Yep I was right I love America Chavez and now need to read everything she is in.

I swear I have read this before but it didn't show up on my Goodreads. Cute and typical Stephanie Plum.

Loved this one so so much. I read it all in one sitting. I especially loved this look at a Muslim teen's world, where religion is taken seriously but isn't necessarily a struggle, but a part of life. There is sexual assault, and it shows the way it creeps into the rest of our lives, even if we don't realize it is going there. So good.

Folks, this book was so good. There's intersectionality, there are people admitting their faults and learning, there is learning to speak up for yourself (and speaking up to adults! Which I would compare to speaking up to any authority, and it's super hard to do.) Jade is a great character. I kind of wish we had found out more about Maxine and Jon, but that's just a small quibble, and ultimately would have taken away from Jade's narration.

I liked it a lot, although I'm not sure I would have picked it for my best book of the year. Certainly there is some masterful stuff going on here. Joaquin, Grace, and Maya all are distinct voices with different problems, and each is easy to root for. The secondary characters are well-fleshed out. I turned the pages quickly. It tackles so many issues--adoption, divorce, foster care, teen pregnancy, alcoholic parents, bullying (and I'm sure I forgot some.) I don't know. It just didn't make me feel the same way that other books I've read this year have. Still, it's worth having in your collection, just for the way the three main characters interact alone.

Thank you NetGalley for the advanced reader's copy.

This book wasn't bad, it just wasn't great. And the ending came suddenly to me. I was ready to keep going, felt like I had finally gotten into it, and it ended. I did like how it played on prickly children. They are a favorite of mine.

I liked it. Made me think about how i express affection, how I like it expressed, and how my partner might want me to do so. I think it's a good reminder for close relationships.

I enjoyed this one. I felt like I learned a lot about one Haitian immigrant experience, and how a family might survive coming to this country. For me, I just didn't feel as connected to Fabiola as I have to other protagonists in books I've read lately. I also didn't quite get the ending. I did really enjoy the way Zoboi described things, and I felt like I could picture them clearly in my mind.

A slim book about grief and family. I especially enjoyed seeing how Clayton and his mother related to Cool Papa. You can try to fix your mistakes, but sometimes if you don't find exactly the right way, it doesn't work out they way you thought. I mean, I hope Cool Papa understood how he screwed up with his daughter and was trying to make things better with Clayton. I also liked that Clayton's dad was in the picture, as much as Clayton's mother allowed, and respected her wishes while also gently saying what he wanted.

I didn't like this as much as I had hoped I would. It's the story of a teen trying to learn more about her roots in India. Her mother isn't forthcoming, a pashmina starts transporting Priyanka away. Will India hold all the answers for her?

The art is fine. I really like the contrast between the real world and the pashmina world. The storyline just felt a little slight to me. It is good for a middle grade audience and I hope it finds its place. I just didn't love it the way I wanted to.