Wednesday, September 19, 2018

Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon - 5 Stars


Maddy has a rare disease in which she is basically allergic to the world. She stays indoors and the only people she sees are her mom and her nurse, Carla. 
Then one day a moving truck appears next door and Maddy sees "him"...Tall, lean and wearing all black. His name is Olly.
Maddy immediately knows she's going to fall in love with Olly and it's going to be a disaster. 

I devoured this book. It only took me 3 days to read it and that's working all day, too. LOL! Definitely one of the best books I've read this year. 

Monday, September 17, 2018

Love, Hate and Other Filters by Samira Ahmed - 4 Stars

Maya is an American born Indian Muslim who is torn between 2 worlds. One being the world her parents want her to live; the perfect Indian daughter who stays close to home, obeys her parents and marries a good Indian boy. Then there's the world she wants to live in; moving to NYC to attend college, graduating from film school, and pursuing a boy that she's only known from afar since grade school.

But after a horrible crime that happens hundreds of miles away, Maya's real world is turned upside down. Maya is faced with hatred and bigotry. As she tries to make sense of what happened and how it affects her life, Maya must figure out where she truly belongs.