Winter Reads

Book Review: Being Sixteen by Ally Condie

Today is an under appreciated holiday called "Book Lovers Day!" 

And since we love books, what a perfect day to share our next book review!

Enjoy, and check out more of our favorite books here.

From our Fall 2015 Issue

Tips for Becoming an Author

In our Summer 2015 Issue the amazing and awesome LDS author JoLyn Brown gave some tips for those of you who see writing in your future! Read below for ideas on how to become a confident and more dedicated writer! Thanks JoLyn!!!

And you can check out our previous review of her book RUN here!!!

Book Review: Atlantia by Ally Condie

From our Summer 2015 Issue

Book Review: The Princess Academy Series by Shannon Hale

This is our Book Review from the Spring 2015 Issue 

for the "Princess Academy" series by Shannon Hale!

Have you read these books yet?

You can find more books by Shannon Hale on her website.

Win a Free Copy of "Run"

A few months ago we reviewed the book "Run" by our friend JoLyn Brown and we LOVED it!

Welp, it's your lucky day because JoLyn is giving away 5 copies of her book on Goodreads! You can enter here.

And seriously, if you've never entered a book giveaway on Goodreads you need to! I've won a handful of free books this way and it's awesome!

You're welcome. :)

Book Review: Edenbrooke

Our book review of "Edenbrooke" from our Winter 2014 issue!

Book Review: Merlin

Book Review: Uglies

With Winter Break coming up, you might finally have time to enjoy a good book!

(Unless your teachers piled on the homework...in that case, good luck.)

Here is a review for Uglies by Scott Westerfeld 

and you can also check out some of our past reviews by clicking here.

From our Winter 2014 Issue

Book Review: Run by JoLyn Brown

Our friend JoLyn Brown just released her brand new novel "Run" and we are so excited to share our review (below). If you'd like to read it, you can find it on Amazon and at Deseret Book! 

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Morgan is a typical sixteen-year-old girl dealing with high expectations from her parents and confusion over a certain cute boy on the track team. Her frustrating life soon takes another twist for the worse when her parents send her to rural Utah for the summer to live with her Aunt and Uncle. She quickly learns the dangers and chaos of living with her six cousins (all boys!) and begins an emotional journey of discovering the secrets from her family's past.

Every girl can relate to Morgan and the stress of parents, school, and boys - and that is one of my favorite things about her in this book. She feels real!! Morgan finds herself getting emotional and unsure of her place, something that we all experience in our families and social circles. She has to restructure her former judgements and beliefs about her parents, cousins, and friends - and that change of thinking can be so hard!

Alongside Morgan are wonderful characters including her supportive Aunt and Uncle, the crazy cousins, and one of my favorites - the lovable neighbor Sammy. They all help Morgan get through the dreaded summer and you'll come to love the experiences that they share. 

The author, JoLyn Brown, does a wonderful job of developing the characters, helping you understand and love them, and creating a fantastic storyline that entraps you with adventure, emotions, and love. You'll laugh and cry, cheer and boo, and thoroughly enjoy this tale of Morgan's summer journey.

A Five Star read for me!

Marci Preece

Stand & Shine Magazine

Guest Book Review: Slow Dance In Purgatory

From our April 2014 Issue

Book Review: Enchanted by Alethea Kontis

Need a good book to read over Fall Break?

In our Autumn 2014 issue we reviewed "Enchanted" by Alethea Kontis.

You can read the review below and also check out the other two books in the series!!

Favorite Things Friday: Books Books Books!

One thing I can never get enough of is a good book!

Anyone agree?

I love a good romance story or an adventure in the dystopian future.

And when you find out one of your favorite books has a sequel or even a whole series?

It's basically a DREAM COME TRUE.

So dust of your library card and figure out what books you're going to read this summer.

And don't worry that you won't get to them all, you can read until 2 in the morning since you won't have school the next day.

Don't tell your parents I say that was okay, okay? Hehe.

And check out our Summer Reading List from our May 2014 issue

that includes some of my FAVORITE BOOKS EVER!

Any of your favorites that we missed?