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• Reading Rants Redux!

  14-2-2024 Books http://www.readingrants.org/feed/

  Hello, RR readers. You’ve probably noticed that Reading Rants hasn’t been updated since November 2023. After Amazon abruptly decided to...

• Bones and All by Camille DeAngelis

  30-11-2023 Books http://www.readingrants.org/feed/

  Maren just turned sixteen when her mother suddenly abandons her. Scared and alone, she hitchhikes around the Midwest searching for a place to call...

• Roaming by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki

  20-10-2023 Books http://www.readingrants.org/feed/

  It’s Spring Break 2009, and college freshman besties Dani and Zoe have made plans to meet up in New York City. Dani invites new friend Fiona...

• Imposter Syndrome and Other Confessions of Alejandra Kim by Patricia Park

  14-4-2023 Books http://www.readingrants.org/feed/

  “I wish I had a normal name, like Jane or Chetna or Soo-hee. A name that at least looks like what I’m supposed to be.” Alejandra...

• Nine Liars by Maureen Johnson

  14-4-2023 Books http://www.readingrants.org/feed/

  Thank the gods of mystery and mayhem, Stevie Bell is back! Spoiler alert: If you have not yet had the pleasure of meeting Stevie, she is the...

• 2022 Top Five

  14-4-2023 Books http://www.readingrants.org/feed/

  Like in 2021: same old story. I haven’t read nearly as much YA as I wanted to/should have, so here is a leaner, meaner list of my top five best YA...

• Lore Olympus, Vol. 1 by Rachel Smythe

  14-4-2023 Books http://www.readingrants.org/feed/

  With candy-colored hues and deconstructed panels, creator Rachel Smythe brings the first part of her popular webtoon Lore Olympus to the full-color...

• M is for Monster by Talia Dutton

  14-4-2023 Books http://www.readingrants.org/feed/

  Have you ever felt like you woke up in the wrong body? That’s how M feels, except she KNOWS it’s the wrong body: suddenly she exists...

• A Furry Faux Paw by Jessica Kara

  14-4-2023 Books http://www.readingrants.org/feed/

  Maeve is about to turn 18, and her greatest wish is to attend Furlympia, a furcon where she can finally fully realize her inner...

• Ghostlight by Kenneth Oppel

  14-4-2023 Books http://www.readingrants.org/feed/

  High school history nerd Gabe’s summer job leading the Island Ghost Tour at Island Amusements in Toronto has been pretty boring so far. Long...

• How Maya Got Fierce by Sona Charaipotra

  14-4-2023 Books http://www.readingrants.org/feed/

  Seventeen year old Maya Gera has a love/hate relationship…with garlic. On the one hand, she’s the heir apparent to her Punjabi family’s California...

• Slingshot by Mercedes Helnwein

  14-4-2023 Books http://www.readingrants.org/feed/

  Grace Welles doesn’t see the point of making friends. It’s easier to cultivate jerks. “When people were trying to be nice, there...

• Private Label by Kelly Yang

  14-4-2023 Books http://www.readingrants.org/feed/

  Serene Li is super frustrated. She loves being an intern at her mom’s self-named fashion label, LILLY LEE, and can’t wait to start...