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  • Rosa By Any Other Name Review

    Rosa Capistrano has been attending posh North Phoenix High School to boost her chances of a college education and a career in journalism, thanks to the groundbreaking Brown v. Board of Education verdict for desegregation. But though she’s legally allowed to be there, it’s still unsafe for Mexican Americans. That’s why she’s secretly passing as…

  • Think of England Review

    England, 1904. Two years ago, Captain Archie Curtis lost his friends, fingers, and future to a terrible military accident. Alone, purposeless and angry, Curtis is determined to discover if he and his comrades were the victims of fate, or of sabotage. Curtis’s search takes him to an isolated, ultra-modern country house, where he meets and…

  • Girls Survive

    I found this at my summer, and if you’re into historical fiction or action-packed disaster, then this is the series for you. Initially I thought this was a rip-off of the ultra-popular I Survived series by Lauren Tarish. They have a lot of the same premise of a kid surviving a famous or underrated event…

  • Ranking The Wedgeford Trials

    Courtney Milan does it again! I wrote in my ranking for Milan’s Turner trilogy that Milan is a rare romance author who nixes the miscommunication trope that plague so many couples. Rather she subverts the status quo and has the couple communicate like mature adults while maintaining the suspense of internal/external forces threatening their coupledom.…

  • The Charlotte Years

    I did it! I did it! Yay, yay, I did it! Finally finished the Little House books. So proud of myself. And that’s pretty much the most exciting thing I can say about the quartet. Much like The Martha Years, four books over the ages of 5-12 is not enough time to see dynamic growth.…

  • Sarah Masters Buckey Interview

    Sarah Masters Buckey is the author of several mysteries in the American Girl historical line, and the stand-alone History Mystery series. She graciously took the time to answer my questions about the historic fiction genre, working with the American Girl brand and what’s coming next. Enjoy! 1. What first drew you to writing? More specifically,…

  • Kathryn Lasky Interview

    Kathryn Lasky is the prolific NYT-bestselling author of Guardians of Ga’hoole, Tangled in Time, Georgia O’Keefe mysteries and many other books in various genres. She graciously took the time to answer my questions about inspiration, world-building and more. Enjoy! It’s sort  of six in one half dozen of the other, but by and large, I…

  • Ranking Seducing the Sedgwicks

    I know, it’s been so long since I’ve done a ranking, but I’m glad to start the first ranking of 2025 with Cat Sebastian’s sweet and steamy Sedgwick trilogy. Lots of alliteration there. Much like Herrera’s Las Leonas trilogy, it dives into the forgotten bits of history aka gay people have always existed and managed…

  • Top 5 I Am Canada

    I finally got my hands on this Scholastic series for our Northern neighbors. Much like the My Name is America books, this male-focused line tackles the journals of young men at important historical junctures in Canadian history. It seemed to be short-lived as there were only thirteen novels, but they were a rollicking ride. Unlike…

  • Bianca Turetsky Interview

    Bianca Turetsky is the author of The Time-Traveling Fashionista trilogy, and co-author of the Magic on the Map series with Courtney Sheinmel. She graciously took the time to answer my questions about her love of fashion, co-authoring and more. Enjoy! 1. How did your first novel come about? The inspiration for The Time-Traveling Fashionista came to me…