Showing posts with label contemporary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label contemporary. Show all posts

Monday, 21 May 2018

Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi




Title: Emergency Contact
Author: Mary H. K. Choi
Date Read: May 6th 2018
Published: March 27th 2018 @ Simon & Schuster
Genre: YA Contemporary


Rating: ⭐⭐⭐



"It's piles and piles of emotional homework forever if you ever want to qualify as a grown-up."


Saturday, 10 June 2017

Thanks for the Trouble by Tommy Wallach




Title: Thanks for the Trouble
Author: Tommy Wallach
Date Read: March 12 2017

Published: February 23 2016 @ Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Genre: YA Contemporary/Magical Realism

Rating: ⭐⭐
⭐⭐





"There’s a word in Portuguese that my dad wrote about in one of his books: saudade. 

It’s the sadness you feel for something that isn’t gone yet, but will be. The sadness of lost causes. The sadness of being alive."