Title: When Summer Ends Author: Jessica Pennington Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance Trigger Warning:  Mentioned Drug Use, Parent Abandonment Rating:  5 stars Release Date: April 15, 2019 Synopsis Three months Two changed fates One chance to fall in love Aiden Emerson is an all-star pitcher and the all-around golden boy of Riverton. Or at least he was, before he quit the team the last day of junior year without any explanation. How could he tell people he’s losing his vision at seventeen? Straight-laced Olivia thought she had life all figured out. But when her dream internship falls apart, her estranged mother comes back into her life, and her longtime boyfriend ghosts her right before summer break, she starts to think fate has a weird sense of humor. Each struggling to find a new direction, Aiden and Olivia decide to live summer by chance, letting coin fli

Title : The Girls of Firefly Cabin Author: Cynthia Ellingsen Genre: Middle Grade, Contemporary Trigger Warning:  Previous Character Death, Bullying Rating:  5 stars Release Date: May 1, 2019 Synopsis Lauren, Isla, Jade, and Archer meet the first day of summer camp, and friendship magic is made in Firefly Cabin. If only they could immortalize their summer memories by winning the contest to be the face of the camp’s website. But it won’t be easy; not with rival cabins, distracting crushes, and of course, the girl’s own secrets getting in the way. Can friendship—and the Fireflies—triumph over all? Review A special thank you to Edelweiss and Albert Whitman & Co for providing a free advance digital copy in exchange for an honest review. When I picked up this book, I was really hoping for a cute middle grade read about friendships and found families and I was not disappointed. This bo

Title: In the Key of Nira Ghani Author: Natasha Deen Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary Trigger Warning: Character Death Rating:  4 stars Release Date: April 9, 2019 Synopsis A Guyanese girl must find the balance between her parents' "old world" expectations and traditions while pursuing her dream of being a great trumpeter in this contemporary, coming-of-age story, written by an #OwnVoices author. Nira Ghani has always dreamed of becoming a musician. Her Guyanese parents, however, have big plans for her to become a scientist or doctor. Nira's grandmother and her best friend, Emily, are the only people who seem to truly understand her desire to establish an identity outside of the one imposed on Nira by her parents. When auditions for jazz band are announced, Nira realizes it's now or never to convince her parents that she deserves a chance to pursue her passion.

It's the first Top Ten Tuesday of April! I for one am really looking forward to this month, even though I do have a lot going on. I like being busy in fun ways and actually manage my time better when I have stuff going on but am not overwhelmed. Things are already starting to look better outside with springtime. The prompt this week is things that make me pick up a book. This is a little open ended, but not as much as last week, which was an audio freebie. Anyway, I decided to go with both physical things that I see when browsing and also when other people talk about and recommend a book and what of those things help me to choose to read that book. So here we go! 1.  Pretty and Colorful Covers I absolutely 100% judge books by their covers. When I'm at the library and picking out books to read, I pick out based on the spines and covers before reading the synopsis to see if that's the book for me. When I'm browsing, covers are very much the thing that helps me dec

Title: The Center of the Universe Author: Ria Voros Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary Trigger Warning: Kidnapping, Missing Persons Rating: 4 stars Release Date: April 2, 2019 Synopsis Grace Carter's mother --- the celebrity news anchor GG Carter --- is everything Grace is not. GG is a star, with a flawless wardrobe and a following of thousands, while Grace --- an aspiring astrophysicist --- is into stars of another kind. She and her mother have always been in different orbits. Then one day GG is just … gone. Cameras descend on their house, news shows speculate about what might have happened and Grace's family struggles to find a new rhythm as they wait for answers. While the authorities unravel the mystery behind GG's disappearance, Grace grows closer to her high school's golden boy, Mylo, who has faced a black hole of his own. S