If you’re caught in Spider-Man: Brand New Day’s web, we’ve got some reading recommendations for you! The Villains Series by V. E. Schwab #1 New York Times bestselling author V. E. Schwab brings to life a gritty, comic-book-style world in vivid prose: a world where gaining superpowers doesn’t automatically lead to heroism, and a time […]
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Day’s YA: WISH YOU WERE HER
WISH YOU WERE HER by Elle McNicoll 9781250335586 8/26/2025 Wednesday Books Ages 13-18 E-galley available on Edelweiss and NetGalley 18-year-old Allegra Brooks needs a break. After bursting into the spotlight at a young age from starring in a popular television show, and constantly hiding her autism diagnosis from the world, she’s tired. She’s finally ready […]

Happy Half Hour (5/12/25)
Today, we’re chatting about a young actress desperate to have a normal teenage summer at a small town book festival; Alyson Stoner’s memoir that shares their powerful story for the first time; and five sisters in a small village in eighteenth-century England whose neighbors are convinced they’re turning into dogs. WISH YOU WERE HER by Elle […]

Happy Half Hour (7/29/24)
Today, we’re discussing two amateur sleuths (one living and one dead) who team up to solve a murder in their apartment building, a teenager returning to her hometown with the intention of bidding it farewell, and a woman who’s transported back in time where she must answer for the crimes committed by her creepy, dystopian […]

YA Spotlight (9/18/23)
From a princess fighting for her kingdom after being turned to stone to an imaginative and dark twist on fairy tale favorites, this week’s YA releases are sure to have you totally engrossed! A PRAYER FOR VENGEANCE BY LEANNE SCHWARTZ “Well-detailed action sequences, including revenge plots and battles, are sprinkled throughout…Perfectly balanced action, reflection, and […]

Day’s YA: THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS
THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS by Jen Wilde97812508279755/9/2023Wednesday BooksAges 12-18 E-galley available on Edelweiss and NetGalley Welcome to Webber Academy, a school for Manhattan’s elite…and for Waverly, an autistic scholarship student who is used to masking to fit in. But having both of her parents working at school and tutoring her peers for […]

Nonfiction Round-Up (8/14/19)
Nazi resistance, a musical master, neurodiversity, a portrait of a scientist, and a graphic memoir… welcome to today’s nonfiction round-up! LIVES RECLAIMED: A Story of Rescue and Resistance in Nazi Germany by Mark Roseman 2 starred reviews! “…Bund members could aid only a few imperiled Jews, and the compromises they were forced to make raise […]

