LIST: best books of 2018

It's that time of the year!! I've read 211 books (mostly rereads yikes) this year, but we'll see if I can fit some more in. Here are the books I've read this year, not including all the rereads!

#waitingonwednesday: the descendant of the crane

This week I'm #waitingonwednesday for The Descendant of the Crane by Joan He! I'm lucky enough to have already read it, and I can definitely tell you that you need to add this book to your tbr list. It's billed as Chinese Game of Thrones, and while I've never read or seen GoT, I can tell you it's even better. It's out April 2, 2019, so write that down in your calendar! And if you preorder, there might be some really cool prizes you could get...

LIST: most anticipated 2019 releases (pt. 1)

2018 was such a great year for books, but it looks like 2019 will be also! Here are some of my most anticipated releases for the first half of 2019! (Also this isn't a complete list!! So many amazing books are out there that I might have forgotten or will hear about after it gets published.)

REVIEW: Foolish Hearts by Emma Mills

Foolish Hearts by Emma Mills

Release Date: December 5, 2017

My Rating: 5 stars

Summary: A contemporary novel about a girl whose high school production of A Midsummer Night's Dream leads her to new friends—and maybe even new love.

The day of the last party of the summer, Claudia overhears a conversation she wasn't supposed to. Now on the wrong side of one of the meanest girls in school, Claudia doesn't know what to expect when the two are paired up to write a paper—let alone when they're both forced to try out for the school production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.

But mandatory participation has its upsides—namely, an unexpected friendship, a boy band obsession, and a guy with the best dimpled smile Claudia's ever seen. As Claudia's world starts to expand, she finds that maybe there are some things worth sticking her neck out for.

LIST: releases you might have missed in 2018

2018 was a busy, busy year for YA, in scandals and discourse and releases, so you've probably missed a few releases on the way! Well, don't worry because I'm here to remind you (or introduce you to) some novels you might have overlooked this year.

Some of these are ones I missed or haven't gotten to yet! (Those are marked by **.) This post was actually supposed to be one book per month, but you know I couldn't just choose one...so there's three per month!

DISCUSSION: ya film adaptions that we don't talk about anymore??

Hey, remember 2011-2016 where there was a deluge of YA film adaptions that we all collectively just. Don't talk about anymore? Yeah, let's take a trip down memory lane! This is going to be written like a bad Tumblr post because I feel like that's the only way I can get my true feelings across.