MINI-REVIEW: Frankie by Shivaun Plozza

**I received this ARC through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. In no way was I compensated for this review.**

Frankie by Shivaun Plozza

Release Date: November 7, 2017

My Rating: 4 stars

Summary: Frankie Vega is angry. Just ask the guy whose nose she broke. Or the cop investigating the burglary she witnessed, or her cheating ex-boyfriend or her aunt who's tired of giving second chances...When a kid shows up claiming to be Frankie's half brother, it opens the door to a past she doesn't want to remember. And when that kid goes missing, the only person willing to help is a boy with stupidly blue eyes … and secrets of his own. Frankie's search for the truth might change her life, or cost her everything.

TOUR: Rosemarked by Livia Blackburne

I am so excited that Livia Blackburne's Rosemarked is out! I've been waiting for this book ever since I've heard of it. Can't wait to start it! Here's a word from the author herself!

SUMMARY: september📚

so. i'll be honest here and say that yesterday i was thinking of writing this post and thought, "september has so many great books out!" and then i realized. it IS september. next month is october. i'm so behind on my tbr list that i thought they hadn't come out. and now that i'm writing this, i've realized that i've only read eight books this entire month. well, nine because i reread one but, EIGHT BOOKS. that's how stressful school has been rip. anyway, here's the summary anyways:

TOUR: Starfish by Akemi Dawn Bowman

Hey! This week, I'm participating in the blog tour for Starfish by Akemi Dawn Bowman. This book comes out on Tuesday, September 26, and it was easily, hands-down one of my favorite books of this year. I hope you'll read it because it really means so much to me; for more reasons, here is a short list I wrote earlier about why I loved this book, and here is my review. (TW's: emotional abuse, parental abuse, anxiety, racism, sexual abuse, and suicide attempt)

#waitingonwednesday: fall releases

There are so many great releases this fall, and I was lucky to read some of my most anticipated ones! Here are four books (in chronological order) I absolutely loved that are coming out this fall!

REVIEW: Not Now, Not Ever by Lily Anderson

**Thank you to Wednesday Books for the giveaway I won on Goodreads for this book. These are my honest opinions, and I was in no way compensated for this review.**

Not Now, Not Ever by Lily Anderson

Release Date: November 21, 2017

My Rating: 4.5 stars

Summary: The sequel to The Only Thing Worse than Me Is You, inspired by The Importance of Being Earnest.

Elliot Gabaroche is very clear on what she isn't going to do this summer. 

1. She isn't going to stay home in Sacramento, where she'd have to sit through her stepmother's sixth community theater production of The Importance of Being Earnest.

2. She isn't going to mock trial camp at UCLA.

3. And she certainly isn't going to the Air Force summer program on her mother's base in Colorado Springs. As cool as it would be to live-action-role-play Ender's Game, Ellie's seen three generations of her family go through USAF boot camp up close, and she knows that it's much less Luke/Yoda/"feel the force," and much more one hundred push-ups on three days of no sleep. And that just isn't appealing, no matter how many Xenomorphs from Alien she'd be able to defeat afterwards.

What she is going to do is pack up her attitude, her favorite Octavia Butler novels, and her Jordans, and go to summer camp. Specifically, a cutthroat academic-decathlon-like competition for a full scholarship to Rayevich College, the only college with a Science Fiction Literature program. And she's going to start over as Ever Lawrence, on her own terms, without the shadow of all her family’s expectations. Because why do what’s expected of you when you can fight other genius nerds to the death for a shot at the dream you’re sure your family will consider a complete waste of time?

This summer's going to be great.

LIST: autumn reading recs

i did another one of these posts for summer, so i decided to do one for autumn! this is my favorite season because of sweater weather. also, where i live, it's not too hot, not too cold. if you're looking for great books to curl up with this fall, here is a great place to start!