Book #94 of 2021: The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S. (as told to his brother) by David Levithan I love a nice postmodern portal fantasy, and this middle-grade novel spins a premise I don’t think I’ve seen before, where the focus is not on a child who vanishes into another world, but on a sibling …
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Book Review: It’s a Whole Spiel: Love, Latkes, and Other Jewish Stories edited by Katherine Locke and Laura Silverman
Book #222 of 2019: It’s a Whole Spiel: Love, Latkes, and Other Jewish Stories edited by Katherine Locke and Laura Silverman This 2019 YA volume presents over a dozen brand-new short stories from Jewish writers about contemporary Jewish teens. The characters vary in their specific denominations and levels of religiosity, with some of the plots …
Book Review: Someday by David Levithan
Book #225 of 2018: Someday by David Levithan (Every Day #3) This novel has a messier plot than the first book in its loose trilogy — as well as the second one, which retells that same story from a different character’s perspective — but it further fleshes out the world and provides some more fascinating …
Book Review: My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories edited by Stephanie Perkins
Book #253 of 2017: My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories edited by Stephanie Perkins This collection of holiday love stories from twelve YA writers makes for some cute seasonal fun. “It’s a Yuletide Miracle, Charlie Brown” by editor Stephanie Perkins was the clear highlight for me, but Holly Black’s “Krampuslauf,” Laini Taylor’s …
Book Review: Six Earlier Days by David Levithan
Book #42 of 2017: Six Earlier Days by David Levithan I loved David Levithan’s novel Every Day about a teenage entity who wakes up each morning in a different body, but this prequel just didn’t do it for me. I think the intent was to showcase how A adopted their principles and grew to be …
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Book Review: Another Day by David Levithan
Book #18 of 2016: Another Day by David Levithan (Every Day #2) Another Day is a “companion novel” to Levithan’s earlier book Every Day – it covers the exact same span of time and tell the exact same story, but from a different character’s point of view. I know some people don’t like that sort …
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Book Review: Every Day by David Levithan
Book #54 of 2015: Every Day by David Levithan (Every Day #1) I really liked this story of an agender teenager who wakes up each morning in a different person’s body. I did think there were some ethical issues behind the premise that didn’t get explored (although there were a lot that did), and the …
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