#Hayley Krischer

[myriad--starlings]

Fame is a sickness that torments you, like a compulsion that refuses to shut off. Fame isn’t real; it’s a fixation. It’s a need for acceptance and empty love. It’s a weakness, a hole that you can’t stop filling.

— Where Are You, Echo Blue?, Hayley Krischer

[goodbooksandgoodwine]

5 YA Mini Reviews

5 YA Mini Reviews

Another day, another set of mini reviews. This time, here are five mini reviews of young adult books that I’ve recently read. Unfortunately not all were hits, but a few were gems. Shine by Jessica Jung Shine by Jessica Jung is the first of a duology about a Korean American girl who is training to become a K pop star. This story features Rachel Kim who is a trainee at DB Entertainment in Seoul.…

[judgingbooksbycovers]

Something Happened to Ali Greenleaf

By Hayley Krischer

[books-to-add-to-your-tbr]

Title: The Falling Girls

Author: Hayley Krischer

Series or standalone: standalone

Publication year: 2021

Genres: fiction, LGBT+, contemporary, mystery, thriller

Blurb: Shade and Jadis are everything to each other. They share clothes, toothbrushes, and even matching stick-and-poke tattoos...so when Shade unexpectedly joins the cheerleading team, Jadis can hardly recognise who her best friend is becoming. Shade loves the idea of falling into a group of girls; she loves the discipline it takes to push her body to the limits alongside these athletes. Most of all, Shade finds herself drawn to The Three Chloes - the insufferable trio that rules the squad, including the enigmatic cheer captain, whose dark side is as compelling as it is alarming. Jadis won't give Shade up so easily, though, and the pull between her old best friend and her new teammates takes a toll on Shade as she tries to forge her own path. When one of the cheerleaders dies under mysterious circumstances, Shade is determined to get to the bottom of her death...because she knows Jadis, and if her friend is responsible, doesn't that mean she is too?

[the-forest-library]

The Pairing - Casey McQusiton

Slow Dance - Rainbow Rowell

The Break-Up Pact - Emma Lord

Last Seen Online - Lauren James

All's Fair in Love and War - Virginia Heath

A Shore Thing - Joanna Lowell

You Should Be So Lucky - Cat Sebastian

This Spells Love - Kate Robb

Where Are You, Echo Blue? - Hayley Krischer

My Antonia - Willa Cather

The Girl in Question - Tess Sharpe

The Only Light Left Burning - Erik J. Brown

Death at Morning House - Maureen Johnson

Hawkeye: Bishop Takes King - Ashley Poston

Across a Field of Starlight - Blue Delliquanti

Show Up and Vote - Ani DiFranco

A Product of Genetics and Day Drinking - Jess H. Gutierrez

The Hard Parts - Oksana Masters

Rage Becomes Her - Soraya Chemaly

The Genius of Judy - Rachelle Bergstein

Me Vs Brain - Hayley Morris

Forever Barbie - M.G. Lord

It's Not Hysteria - Karen Tang

The New Menopause - Mary Claire Haver

The Nervous System Reset - Jessica Maguire

The Modern Trauma Toolkit - Christy Gibson

Small Talk - Richard Pink

Girls Just Wanna Have Funds - Emma Due Bitz

Please Unsubscribe, Thanks! - Julio Vincent Gambit

Work Won't Love You Back - Sarah Jaffe

The Tree Collectors - Amy Stewart

Cowpuppy - Gregory Berns

Bold = Highly Recommend

Italics = Worth It

Crossed Out = Nope

Thoughts:  Unfortunately this month was marked by some disappointments (eagerly anticipated reads: Slow Dance, Last Seen Online) and (sequels to books I loved: The Girl in Question, The Only Light Left Burning), but The Pairing restored my faith in Casey McQuiston and left me desperate for a European food and wine tour.

