Ehh I mean, this volume definitely had a ton of heavy lifting to do, in terms of rebooting the entire Justice League. It was fine, I guess? I'd be more interested to read volume 2, now that everything's been set up. But, uh, these days I'd be even more interested to read an Avengers book.

I might not normally have read this, but my mom brought it to me. It's a very cute & funny romantic comedy, with cute Vegas-y details and some solid processing of relationship angst and loss of parent grief. A good readalike for Sarah Dessen, Susan Colasanti, etc. Fairly tween appropriate--there's some drinking (which is frowned upon by the narrator) and no sex.

Hmm, there was a lot I dug about this, especially the depictions of the private, intimate nature of online chat secrets. I thought the "Life by Committee" concept was interesting, and I liked Tabitha's depictions of how it made her feel to have strangers cheering her on, even when she didn't necessarily want to do the things they were encouraging her to do.

The IRL aspects seemed less well-defined than the online ones.

Still, it was a page-turner, and I think a lot of teens will really like the online romance aspect. Not necessarily tween-friendly--drugs & non-explicit sex.

At this point I should know better than to start a Courtney Summers book before bed. I can never put them down and I stayed up way too late finishing this. It's raw and shocking. Could be a good readalike for Ellen Hopkins? It's not written in verse and Parker isn't QUITE as fucked-up as your average Ellen Hopkins character, but I think it taps into the same kind of teenage emotional intensity.

I was surprised by how much I liked this! The only character I was really familiar with was Harley Quinn. But I really like Harley, which is why I picked it up. Really fun and with some ~superhero ethics quandaries~, if you're into that.

Of note for librarians: I ordered this for teen graphic novels since I was doing a big DC order, but I'm having it recataloged to adult. It's just... pretty violent, and Harley's puh-retty scantily clad on the cover, and it's called Suicide Squad. I do think older teens would enjoy it, but I'll let them get it from adult GNs when they go to get their Walking Deads.

Hmm, I liked the concept of a book about the daughter of a mommyblogger but this fell a little flat for me--seemed like things resolved a little too neatly. Also, I think I was ultimately more interested in the protagonist's best friend Sage, whose mom is a vegan foodblogger--she had this one-page revelation that the reason her mom is so obsessed with health food is that when Sage was very young they were homeless and dependent on soup kitchens, and now that they have some money her mom is into health foods to take the best possible care of Sage. Like, I want a whole book about that family.

Still, it was a fun, quick read and I think there's a shortage of books that even attempt to reflect the way a lot of families actually use technology.

(Tween friendly--these kids are going to their first "date" dance and are nervous about dancing, no substance use or sexytimes here.)

Good Ellen Hopkins readalike. This is hardcore and deals with a cornucopia of issues--drugs, sex, prostitution, cancer, transgender individuals, etc...--but the protagonist, Punkzilla, is kind of a sweet kid at his core and a cool narrator.

Not tween friendly, but an engaging and moving read for mature teens.

This was cute. I think it probably could have been clever-er, but it was a quick, fun read that basically replicated the tone of the TV show. For me, a welcome departure from super grim Batman stories. I think this one could be appreciated both by adults who grew up with the Batman TV show and by younger kids looking for a superhero comic that's not gonna give them nightmares.

This had been on my TBR list for awhile but after reading [b:Complicit|18404113|Complicit|Stephanie Kuehn|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1383352823s/18404113.jpg|24573000] I was inspired to bump it up to the top. I think I actually liked this more than Complicit? Both are definitely in the same vein of psychological thriller but this one was more mysterious to me. Like I said in my note about Complicit, you kind of already know the twist from the start, and this one... I didn't.

The "charm and strange" quarks motif kind of seemed a little tacked on but maybe that's just because I don't know how physics work. It would probably appeal to a certain type of nerdy teen, though.

This one felt like a good readlike to [b:Liar|6380296|Liar|Justine Larbalestier|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1402355171s/6380296.jpg|6568189].

I'm not sure why it took me so long to pick this one up, since I really did enjoy [b:Anna and the French Kiss|6936382|Anna and the French Kiss (Anna and the French Kiss, #1)|Stephanie Perkins|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1358271931s/6936382.jpg|7168450] and I was so happy to see Anna and St. Clair pop up here. I think this has a lot of the same appeal--a cool girl with a kind of sophisticated but weird hobby and a ~totally perfect boy~. Funny, authentic dialogue, and I really thought Lola's desire to be mature and how having a hot, older boyfriend totally played into that. I loved her character arc of figuring all that out.

I don't like how soulless Lola looks on the front cover?? like, whoa.

I did like her gay dads and her complicated relationship with her birth mom.

(Full disclosure: this is probably getting an extra nostalgia star from me for its delightful portrayal of San Francisco and the Castro neighborhood, where I lived and worked a few years ago. Like, aww, I used to get off the bus by Hot Cookie toooo.)