Plant a Seed: Teen Summer Reading (2)

 

Last week we talked about FLOWER CRAFTS, this week, we have more craft ideas for teen programs.

Again, these are all from Pinterest:

Nature Crafts:

Origami Mushrooms

Origami Cactus

Aroma Stones

Wind Chimes

Origami Dragonfly

Paper Fern

Suncatchers

Beaded Plant

Flower Collage

Come back next week and we'll talk about teen books! 

If You Like....

Happy Valentine's Day!

I was to share some romance recommendations:

Small Town Romances

Workplace Romances

Sports Adjacent Romances

Bookish Romances 

Bookish Romances part 2

More Small Town Romances

Hope you have a delightful bookish day! 

Review: Cover Story

 

My Thoughts: I read this because of was looking for more epistolary novels. I hadn't heard of it before. And now looking at Goodreads, I see it has quite the following.

As an epistolary, it was quite good. It was a quick fast read that sucked me in. I didn't want to put it down. 

I can't tell how I feel about this book; I'm still thinking and processing this book.

The ending surprised the heck out of me. 

It's honestly hard to talk about without spoiling it

This would make a good book discussion book as I imagine people have LOTS of opinions after reading it. If you've been living under a rock like I have and you like epistolary novels too, try this out. And let me know what you think.

If you have read this one - what DID you think?

Mood Board: Bitten

 This is the third paranormal book that I've read recently. I used to read many more of them, but they haven't been in YA for a bit. Could they be making a comeback? I think it's highly possible.

Bitten is the start of a new series and it was pretty good. I'm interested to see where it will go next.

It's about a girl whose best friend died and she was turned against her will into a werewolf. She vows to figure out who killed her best friend and get revenge. But of course, it's not as easy as it seems.

There are a lot of rules to follow.

And some plot twists kept me on my toes.

Here are some versions I had while reading:

Picture Book Review: I Love You Alotl, I Love You So Much

A pun filled book about love and animals with adorable illustrations. 

This one is a little bit different in that it's a friendship book and not love between a parent and a child. 

Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite YA Romance Books

 This week is a romance Freebie. This list is hard for me, because I love YA romances. I'm going to showcase 5 older favorite titles and 5 new favorite titles:

Old Favorites:

This series will always have my heart

Also this series - which made me laugh so much

Review

No review

Review

New Favorites:

Review coming soon

Review

Reviewed for SLJ

Apparently, I didn't review this one, which seems strange to me because I loved it. 

Review

Bonus:

Review

Do you have a favorite YA Romance?

Also did you know that I created a YA Romance Book Trope Database? It's still in the works.

More info can be found here.

Middle Grade Review: Europa

* Book 7 in the City Spies series * 

There's a chatter of a major attack coming. Tru asks her team to review the evidence. Her adult agents are looking at an attack on London, but the City Spies think it's happening in Paris. They have a way of looking at things a little bit differently. It helps that they're teenagers. Could this be the work of a threat they thought they contained?

My Thoughts: As this is book 7, I don't want to say too much. But I loved it! I loved the moments with Tru - and her puzzles, games, and history. I liked learning more about the history of spies in England. I even learned about art. I love books that make me research, and I did look up some of the art mentioned. This series is fantastic and honestly, I never want it to end. 

Cover Thoughts: Perfect

Source: Book sent for review

Library Recommendation: A must have series for your public and school library's collection. 

* this book comes out tomorrow