Tag: cheerleading

Something in Between by Melissa de la Cruz | Review

October 10, 2016 / 6 Comments / Posted by Tiff @ Mostly YA Lit in Diversity, Review
Something in Between by Melissa de la Cruz | Review

Review: Something in Between by Melissa de la Cruz Something in Between by Melissa de la Cruz is the sensitively told story of Jasmine de Los Santos: straight A student, cheer captain, and junior class president. She’s poised for greatness, earning a National Scholarship, when her parents drop the bomb: she can’t accept it because she and her family are undocumented immigrants, in America illegally. Something in Between was my first Melissa de la Cruz book, and I really enjoyed it. I know that Melissa has written dozens of other books in the past, but this one that really appealed to me. […]

The Way Back to You by Michelle Andreani & Mindi Scott | Giveaway + Review + Blog Tour

The Way Back to You by Michelle Andreani & Mindi Scott | Giveaway + Review + Blog Tour

Hi everyone, today I’m honoured to be part of the US blog tour for THE WAY BACK TO YOU by Michelle Andreani and Mindi Scott! I’ve got a review and giveaway for you – check it out, then visit some of the other tour stops for more fun on this cute contemporary! Review: The Way Back to You The Way Back to You by Michelle Andreani & Mindi Scott is a book about holding in your feelings. It’s about what happens when you don’t talk about the things that are hurting you, until the point that you have to do something […]

Waiting on Wednesday: Exit, Pursued by A Bear by E.K. Johnson

Waiting on Wednesday: Exit, Pursued by A Bear by E.K. Johnson

I found out about this book last week and I was completely floored by the title, the cover, and the synopsis. I was a cheerleader in high school, but I wasn’t popular, so this book kind of speaks to me in that way…but I also think it’s going to deal with the body and image issues that I had so much trouble with as a teen. I haven’t read anything by E.K. Johnston yet, but I have heard outstanding things about The Story of Owen and A Thousand Nights, and I’m excited to dig into my first work by this rising […]