Title: If the Shoe Fits Author: Julie Murphy Publisher: Hyperion Avenue Release Date: 8/3/21 Genre: Fiction Age Range: Adult Rating: ★★★★ I am a massive fan of a Cinderella story. I love the 1950 Disney film and grew up watching Ever After all of the time. When I saw Disney started a series of adult books of modern adaptations of … More ARC Review: If the Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy
The Book Title: You’ll Miss Me When I’m Gone Author: Rachel Lynn Solomon Publisher: Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers Release Date: 1/2/18 Genre: Fiction Age Range: Young Adult Content Warnings: Illness of a parent and of the narrator, self-harm, discussion of suicide Rating: ★★★★ Publisher’s Summary: Eighteen-year-old twins Adina and Tovah have little in common besides their ambitious nature. … More Food and Book Pairing: You’ll Miss When When I’m Gone by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Title: We Can’t Keep Meeting Like This Author: Rachel Lynn Solomon Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Release Date: 6/8/21 Genre: Fiction Age Range: Young Adult Content Warnings: depression, anxiety, OCD, mentions of anti-semitism and racism Rating: ★★★★★ I recently fell in love with Rachel Lynn Solomon’s The Ex Talk, and I was thrilled that I got the … More ARC Review: We Can’t Keep Meeting Like This by Rachel Lynn Solomon
The Book: Title: A Taste for Love Author: Jennifer Yen Publisher: Razorbill Release Date: 2/2/21 Genre: Romance Age Range: Young Adult Trigger Warnings: Driving under the influence, unwanted sexual advances, brief mention of eating disorder Rating: ★★★★ Publisher’s Summary: To her friends, high school senior Liza Yang is nearly perfect. Smart, kind, and pretty, she dreams big and never shies … More Food and Book Pairing: A Taste for Love by Jennifer Yen
The Book: Title: The Love Curse of Melody McIntyre Author: Robin Talley Publisher: Berkley Release Date: 12/1/20 Genre: Romance, Fiction Age Range: Young Adult Trigger Warnings: Mentions of fire, mentions of small injuries, mentions of blood, mentions of homophobia, injury (broken leg), “slut-shaming” Rating: ★★★★ Publisher’s Summary: Melody McIntyre, stage manager extraordinaire, has a plan for everything. What she doesn’t … More Food and Book Pairing: The Love Curse of Melody McIntyre by Robin Talley
The Book: Title: The Ex Talk Author: Rachel Lynn Solomon Publisher: Berkley Release Date: 1/26/21 Genre: Romance Age Range: Adult Trigger Warnings: Death of a parent, cancer Rating: ★★★★★ Publisher’s Summary: Shay Goldstein has been a producer at her Seattle public radio station for nearly a decade, and she can’t imagine working anywhere else. But lately it’s been a constant … More Food and Book Pairing: The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon
The Book: Title: Something Wonderful: Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Broadway Revolution Author: Todd S. Purdum Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. Release Date: 4/3/18 Genre: Biography/Non-fiction Age Range: Adult Trigger Warnings: Alcoholism, sexual misconduct, depression, cancer Rating: ★★★★ Publisher’s Summary: They stand at the apex of the great age of songwriting, the creators of the classic Broadway musicals Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, … More Food and Book Pairing: Something Wonderful by Todd Purdum
The Book Title: Yes No Maybe So Author: Becky Albertalli and Aisha Saeed Publisher: Balzer + Bray Release Date: 2/4/20 Genre: Fiction Age Range: Young Adult Trigger Warnings: Divorce, Islamophobia, anti-Semitism Rating: ★★★★ Publisher’s Summary: YES – Jamie Goldberg is cool with volunteering for his local state senate candidate—as long as he’s behind the scenes. When it comes to speaking … More Food and Book Pairing: Yes No Maybe So by Becky Albertalli and Aisha Saeed
Title: Malibu Rising Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid Publisher: Ballantine Books Release Date: 6/1/21 Genre: Fiction Age Range: Adult Trigger Warnings: drugs, alcoholism, estranged father, adoption, death of a parent, stroke, drowning, fire, abandonment, infidelity Rating: ★★★★★ Every year, Nina Riva and her siblings (Jay, Hud, and Kit) throw a massive end of summer party. Anyone who is anyone is there. … More ARC Review: Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
The Book Title: Fat Chance, Charlie Vega Author: Crystal Maldonado Publisher: Holiday House Release Date: 2/2/21 Genre: Fiction Age Range: Young Adult Rating: ★★★★ Publisher’s Summary: Coming of age as a Fat brown girl in a white Connecticut suburb is hard. Harder when your whole life is on fire, though. Charlie Vega is a lot of things. Smart. Funny. Artistic. … More Book and Food Pairing: Fat Chance, Charlie Vega by Crystal Maldonado
Bubbling up with Helena 