by r.h. Sin
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10 July 2018, Andrews McMeel Publishing
Goodreads Average Rating: 3.74
r.h. Sin continues his bestselling series with Planting Gardens in Graves II, another powerful collection of poetry that hones in on the themes dearest to his readers. This series celebrates connection, mourns heartbreak, and above all, empowers its readers to seek the love they deserve.
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28 August 2018, Lion Forge
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Marjorie Glatt feels like a ghost. A practical thirteen year old in charge of the family laundry business, her daily routine features unforgiving customers, unbearable P.E. classes, and the fastidious Mr. Saubertuck who is committed to destroying everything she’s worked for.
Wendell is a ghost. A boy who lost his life much too young, his daily routine features ineffective death therapy, a sheet-dependent identity, and a dangerous need to seek purpose in the forbidden human world.
When their worlds collide, Marjorie is confronted by unexplainable disasters as Wendell transforms Glatt’s Laundry into his midnight playground, appearing as a mere sheet during the day. While Wendell attempts to create a new afterlife for himself, he unknowingly sabotages the life that Marjorie is struggling to maintain.
Sheets illustrates the determination of a young girl to fight, even when all parts of her world seem to be conspiring against her. It proves that second chances are possible whether life feels over or life is over. But above all, it is a story of the forgiveness and unlikely friendship that can only transpire inside a haunted laundromat.
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3 April 2018, Kids Can Press
Goodreads Average Rating: 4.21
If there’s one thing Jett has learned over the past year, it’s that fresh starts aren’t all they’re cracked up to be. After a “rotten bad year” in a new town, at a new school, Jett returns to the coast to spend the summer with his Grandma Jo, hoping to forget.
But Jett carries a secret with him. As the summer unfolds, he finds himself examining memories of his past like bits of sea glass—arranging and rearranging them in an effort to make sense of his mistakes.
Told in free verse, this captivating story of betrayal and forgiveness will pull readers in . . . and not easily let them go.
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First published 2014, Kobo Writing Life
Goodreads Average Rating: 3.51
WHAT IF YOU GOOGLED YOURSELF & DISCOVERED SOMETHING SHOCKING?
In this gripping psychological thriller, a group of privileged suburban moms amuse themselves by Googling everyone in town, digging up dirt to fuel thorny gossip. Caroline Thompson, devoted mother of two, sticks to the moral high ground and attempts to avoid these women. She’s relieved to hear her name appears only three times, citing her philanthropy. Despite being grateful that she has nothing to hide, a delayed pang of insecurity prods Caroline to Google her maiden name—which none of the others know.
The hits cascade like a tsunami. Caroline’s terrified by what she reads. An obituary for her sister, JD? That’s absurd. With every click, the revelations grow more alarming. They can’t be right. She’d know. Caroline is hurled into a state of paranoia—upending her blissful family life—desperate to prove these allegations false before someone discovers they’re true.
The disturbing underpinnings of The Memory Box expose a story of deceit, misconceptions, and an obsession for control. With its twists, taut pacing, and psychological tenor, Natiello’s page-turning suspense cautions: Be careful what you search for.
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ATTENTION! I hereby proclaim that The Queen of all YAs is finally coming back!
On her 3rd of June Instagram post, Rainbow Rowell published what seemingly is a promotional poster for something. Packed with a title and a year, the author dropped the image with no caption at all for us to wonder. Growing up with a music enthusiast father, my initial reaction was to scream my lungs out: “CARRY ON MY WAYWARD SON!!!!!!” (That surely is complete with headbangs and guitar mimics.) That’s even before I noticed that the guys in the illustration appear to be our dearest Simon Snow and Tyrannus Basilton Grimm-Pitch!
Being the biggest Rainbow Rowell aficionado that I am, I tried to recall if there is something I have to confirm this madness. Eureka! On her 10th of February newsletter, she revealed that a new YA novel is in progress; something related to Carry On?
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Love, Lara Jean 