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New Young Adult Releases! (October 31st, 2023)

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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:

An Unexpected Party by Various

The Space Between Here & Now by Sarah Suk

Sinner's Isle by Angela Montoya

The Rosewood Hunt by Mackenzie Reed

People to Follow by Olivia Worley

The Totally True Story of Gracie Byrne by Shannon Takaoka

What the River Knows by Isabel Ibañez

New Sequels:

Outcasts (Ferryman #3) by Claire McFall

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Happy reading!

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Unused cover for

Everything I Thought I Knew

By Shannon Takaoka.

Design by Matt Roeser.

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November 2023 Reads

Feet of Clay - Terry Pratchett

Lorehaven Bound - Joy Demorra

A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel - K.J. Charles

System Collapse - Martha Wells

Dragonhaven - Robin McKinley

Bookshops & Bonedust - Travis Balder

The Burnout - Sophie Kinsella

Sidelined - Kara Bietz

The Rom Con - Devon Daniels

The Rosewood Hunt - Mackenzie Reed

The Totally True Story of Gracie Byrne - Shannon Takaoka

Be That Way - Hope Larson

The Dust Bowl - Michelle James Corpora

The Polar Express - Chris Van Allsburg

Dear Daydreams - Ash Elizabeth

She-Hulk, Vol 3 - Rainbow Rowell

Birding Is My Favorite Video Game - Rosemary Mosco

How to Love - Alex Norris

Too Much is Not Enough - Andrew Rannells

Uncle of the Year - Andrew Rannells

So Many Steves - Steve Martin & Adam Gopnik

Sure, I'll Join Your Cult - Maria Bamford

The Jolliest Bunch - Danny Pellegrino

Thicker Than Water - Kerry Washington

If You Would Have Told Me - John Stamos

Vanishing Fleece - Clara Parkes

Knitlandia - Clara Parkes

A Guide to Midwestern Conversation - Taylor Kay Phillips

Class - Stephanie Land

The Forgotten Girls - Monica Potts

Pathogenesis - Jonathan Kennedy

Built to Move - Kelly Starrett & Juliet Starrett

In Defense of Witches - Mona Chollet

The Mindful Way Through Depression - Mark G. Williams

Mindfulness for Beginners - Jon Kabat-Zinn

The Disorganized Mind - Nancy A. Ratey

A Healthy State of Panic - Farnoosh Torabi

Generation Anxiety - Lauren Cook

Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism - Anne Case & Angus Deaton

It's Not You, It's Capitalism - Malaika Jabali

Falling Back in Love with Being Human - Kai Cheng Thom

The Hormone Shift - Tasneem Bhatia

The Power of Now - Eckhart Tolle

Here We Go Again - Tiffani Thiessen

Bold = Highly Recommend Italics = Worth It Crossed out = Nope

Thoughts: 

I read a few showbiz memoirs in November, and the absolute standouts were those by Andrew Rannells. I wasn't sure what to expect since I only have vague familiarity with Rannells' work, but I was blown away: endearing, honest, and laugh-out-loud funny.

Goodreads Goal: 398/400 

2017 Reads | 2018 Reads | 2019 Reads | 2020 Reads | 2021 Reads| 

2022 Reads | 2023 Reads

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The Totally True Story of Gracie Byrne

The Totally True Story of Gracie Byrne, by Shannon Takaoka, is an 80s-infused magical YA, about an old journal that allows Gracie to write her own future. The background of Gracie’s everyday life, with 80s details, makes the perfect backdrop for the magical elements in this coming-of-age story. When the story opens, teenage Gracie Byrne and her family have just moved to her grandmother’s house,…

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The Totally True Story of Gracie Byrne by Shannon Takaoka

The Totally True Story of Gracie Byrne by Shannon Takaoka. Candlewick Press, 2023. 9781536228786 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5 Format: Hardcover Genre: Fantasy/realistic fiction What did you like about the book?  Having newly arrived in Pittsburgh for her junior year of high school, introvert Gracie Byrne faces formidable challenges. Her parents have recently divorced…

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EVERYTHING I THOUGHT I KNEW

by Shannon Takaoka

(Candlewick, 10/13/20)

9781536207767

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A teenage girl wonders if she’s inherited more than just a heart from her donor in this compulsively readable debut. Seventeen-year-old Chloe had a plan: work hard, get good grades, and attend a top-tier college. But after she collapses during cross-country practice and is told that she needs a new heart, all her careful preparations are laid to waste. Eight months after her transplant, everything is different. Stuck in summer school with the underachievers, all she wants to do now is grab her surfboard and hit the waves—which is strange, because she wasn’t interested in surfing before her transplant. (It doesn’t hurt that her instructor, Kai, is seriously good-looking.) And that’s not all that’s strange. There’s also the vivid recurring nightmare about crashing a motorcycle in a tunnel and memories of people and places she doesn’t recognize. Is there something wrong with her head now, too, or is there another explanation for what she’s experiencing? As she searches for answers, and as her attraction to Kai intensifies, what she learns will lead her to question everything she thought she knew—about life, death, love, identity, and the true nature of reality.

