Lists

The YA Book Guide to Choosing a College

When it comes to picking a college, the choice can be difficult. There are literally thousands of options in the United States and even more if you’re open to traveling to another country.

We created a list of the colleges chosen by characters from YA books. Some of these books are set in high school and others are set at college. Most of the colleges are in the United States, with a couple in the United Kingdom.

This blog post is all about the colleges chosen by characters from YA books!

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It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas: YA Book Edition

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! We’re definitely seasonal readers, which means we love reading Christmas books in December. Bring us all the fluffy romance and holiday cheer. We compiled a list of the YA Christmas books guaranteed to get you ready to deck the halls. Let us know your favorite holiday reads in the comments!

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Reviews

Review: All I Want for Christmas is the Girl Who Can’t Love by Chelsea Bobulski

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*We received this book in exchange for an honest review.*

College freshman Savannah Mason doesn’t believe in love. After watching her grandmother and mother enter countless disastrous relationships, Savannah is convinced love is nothing more than a chemical imbalance tricking you.

Enter Jordan Merrick: a college junior who meets Savannah when she’s moving into her dorm. Jordan’s been burned before, but he’s open to love. After Jordan and Savannah have an instant connection, leading to a friendship, Jordan hopes for something more.

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Book Club

December 2021 Book Club: All I Want for Christmas is the Girl Who Can’t Love by Chelsea Bobulski

Happy December everyone! We can’t believe how fast 2021 has gone by. While Bards Alley doesn’t have December book clubs because of the busy holiday season, we decided to share something we’ll be reading this month anyway.

At our last book club meeting of the year, we asked everyone which of our book picks did they enjoy the most. The top three were The Cousins by Karen McManus, The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes and Realm Breaker by Victoria Aveyard.

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The Book

All I Want For Christmas is the Girl Who Can’t Love will be released December 22, 2021. However, we received an ARC from NetGalley.

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Books on Our Winter TBR

Who is ready for the holiday season like us? One of the best parts of this time time of year is giving and receiving new books. Keep scrolling to check out which books are on our TBR this winter and let us know if you’ll be reading any of them too.

1. Love from Scratch by Kaitlyn Hill

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Reese Camden can’t wait to start her dream marketing internship at a cooking channel in Seattle, Washington. If only she didn’t have to be around Benny Beneventi, the annoyingly charming culinary intern and her main competition for the fall job. Reese and Benny hope to avoid each other, until a work project leads them to becoming the cooking channel’s favorite ship. We received Love from Scratch from NetGalley and can’t wait to read this YA Romance set in the culinary world.

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