Pretty good, but not my favorite. Read due to it becoming a movie.

Oh gosh, I loved this one. Vanja is such a great protagonist. You get why she is the way she is, how much of her life has been shaped by the choices she has felt she had to make to survive. I love the idea of Death and Fortune as godmothers, and the way they didn't entirely understand what that means to a human, compared to being a God. The villains were genuinely scary. Really, really fun.

This is story of a team of female gamers, playing a VR competition game and getting to go to the national championships. It's fun and full of well-rounded interesting characters. There were a few times where panels didn't quite line up for me, or made a jump I didn't 100% follow, but it was a fun quick read!

Serilda was blessed by the god of Stories, making her good at storytelling, but also making it so people are always suspicious of her tales. One of her tales reaches the evil Erkling's ears, and he believes she can spin straw into gold. He captures her, brings her to his castle, and tells her to do so or she will die, along with her family. Can a helpful spirit help her live? This story is dark in terms of violence, much like traditional fairy tales. It ends on a bit of a cliffhanger, and I want to see what happens next!

If Misery was about George RR Martin, with some stuff about plastic, the dark web, and a little bit bordering on fatphobia thrown in.

I enjoyed this teen romantic comedy about love and dreams. Larissa has always had a crush on Chase Harding. This year he's suddenly paying attention to her, so it's like all her dreams came true. Only problem? She had a summer...something with Jasmine, and Jasmine has suddenly turned up at her school. Larissa, also known as Lara, doesn't really know what she wants any more.

I really appreciated watching Lara's journey, because I do think that lots of teens/people go through something like that--they have their first crush on the opposite gender of what they think they will like, and they don't quite know what to do about it. Does it change their sexuality? Is it just that person?

I read [b:X|22292486|X|Ilyasah Shabazz|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1408018336l/22292486._SY75_.jpg|41679264] a while ago (like when it first came out) and bits and pieces of it came back to me as I read this one. This book covers an interesting period in Malcolm's life--the transition between Malcolm Little and Malcolm X. I always thought Malcolm X went to prison at a later point in his life, but it turns out he was still a teenager. There's a lot to sink your teeth into here--how little has changed about prisons, the religious freedoms Malcolm X fought for, the way you transform your thoughts over time.

I laughed so hard that I cried.

A thriller in the veins of things like "I Know What You Did Last Summer" Not everything worked out the way I thought it would, which is always good in a mystery. Some oddly aggressive male behavior is never fully addressed, which leaves a bit to be desired.

I actually liked this less the second time around. While I did still laugh a lot, the r-word is used more often than I am comfortable with, and I think I wasn't in a mental place to appreciate some of the satire.