Goodreads Goal: 289/300 2017 Reads | 2018 Reads | 2019 Reads | 2020 Reads | 2021 Reads| 2022 Reads | 2023 Reads | 2024 Reads

[likeclarabow]

2024 Books Read

In a Holidaze - Christina Lauren (Jan 1)

The Long Games - Elena Armas (Jan 2)

The Seven Year Slip - Ashley Poston (Jan 3)

Something More - Jackie Kalilieh (Jan 3-Jan 4)

A Study in Drowning - Ava Reid (Jan 8-Jan 13)

Cockroach - Rawi Hage (Jan 17-Jan 24)

Confessions of an English Opium Eater - Thomas De Quincey (Jan 18-Jan 24)

The Night Circus (reread) - Erin Morgenstern (Jan 24-Jan 29)

Manfred - Lord Byron (Jan 29-Jan 31)

White Nights - Fyodor Dostoevsky (Jan 26-Feb 1)

Murder on the Links - Agatha Christie (Feb 1-Feb 5)

Fronteras Americanas: American Borders - Guillermo Verdecchia (Feb 8)

Total Chaos - Jean Claude Izzo (Feb 7-Feb 16)

I Was Their American Dream - Malaka Gharib (Feb 17-Feb 21)

Once in a Promised Land - Laila Halaby (Feb 26-Mar 1)

Babi Yar - Anatoly Kuznetsov (Feb 17-Mar 2)

Northanger Abbey (reread) - Jane Austen (Feb 27-Mar 3)

Delicious Monsters - Liselle Sambury (Mar 10-Mar 11)

The Flatshare - Beth O'Leary (Mar 12-Mar 13)

Divine Rivals - Rebecca Ross (Mar 13-Mar 14)

The Breakup Tour - Emily Wibberly + Austin Siegemund-Broka (Mar 14)

Foul Heart Huntsman - Chloe Gong (Mar 15-Mar 16)

I Hope This Doesn't Find You - Ann Liang (Mar 16-Mar 17)

Less - Andrew Sean Greer (Mar 17-Mar 18)

Night of Power - Anar Ali (Mar 20)

Winter in Sokcho - Elisa Shua Dusapin (Mar 20-Mar 22)

The Last Man - Mary Shelley (Mar 19-Mar 30)

The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels - Janice Hallett (Mar 30-Mar 31)

Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin - Timothy Snyder (Jan 10-Apr 4)

The Reappearance of Rachel Price - Holly Jackson (May 5-May 8)

Winter Garden - Kristin Hannah (May 14-May 16)

Conversations With Friends - Sally Rooney (May 17-May 28)

Biography of X - Catherine Lacey (May 30-June 9)

Her First Palestinian - Saeed Teebi (May 30-June 10)

Funny Story - Emily Henry (June 11-June 16)

November 1942 - Peter Englund (June 16-June 26)

Alone With You in the Ether - Olivie Blake (June 23-June 27)

A Man Called Ove - Fredrick Backman (June 27-June 29)

Giovanni's Room - James Baldwin (June 29-June 30)

The Girl in Question - Tess Sharpe (June 30-July 3)

The Girls I've Been (reread) - Tess Sharpe (July 4-July 5)

The Man in the High Castle - Phillip K Dick (July 6-July 12)

Ruthless Vows - Rebecca Ross (July 12-July 16)

Body Grammar - Jules Ohman (July 17-July 19)

Shanghailanders - Juli Min (July 19-July 23)

They're Going to Love You - Meg Howrey (July 24-July 26)

So Late in the Day - Claire Keegan (July 26)

That's Not My Name - Megan Lally (July 26)

The Blonde Identity - Ally Carter (July 27)

Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands - Heather Fawcett (July 27-July 29)

The Sittaford Mystery - Agatha Christie (July 31-Aug 2)

Beautiful World Where Are You - Sally Rooney (Aug 3-Aug 8)

Mr Salary - Sally Rooney (Aug 9)

Penance - Eliza Clark (Aug 9-Aug 10)

Convenience Store Woman - Sayaka Murata (Aug 11)

Educated - Tara Westover (Aug 12-Aug 14)

The Couple at No. 9 - Claire Douglas (Aug 15-Aug 20)

A Curse for True Love - Stephanie Garber (Aug 17-Aug 19)

London - Edward Rutherford (Aug 20-Aug 28)

The Girls - Emma Cline (Aug 28-Aug 29)

The List - Yomi Adegoke (Aug 30)

Florida - Lauren Groff (Aug 30-Aug 31)

Less is Lost - Andrew Sean Greer (Aug 31-Sept 1)

Love in the Time of Serial Killers - Alicia Thompson (Sept 1)

Zoya - Danielle Steele (Sept 1-Sept 3)

Where Are You, Echo Blue - Hayley Krischer (Sept 4-Sept 7)

Bellies - Nicola Dinan (Sept 8-Sept 15)

[murderoushagthesequel]

HELLO

I heard you wanted to wake up to some asks :))

SO

What's your favourite book?

