Elizabeth Zott is a chemist. Although technically she winds up a popular television chef teaching people cooking through chemistry because people suck and hey sometimes that’s just how the world shakes out. I actually loved Elizabeth and would totally watch her cooking show even though I know nothing about chemistry! (Or cooking depending on who … More Lessons in Chemistry
“Let’s be older when we meet again.” “What?” “Not just in years. Let’s be better and wiser and brighter next time.” I do love books that make me emotional but seriously I have not cried so hard in a book since Storm of Swords.
King of Scars By: Leigh Bardugo Grade: A King of Scars was in my top three most anticipated books of 2019 and it didn’t let me down! Though that ending… Just a warning there are spoilers in here for the Shadow and Bone trilogy and for Six of Crows (especially in terms of fatalities in … More Only Nikolai Could Live Up to His Hype: King of Scars
Sadie By: Courtney Summers Grade: A- “I can’t take another dead girl.” “We have more story than time to tell it- but I suppose that’s true for all of us.” I received Sadie from Netgalley in exchange for an honest opinion.
The Breadwinner Directed By: Nora Twomey Grade: A “Stories remain in our hearts even when all else is gone.” And this is a beautiful story, based on a book by Deborah Ellis, about a young girl in Afghanistan who must pretend to be a boy simply in order to keep her family afloat.
A World Without You Author: Beth Revis Grade: A “You are not one person. You are a different person in each moment of time.” Bo believes that he can travel through time. He believes that the special school for troubled youth his parents sent him to is to help him learn to control his superpower. … More A World Without You
You Were Here Author: Cori McCarthy Genre: YA Grade: A- “Do you guys know what a Gordian knot is?” Bishop asked. “Some people think it represents time. A tangle of sorts, but basically, it implies that anything that happened is still happening. That the past is never gone. The future already exists. Spirals upon spirals.” … More You Were Here