRET by MISA SUGIURA A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN It’s NotLike It’s a Secret by Misa Sugiura is one of those books I knew I wanted to read when it came out in April of this year, but never got around to reading until recently.…
WHAT IF IT’S US by BECKY ALBERTALLI AND ADAM SILVERA A REVIEW by ALEXA DUNCAN I’ve been reading YA books since I was twelve. The first proper YA book I remember reading and loving is Twilight. I was obsessed with it, of course, and frantically devoured every vampire book I…
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…