Movie?

TV series?

HELLO

indeed i did :D

ooo tricky ok.

favorite book?

i genuinely do not have a favorite book. there are two i used to always say we're my favorite because i loved them when i was younger and those are A Tangle of Knots by Lisa Graff and All Four Stars by Tara Dairman.

A few books I've quite liked since then are Radio Silence by Alice Oseman, The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, and The Falling Girls by Hayley Krischer (highly recommended all three but please check out trigger warnings!!!!)

favorite movie?

i actually have a list of a few movies i always turn to to cheer me up! A few are Charlie's Angels (2019), Ocean's 8 and Clueless.

favorite tv series?

help i can't choose. uhhhh probably Bones and Elementary but i also love Parks and Recreation and Brooklyn 99 and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and Winx Club and- can you tell i'm really indecisive?

[rollercoasterwords]

the falling girls by hayley krischer is probably some of the most gorgeous writing ive ever read and it is so painfully underrated. like. omg. i never hear anybody talking abt it

oooh we have done a 180 into book recommendations...well i am not complaining! have not heard of this one i'll have 2 look it up 👀

[illustration-alcove]

Sarah Maxwell’s illustrated book cover for Hayley Krischer’s The Falling Girls.

[kingsbridgelibraryteens]

Emma Bovary from Madame Bovary was probably my first experience with a mean girl protagonist. She infuriated readers with her careless shopping, her repellent behavior, her cheating ways and her eventual abandonment of her daughter. But there was a refreshing element to this.

[judgingbooksbycovers]

The Falling Girls

By Hayley Krischer

[2020ya]

SOMETHING HAPPENED TO ALI GREENLEAF

by Hayley Krischer

Something Happened to Ali Greenleaf #1

(Razorbill, 10/6/20)

9780593114117

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Purchase from Indiebound

Perfect for fans of Rory Power and Laurie Halse Anderson, this sharp, emotional debut follows two girls as they navigate tumultuous relationships, the effects of trauma, and what empowerment means to them. Ali Greenleaf and Blythe Jensen couldn't be more different. Ali is sweet, bitingly funny, and just a little naive. Blythe is beautiful, terrifying, and the most popular girl in school. They've never even talked to each other, until a party when Ali decides she'll finally make her move on Sean Nessel, her longtime crush, and the soccer team's superstar. But Sean pushes Ali farther than she wants to go. When she resists--he rapes her. Blythe sees Ali when she runs from the party, everyone sees her. And Blythe knows something happened with Sean, she knows how he treats girls. Even so, she's his best friend, his confidant. When he begs her to help him, she can't resist. So Blythe befriends Ali in her attempt to make things right with Sean, bringing Ali into a circle of ruthless popular girls, and sharing her own dark secrets. Despite the betrayal at the heart of their relationship, they see each other, in a way no one ever has before. In her searing, empowering debut novel, Hayley Krischer tells the story of what happened that night, and how it shaped Ali and Blythe forever. Both girls are survivors in their own ways, and while their experiences are different, and their friendship might not be built to last, it's one that helps each of them find a way forward on their own terms.

[bookaddict24-7]

New Young Adult Releases Coming Out Today! (October 5th, 2021)

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Have I missed any new Young Adult releases? Have you added any of these books to your TBR? Let me know!

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New Standalones/First in a Series:

Falling Girls by Hayley Krischer

Everything Within & In Between by Nikki Barthelmess

I’m Dreaming of a Wyatt Christmas by Tiffany Schmidt 

Squad by Maggie Tokuda-Hall & Lisa Sterle 

Tonight We Rule the World by Zack Smedley

Why We Fly by Kimberly Jones & Gilly Segal

Vial of Tears by Cristin Bishara

Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson

Crossbones by Kimberly Vale 

Luminous by Mara Rutherford

Just Ash by Sol Santana

Needlework by Julia Watts

The Violent Season by Sara Walters

Not Your Average Hot Guy by Gwenda Bond

The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros

Punching Bag by Rex Ogle 

Once More Upon A Time by Roshani Chokshi

Where There’s A Whisk by Sarah J. Schmitt

So, This is Christmas by Tracy Andreen

The Holiday Switch by Tif Marcelo 

Briarheart by Mercedes Lackey

Bluebird by Sharon Cameron

New Sequels: 

When Night Breaks (Kingdom of Cards #2) by Janella Angeles

Crown of Cinders (Wings of Fury #2) by Emily R. King

Kingdom of the Cursed (Kingdom of the Wicked #2) by Kerri Maniscalco

Shattered Midnight (The Mirror #2) by Dhonielle Clayton

I’m With the Banned (Afterlife #2) by Marlene Perez

The Rot (Ravneringene #2) by Siri Pettersen

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Happy reading!

