Baby Chick’s Pick | The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

  Baby Chick’s Pick – September 2016 The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate  For September’s book I decided to change it up by not picking an Urban Fantasy YA novel.  Instead I chose a book I read when I was younger. The One and Only Ivan is one of my favorites.  This is told from […]

Review | How To Be A Normal Person

2016 Birdie Book Award Winner h About the Book: Gustavo Tiberius is not normal. He knows this. Everyone in his small town of Abby, Oregon, knows this. He reads encyclopedias every night before bed. He has a pet ferret called Harry S. Truman. He owns a video rental store that no one goes to. His […]

Baby Chick’s Pick | Angelfall by Susan Ee

Baby Chick’s Pick – August 2016 Angelfall by Susan Ee Hi!  It’s Baby Chick again, with my August book! This month I chose Angelfall by Susan Ee.  Angelfall was the first book I read outside of the early reader section of my bookstore.  What I liked about it was that it is one of those books […]

Review | Disasterology 101 by Taylor V Donovan

Title: Disasterology 101 Series: Standalone Author: Taylor V Donovan Genre: M/M Contemporary Romance Publisher: MLR Press Published: July 17th 2013 Rating: 4 Feathers About the Book: Kevin Morrison had it all. A house he worked hard for, a loving wife, and three beautiful children. But it wasn’t until his marriage ended that he realized what the void he’d felt almost […]

Review | Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

About the Book: Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price—and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can’t pull it off alone… A […]

Review | Carry the Ocean by Heidi Cullinan

About the Book: High school graduate Jeremey Samson is looking forward to burying his head under the covers and sleeping until it’s time to leave for college. Then a tornado named Emmet Washington enters his life. The double major in math and computer science is handsome, forward, wicked smart, interested in dating Jeremey—and he’s autistic. But […]