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EVERYTHING I THOUGHT I KNEW--A Review

EVERYTHING I THOUGHT I KNEW--A Review #YA #Romance from @ShannonTakaoka

Hi there! Today I’m sharing a review for a contemporary YA romance with supernatural elements from Sharon Takaoka. EVERYTHING I THOUGHT I KNEW features a girl coping with the physical and emotional upheaval in her life following a heart transplant. About the book: A teenage girl wonders if she’s inherited more than just a heart from her donor in this compulsively readable…

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Book Review: Everything I thought I knew by shannon takaoka

Book Review: Everything I thought I knew by shannon takaoka

Everything I Thought I Knew was an eye-opening read. The first few pages were a whole reality check. Health problems can occur to even the healthiest of all people, regardless of age, size, or gender. This book is a very relatable and attention capturing read.

Imagine being a teenager with big dreams and full of life one day, and the next, you have a life-threatening illness that changes…

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New Young Adult Releases Coming Out Today! (October 13th, 2020)

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Note: Since so many release dates have been changed for various Young Adult novels, keep in mind that there might be some titles missing in this post.

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

New Standalones/First in a Series:

The Truth Project by Dante Medema

Beyond the Ruby Veil by Mara Fitzgerald

This Is All Your Fault by Aminah Mae Safi

Charming as a Verb by Ben Philippe

Daughters of Jubilation by Kara Lee Corthron

Fangirl Vol. 1: The Manga by Rainbow Rowell, Sam Maggs, & Gabi Nam

Everything I Thought I Knew by Shannon Takaoka

You Know I’m No Good by Jessie Ann Foley

The Puppermaster’s Apprentice by Lisa DeSelm

Long Way Down: Graphic Novel by Jason Reynolds & Danica Novgorodoff

The Key to Fear by Kristin Cast

A Golden Fury by Samantha Cohoe

Winter, White, & Wicked by Shannon Dittemore

Above All Else by Dana Alison Levy

Rural Voices by Various

The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen

Junk Boy by Tony Abbott

Time Travel for Love & Profit by Sarah Lariviere

Come On In by Various

New Sequels: 

Lightbringer (Empirium #3) by Claire Legrand

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Happy reading!

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The Arkadians by Lloyd Alexander

The Search for Delicious (Babbitt, Natalie) The Frog Princess by E.D. Baker

Maya and the Rising Dark (Barron, Rena)

Peter and the Starcatchers (Barry, Dave)

The Looking Glass Wars (Beddor, Frank)

Eigth grade bites by brewer (published under author's deadname?)

Minecraft the island by Max brooks

Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism (Byng, Georgia)

The Awakening (Carroll, Michael )

I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You (Carter, Ally)

A Week in the Woods (Clements, Andrew)

The Supernaturalist (Colfer, Eoin)

Artemis Fowl (Colfer, Eoin)

Airman (Colfer, Eoin)

Of Fire and Stars (Coulthurst, Audrey)

Into the Land of the Unicorns (Coville, Bruce)

Out of My Mind (Draper, Sharon M.)

So you want to be a wizard by Diane Duane

The Patron Thief of Bread (Eagar, Lindsay)

Half Magic (Eager, Edward)

Inkheart (Funke, Cornelia)

Bunnicula James Howe

Which Witch? (Ibbotson, Eva)

The Secret of Platform 13 (Ibbotson, Eva)

Evil Genius by Catherine Jinks

The Reformed Vampire Support Group (Jinks, Catherine)

The Akhenaten Adventure (Kerr, P.B.)

The Tail of Emily Windsnap (Kessler, Liz)

Savvy (Law, Ingrid)

The Fairy's Mistake (Levine, Gail Carson)

Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg (Levine, Gail Carson)

Ella Enchanted (Levine, Gail Carson)

The Two Princesses of Bamarre (Levine, Gail Carson)

Nightmare Academy (Lorey, Dean)

The Merchant of Death (MacHale, D.J.)

The Ruby Princess Runs Away (Malcolm, Jahnna N.)

If the Shoe Fits (Mason, Jane B.)

How to Become a Planet (Melleby, Nicole)

Game of Strength and Storm (Menard, Rachel)

The Host (Meyer, Stephenie)

Fablehaven (Mull, Brandon)

Five Children and It (Nesbit)

The Borrowers (Norton, Mary)

The Wicked Bargain (Novoa, Gabe Cole)

If I Was Your Girl (Russo, Meredith)

Magyk (Sage, Angie)

The Alchemyst (Scott, Michael)

Scythe (Shusterman, Neal)

The Glitch in Sleep (Wexler, Michael)

You, me, and our heartstrings by See, Melissa

Instructions for dancing by Yoon, Nicola

The Jasmine Project by Ireland, Meredith,

Rise to the sun by Johnson, Leah

Happily ever afters by Bryant, Elise

Everything I thought I knew by Takaoka, Shannon.

