
Title: I’m Glad My Mom Died
Author: Jennette McCurdy
Genre: Memoir
Number of Pages: 304
Rating: B+
Recommended?: Yes

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Title: I’m Glad My Mom Died
Author: Jennette McCurdy
Genre: Memoir
Number of Pages: 304
Rating: B+
Recommended?: Yes
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Title: Jumping the Queue
Author: Mary Wesley
Genre: Literary Fiction
Number of Pages: 208
Rating: B
Recommended?: Yes
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Title: Just Ash
Author: Sol Santana
Genre: YA Realistic Fiction
Number of Pages: 224
Rating: B
Recommended?: Yes
Title: Needlework
Author: Julia Watts
Genre: YA Realistic Fiction
Number of Pages: 288
Rating: B+
Recommended?: Yes
Title: Amandine
Author: Adele Griffin
Genre: Realistic YA Fiction
Number of Pages: 208
Rating: B
Recommended?: Yes
Title: Saint Iggy
Author: K.L. Going
Genre: YA Realistic Fiction
Number of Pages: 272
Rating: A
Recommended?: Yes
Title: Life Is Fine
Author: Allison Whittenberg
Genre: YA Realistic Fiction
Number of Pages: 192
Rating: B
Recommended?: Yes
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Title: This Is Where We Talk Things Out
Author: Caitlin Marceau
Genre: Horror Novella
Number of Pages: 114
Rating: B+
Recommended?: Yes
Batshit crazy mother. Isolated locale. Impending snowstorm. What could possibly go wrong?
This Is Where We Talk Things Out is an engaging psychological horror novella about a woman, Miller, drawn back into a toxic relationship with her mentally disturbed mother Sylvie. Miller’s girlfriend Florence warns her against getting sucked back into Sylvie’s drama, but she reluctantly decides to give her one last chance in a long series of last chances. But when Sylvie’s behavior gets more and more out-of-control, Miller finds herself fighting for her life.
The big reveal of this story was… not surprising. I didn’t mind, though. The predictability didn’t get in the way of me enjoying the book. I liked that even though Sylvie’s homophobic attitudes towards her daughter are touched upon there wasn’t a huge focus on that aspect of the story. The mother-daughter relationship felt very realistic and very uncomfortable. It only jumped the shark a bit and allowed the situation to become borderline cartoonish in the last 10 pages or so. Still, a fun read with some genuinely spooky and disturbing moments.
Title: Brave New Girl
Author: Louisa Luna
Genre: YA Realistic Fiction
Number of Pages: 208
Rating: A-
Recommended?: Yes
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Title: We Had to Remove This Post
Author: Hanna Bervoets
Genre: Literary Fiction
Number of Pages: 160
Rating: A-
Recommended?: Yes
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