Hello Readers! Today’s Sticky Note Review is for Finding Yvonne by Brandy Colbert. I picked it up because I loved Little & Lion so much. Finding Yvonne is exactly what the title says – about a teenage girl trying to find herself and her passion – with a couple of road bumps along the way. … More Finding Yvonne | Sticky Note Reviews
My friend Tobi recommended Magnus Chase to me way back in May when I was going out of town for work. I listened to the first one and enjoyed it, but wasn’t super motivated to pick up the second book. View this post on Instagram I finished book 2 and immediately had to start book … More Magnus Chase | Sticky Note Reviews
Dear Rachel Maddow was another of those books I ran into somewhere – so much so that I didn’t even take a Currently Reading photo of it for Instagram, which is very unlike me. tl;dr summary: Teenage underachiever deals with her brother’s death, politics, and life in general by writing emails to Rachel Maddow that … More Dear Rachel Maddow | Sticky Note Reviews
The Summer of Jordi Perez wasn’t even on my radar until I saw it in my Instagram feed. And then again face-out at the library. With that Julie Murphy endorsement, I knew it was a book I absolutely had to pick up. Last summer, my summer romance was When Dimple Met Rishi. I expected that … More The Summer of Jordi Perez | Sticky Note Review
It’s not often that my mother sends me book recommendations. But on Wednesday, we had the following conversation: Mom: Two books you might really want to read. Especially Ghost Boy. Drawn Together and Ghost Boy. Me: Is the first one by Jewell Parker Rhodes and has a red cover? Mom: Yes. Me: Got that one. … More Drawn Together | Sticky Note Reviews
I must have come across Forever, or a Long, Long Time on my hunt for books that have characters who are adopted. QotB: Think back to your childhood. What kinds of origin stories did you make up to explain things you didn’t understand? The bulk of my synopsis is actually in the sticky note review, … More Forever, Or a Long, Long Time | Sticky Note Reviews
I saw The Pants Project by Cat Clarke on Sydney’s Instagram story. I was sold at trans boy. So the basic premise of The Pants Project: Liv is starting middle school. He’s going to one of the best schools in the area, but there’s a catch. They have uniforms, and those uniforms require girls to wear skirts. … More The Pants Project | Sticky Note Reviews
I received Every Watering Word from the author for free in exchange for an honest review. I’m not usually one who reads poetry – or at least not contemporary poetry. Sometimes I feel like it goes over my head as a reader. This collection didn’t do that though. Have you read it? Are you a … More Every Watering Word | Sticky Note Reviews
View this post on Instagram #currentlyreading See You In the Cosmos by Jack Cheng. It’s about an eleven year old boy named Alex who wants to launch his iPod into space filled with recordings that will show other beings in the universe what life is like on earth. #tbsreads A post shared by the (book) … More See You in the Cosmos | Sticky Note Reviews
I haven’t reviewed picture books much here because I’ve been a middle school teacher. Though, really, that’s not an excuse. It’s not like I didn’t read picture books to my middle schoolers. So since my reading life is intentionally expanding, I guess I’ll start posting reviews of the picture books I read as well. So … More After the Fall | Sticky Note Reviews