The falling in love montage by Smyth, Ciara

The peasant's dream by Dickerson, Melanie

The princess will save you by Henning, Sarah

If I'm being honest by Wibberley, Emily

Opposite of always by Reynolds, Justin A

Summer constellations by Sevigny, Alisha

The wicked deep by Ernshaw, Shea

The supervillain and me by Banas, Danielle

The boyfriend bracket by Evangelista, Kate

An enchantment of ravens by Rogerson, Margaret

Wild beauty by McLemore, Anna-Marie

Stay tuned 🐺

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Everything I thought I knew by Shannon Takaoka was weird but in a good way? This girl gets a heart transplant after which she gets flashes of memories which aren't hers 👀

ooooooh this sounds interesting!

tell me the weirdest/most unsettling/most confusing book you’ve ever read (bonus points if you tell me why)

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Book Tour in collaboration with @mmbtours 💖 🦄🦄🦄 Seventeen-year-old Chloe had a plan: work hard, get good grades, and attend a top-tier college. But after she collapses during cross-country practice and is told that she needs a new heart, all her careful preparations are laid to waste. Eight months after her transplant, everything is different. Stuck in summer school with the underachievers, all she wants to do now is grab her surfboard and hit the waves—which is strange, because she wasn’t interested in surfing before her transplant. (It doesn’t hurt that her instructor, Kai, is seriously good-looking.) And that’s not all that’s strange. There’s also the vivid recurring nightmare about crashing a motorcycle in a tunnel and memories of people and places she doesn’t recognize. Is there something wrong with her head now, too, or is there another explanation for what she’s experiencing? As she searches for answers, and as her attraction to Kai intensifies, what she learns will lead her to question everything she thought she knew—about life, death, love, identity, and the true nature of reality. 🦄🦄🦄 Everything I Thought I Knew is a YA novel by Shannon Takaoka. What I enjoyed about this book is its outlook on life from someone's who had almost lost it and now has to live a different life she planned for herself while everyone else around her moves on. It's sad yes, but it's also uplifting as she learns to live life through the new challenges she faces in her once perfect world and it's one of the reasons do like the character of Chloe, but she does have a lot of flaws. There were times where she was borderline annoying even. Kai was someone I enjoyed reading about a lot more and his presence in the book is felt a lot more in the entire book compared to Chloe even though she's our main character. The book starts off a bit slow for my taste and it took quite a while for us to move on from what happened ton Chloe's past and move on with what's more important in her present. Yes the events were the highlight of the story but being reminded of it again and again was maybe a bit unnecessary. -continued- https://www.instagram.com/p/CGU2m7sAEMp/?igshid=10689xdbl9gdn

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EVERYTHING I THOUGHT I KNEW by Shannon Takaoka

EVERYTHING I THOUGHT I KNEW by Shannon Takaoka

One heart. Infinite possibilities. I thought I knew what this book was about, but it surpassed everything I imagined. I was lucky to receive an ARC of EVERYTHING I THOUGHT I KNEW by writer, editor, and public relations consultant Shannon Takaoka, but I strongly recommend you snap this up (or place a pre-order) when this young adult debut novel releases on October 13, 2020.

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My Life in Books - 2020

Tagged by @storytime-reviews ! Thank you so much ❤️

This originated at AnnaBookBel

Rules: Using only books you have read this year (2020), answer these prompts. Try not to repeat a book title.

In high school I was The Good Samaritan (John Marrs)

People might be surprised by The Hand on the Wall (Maureen Johnson)

I will never be Catwoman (Sarah J. Maas)

My life in lockdown was like The Chaos of Standing Still (Jessica Brody)

My fantasy job is Home Body (Rupi Kaur)

At the end of a long day I need Lair of Dreams (Libba Bray)

I hate being An Unrestored Woman (Shobha Rao)

Wish I had The Inn at Rose Harbor (Debbie Macomber)

My family reunions are The Test (Sylvain Neuvel)

At a party you'd find me with Nick and Charlie (Alice Oseman)

I've never been to The City of Brass (S. A. Chakraborty)

A happy day includes Little Moments of Love (Catana comics)

Motto I live by: Girls Burn Brighter (Shobha Rao)

On my bucket list is Everything I Thought I Knew (Shannon Takaoka)

In my next life, I want to have Happily Ever After (Debbie Tung)

Tagging (optional, of course!): @appleinducedsleep @readbooks-drinkcoffee @emily-reads-books @padfoot-and-pringles @svnshinebooks @redbookpanda (please ignore if you've already done it!)

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Rianneth for the book rec thing!

Hey Rianneth! Here are your book recommendations:

R: Room by Emma Donoghue

I: I Was Born For This by Alice Oseman

A: Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson

N: Not Without My Daughter by Betty Mahmoody

N: No Exit by Taylor Adams

E: Everything I Thought I Knew by Shannon Takaoka

T: This is Where it Ends by Marieke Nijkamp

H: Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins

Happy reading! ❤️

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