[pixiegrl]

@bourgeoix tagged me in books I want to read this year and I cant tell you the whole year but at least the immediate few months 

I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston

Gideon the ninth by Tamsyn Muir 

All’s well by Awad Mona

The blood spell by CJ Redwine

Beach Read by Emily Henry

The falling girls by Hayley Krischer

Our violent ends by Chloe Gong 

The Wish granter by CJ Redwine

The traitor prince by CJ Redwine 

The Final girl support group by grady hendrix

we are okay by nina lacour

autoboyography by christina lauren

The southern book club’s guide to slaying vampires by grady hendrix

wow no thank you by samantha irby

everyone in this room will someday be dead by emily austin

ill tag @escapesos @werewolfashton and @till-the-sunshine-fades

[burningdarkfire]

books i read in feb 2022

[these are all short + casual reviews - feel free to msg me and ask   about individual ones if u want a full review or ask for my goodreads!!] 

ok the caleb widogast comic technically gets first place this month as the only 5* but it’s blorbo from my shows syndrome so i’m gonna feature the baru review instead

the traitor baru cormorant - seth dickinson ★★★★☆ (fantasy)

i’ve shilled AMCE for months so here’s a hard fantasy book that has the same core: what does it mean to be one person against an empire that has already conquered the world? baru cormorant is an accountant instead of an ambassador-poet, and that alone already outlines most of the differences (genre, plot, tone) between the two books. seth dickinson has a writing style that feels textbook-detailed in one moment and fascinatingly oblique in the next - this is a book i’m already looking forward to rereading because i’m sure i’ll get so much more out of it the second time around

critical role: the mighty nein origins: caleb widogast - jody houser ★★★★★ (fantasy)

it’s my guy. it’s my dude on the comic book page

to build a fire - jack london ★★★★☆ (survival short story)

don’t think too hard about this but dying of hypothermia is one of those things that i just really enjoy reading about. i used to love reading survival adventure books as a kid and i should get back into that

giving an account of oneself - judith butler ★★★★☆ (critical theory)

read judith butler for fun to convince myself to do a phd, the challenge. anyway this was actually pretty good - i remember thinking butler’s writing was very dense while reading for school but tbh i didn’t find this that hard to get through. interesting ideas, and i’ll especially take some of the language for defining the self via the other. it’s something i’ve always thought about but never quite known how to express

everything i never told you - celeste ng ★★★★☆ (contemporary)

i rly think this book should be advertised as a thriller (and a good one!) it felt a little too “neat” overall and could’ve used some subtlety, but it was an enjoyable read

the indifferent stars above - daniel brown ★★★☆☆ (narrative nonfiction)

maybe narrative nonfiction fundamentally doesn’t work for me and i’d rather the author choose one or the other. some of those narrative bits really hit though! this was a hard book to read because like damn. those were real people

lore olympus: volume one - rachel smythe ★★★☆☆ (mythology, retelling, graphic novel)

the art is pretty cute but i just didn’t really. care. but it’s cute tho

you are eating an orange. you are naked - sheung-king ★★★☆☆ (contemporary, autofiction)

our narrator has personality traits that i unfortunately find really annoying! the last chapter is the best because it shifts perspectives and feels more focused than the rest. i do like the poetic prose style

the falling girls - hayley krischer ★★★☆☆ (YA thriller)

the pacing of this book felt off and i struggled to understand why any of these characters hang around each other but the author did nail a lot of little details about being a teenage girl. good concept, clumsy execution

one last stop - casey mcquiston ★★☆☆☆ (romance)

literally the last eight pages of this book ruined it so much and i’m so salty LOL without those last eight pages it’s maybe a 3.5*? it suffers from a lot of the usual contemporary romance pitfalls (why is everyone just so quirky) but it’s also very heartfelt and very much about how love uplifts all. it should’ve ended eight pages earlier though if it wanted to be a good book