Showing posts with label yabooks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label yabooks. Show all posts

Monday, December 18, 2023

ARC Review: Thieves' Gambit by Kayvion Lewis

Thieves' Gambit by Kayvion Lewis
Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books
Publication Date: September 20, 2023
Library Purchase: We already own it. Perfect for our book bundles!

Synopsis
At only seventeen years old, Ross Quest is already a master thief, especially adept at escape plans. Until her plan to run away from her legendary family of thieves takes an unexpected turn, leaving her mother's life hanging in the balance.

In a desperate bid, she enters the Thieves' Gambit, a series of dangerous, international heists where killing the competition isn't exactly off limits, but the grand prize is a wish for anything in the world--a wish that could save her mom. When she learns two of her competitors include her childhood nemesis and a handsome, smooth-talking guy who might also want to steal her heart, winning the Gambit becomes trickier than she imagined.

Monday, December 4, 2023

ARC Review: Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé book cover

Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends (Macmillan)
Publication Date: March 19, 2024
Library Purchase: Absolutely.

Synopsis
In Where Sleeping Girls Lie — a YA contemporary mystery by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, the New York Times-bestselling author of Ace of Spades — a girl new to boarding school discovers dark secrets and coverups after her roommate disappears.

It’s like I keep stumbling into a dark room, searching for the switch to make things bright again...

Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Can't Wait Wednesday: American Wings by Sherri L. Smith; Elizabeth Wein

Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings to spotlight and discuss the books we're excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they're books that have yet to be released. Find out more here.

I've always said that I don't like historical fiction, but I think it was just the historical fiction that was pushed on my to read in school. It was also really hard to find historical fiction books for black people doing anything other than being slaves. I'm really excited to learn about the black people in history who fought for their piece of the aviation pie.

Wednesday, November 22, 2023

Can't Wait Wednesday: Bad Like Us by Gabriella Lepore



Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings to spotlight and discuss the books we're excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they're books that have yet to be released. Find out more here.

I'm a sucker for a good thriller. I want someone to have gone missing, someone to have been missing magically reappear, death. I'm here for all of it. This book checks all of my boxes.