Anna Tschetter

I really liked this! A couple of the stories in the middle didn't quite work for me but I LOVED “I come from the water.” I think I always struggle with short stories because I always want MORE and by their nature, you don't get more.

This is a unique collection of intertwined stories and definitely worth a read!

A sweet exploration of relationships and what makes them work. If you're looking for a comforting, low-conflict comic with witchy vibes this is for you!

A gorgeously illustrated story of a girl struggling with disorder eating and grief. Realistic in the way she starts down recovery but doesn't give any easy answers.

Another book for true crime fans who feel conflicted about liking true crime!

I really liked this one. I think the characterization of Lucy and Carolina was so good and I was suspicious of Maggie from the beginning!! .

It's one that is going to keep me thinking about the nature of the fog in the canyon and whether its effects were supernatural or just extremely natural human reactions to heightened emotions like fear and greed.

This didn't quite work for me. I found there not to be enough world-building/exposition to make it make sense. Nice art tho.

I really liked this and it was a nice break from the last books I read which were good but pretty dark and upsetting. I do love a magical mystery and a magical mystery with a romance between a nerd and a jock?! Perfect.

I'm not sure all of the information/symptoms about CTE are accurate but I do think teen readers would like it. It's not for me, but that's fine!

I haven't fully grasped what is happening but I like it.

I'm emotionally devastated. This is beautiful and so, so sad.

A sweet, teen romance with a focus on STEM and girl power. I found the sections about Bel's parent's divorce and her struggle of feeling trapped between them especially good, tho it does seem to wrap up pretty neatly.

I really enjoyed this! I was a bit of an Arthur nerd as a kid so I love the whole world and I think Deonn did such a great job crafting a way for the legend to fit into modern day. I can't wait for the sequel!!!

I liked this book and I realize that the scope was relatively narrow in that it really focused on Elizabeth Packard's experience of a somewhat forgotten progressive and political force. I do wish the author had been more clear that the advances she made for women's rights were great but also relatively narrowly focused on white, straight, cis, able-bodied, and middle-class women. The postscript does say that some of these issues are still plaguing women today and using suffragettes and Nancy Pelosi as examples. But still, it's missing the plight of a lot of actually mentally ill women, women of color, non-Christian women, and not middle-class women. Just something to keep in mind.

I liked but didn't love this. The writing is beautiful but some of it didn't quite work for me. The explanation of the reasons behind the hauntings didn't click for me, but some of the spooky bits were well done.

Not my favorite of the series - that's All the Feels! - but still sweet and fun.

I will admit I like Dade's writing but I'm ready to read more of her stuff that isn't this series.

I enjoyed this and appreciated how candid Johnson was in his struggles and life events. I think this resonates so much with queer and Black kids and I'm so glad they have this book!

I'm very conflicted about this book. In a lot of ways, I couldn't stop listening to it and found it fascinating. I know some folks dislike the idea of a “true crime memoir” and see it as exploiting someone else's trauma for personal gain. But so much of this is about the author's own experience and it made sense that she was working through that while working the case.

It's a three star for me because of some of the ways she talked about the survivors and Daisy in particular. Krouse seems weirdly obsessed with Daisy's weight and Asian American identity in a weird, fetishistic way. She's so surprised that Daisy could be sexy and powerful even if she's “overweight” and noting in the epilogue that she is “skinny now.” It was just so weird and unnecessary that it took me out of the narrative every time Daisy appeared.

This took me a long time to finish because it's brutal. My heart breaks for girls who are in these situations. This is going to sit with me for a long time.

This was engrossing and enraging! The fact that the book is a clinical presentation of Jiyoung and she never gets to tell her own story makes the reader SO MAD. That format/presentation is part of the point of the book and it's so well done. I can see why it caused such a stir in Korea and while it's not exactly the same here, I've experienced many of the scenarios in the book.

One of my favorite tropes/scenarios is the spooky empty-but-maybe-not spaceship. Or a ship floating in space with everyone on board dead. It's the premise of some of my favorite Star Trek episodes. For some reason, this one didn't quite resonate (heh) with me. I liked it but didn't love it. I think Claire's character could have been a bit stronger and something about the epilogue seemed too settled for me.

But! You will keep reading because you want to solve the mystery so if you're looking for that, I would recommend it!

I really liked this horror that confronts generational trauma and history in an interesting and totally creepy way. I also loved how Raquel is queer but coming out isn't a concern nor is parental or even friend acceptance. It's nice to have a LGBTQ+ character that gets to be her own hero without those concerns weighing her down! :)

A funny and sweet memoir of being trans and just in suburban hell. Cute and delightful!

I liked but didn't love this but that probably has more to do not reading a ton of adult mystery/thrillers. While it was pretty brutal in some parts, I really struggled with Buddy Lee's constant slang. I know it was a character choice but it just didn't really gel with me. The emotions the fathers felt about their two murdered sons and their regrets of not accepting them in live was so hard and affecting, though.

Is this a perfect book, especially in these trying times? Do I want there to be an endless amount of entires in the series? Did I cry while reading? Yes to all three!

Mosscap is such a pure, delightful being (not a person!) and Dex's realization about what they deserve hits really close to home. A comforting book for now that gives me hope.

A mix of memoir and science, I think this really works. It was both so emotional and informative. I had heard a little bit about Chagas - thanks to the great podcast This Podcast Will Kill you! - but didn't know the full breadth and depth of the issue.

I think how Hernandez brings in the concepts of the “epi-divide” and how so much of healthcare in the US and the world is about your wealth and privilege, is SO important.

A lovely book that feels both contemporary and timeless. I loved the inclusion of music - which seems to make sense for Prague - and the information about Jewish cemeteries. I'm not sure I've ever thought about that angle of the Holocaust and it just adds another horror onto the horror of that time.