Martin Wilson’s debut novel, 2008’s What They Always Tell Us, is a stunning book that has been an inspiration to me since I first read it. Nine years later comes Martin’s second book and it was well worth the wait. We Now Return to Regular Life is a...
Anyone that’s paying attention to what I’ve been reading this year won’t be surprised that I’m totally sold on Jay Bell’s Something Like… series. Something Like Spring, despite being different than the first three books because...
Here’s a book where the cover grabbed me right away. I saw it in the YA section of my local bookstore (yes bookstore, not Amazon) and I had to see what it was about. I was intrigued by the first part of the blurb: “Tommy and Ozzie have been best friends...
I moved quickly on to Something Like Winter by Jay Bell (with performance by Kevin R. Free) after loving Something Like Summer so much. Winter tells the same story as Summer, except this time the point of view is Tim’s. The two books are the story of a decades...
I’ve had Bill Konigsberg’s Honestly Ben on pre-order since I first heard it was on Amazon months ago. I devoured it pretty quickly and I’m sad it’s over. The novel excels at telling a story I imagine many teens go through–dealing with...