The Book
Our October book club pick is The Beautiful by Renee Ahdieh. It will be released on October 8, 2019.
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Tag: Young Adult books of 2019
Review: The Lady Rogue by Jenn Bennett
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Istanbul, Turkey. The year is 1937. Theodora Fox’s tutor has just quit, running off with her money and any hope of leaving this godforsaken city. To top it off, she’s alone and hasn’t heard a peep from her father in days, even though he promised to be back by now.
When she arrives back at the hotel after an unfortunate mix-up involving the Turkish authorities, a surprise is waiting in her room. A surprise named Huck Gallagher, aka Huck. The boy who left without a word last year. The boy who broke her heart. The boy she’d never thought she’d see again after a terrible event she now calls “Black Sunday.”
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Imagine an alternate world in which the United States established a monarchy after the American Revolution, with King George Washington I at the helm. American Royals re-imagines U.S. history, telling the story of America’s royal (read: scandalous) family.
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The Book
Our September book club pick is American Royals by Katharine McGee. It was released yesterday, September 3, 2019.
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This is our book club pick for August 2019. If you’ve read it, let us know your thoughts in the comments!
Enchantée tells the story of Camille Durbonne, an orphan living in Paris during the lead up to the French Revolution. In Trelease’s reimagining of the year 1789, la magie (magic) is real but outlawed by society’s aristocracy.
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Sophie Evans wants nothing more than to get out of her sleepy southern town and be a fashion designer in NYC. To save for college, she works for the town florist, where she is forced to decorate every town event.
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Most have heard the story of the Romanov family, but Brandes promised a new interpretation. Romanov depicts the famous tale of Anastasia Romanova’s time in exile after the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 Russia….but with a magical twist.
While in exile, her father, Tsar Nicholas II, gives Anastasia (known as Nastya throughout the novel) the mission of smuggling an ancient spell out of Tobolsk to Ekaterinburg, where her family is to live out their lives in exile. The spell, according to Nicholas, is the Romanov family’s “salvation” after they are captured by the Bolsheviks (or the Red Army).
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Desperate Forest follows Roselynn, the Princess of the Kingdom of Tover, on a quest to escape her murderous uncle through an ominous forest — with the help of some unexpected friends. Engaged to Darius, the new King of the Kingdom of Marcsnovia, Roselynn’s life seemed perfect — that is, until her uncle murdered her father with the intent to kill her too.
Roselynn escapes Tover with the intent of reaching Darius in Marcsnovia, hoping he can offer her help in reclaiming her own kingdom. After a few short days on the run, she is captured in the forest by Jay, the cute, rugged and mysterious guy venturing to Galesmore with a group of other travelers fleeing the oppressive rule of Roselynn’s uncle, Abrax.
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The Book
Our pick for June 2019 is Romanov by Nadine Brandes, which was released on May 7, 2019.
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This month’s book club pick was Again, but Better by booktuber and fellow YA lover, Christine Riccio. This is her debut book.
Again, but Better follows 20 year old Shane Primaveri on her study abroad semester in London, England circa 2011. Her college life had been one word, boring. She may have perfect grades, but she spent every weekend at home with her parents.
That’s why Shane’s semester abroad had to be perfect: she was going to have her first kiss, be more outgoing/meet new friends, and do an amazing job at her writing internship— if only things were that easy!
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