The Book Shire

2016 ya releases

How to Catch a Killer by Sheryl Scarborough

There isn’t anything I love more than a book that hooks you from page one and doesn’t let go. That’s how I felt about How to Catch a Killer. Even [...]

We Are Still Tornadoes by Michael Kun and Susan Mullen

I cannot even begin to explain how much I loved this book. It was such a surprise favorite. It wasn’t necessarily a book I would have picked up on my own, [...]

The Boy at the Top of the Mountain by John Boyne

You know a book is going to tug at all of your heartstrings when it is written by John Boyne (who wrote The Boy in the Striped Pajamas). So I went into The Boy [...]

In the Hope of Memories by Olivia Rivers

I can’t help it that I have a thing for books I think are going to make me cry. They’re irresistible, okay??? Surprisingly, I didn’t cry much in this [...]

The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis

How to sum up a book like The Female of the Species… hmmm… Well… “That was creepy as **** but I really enjoyed it anyway?” Yup, that’ll have to [...]

The Light Fantastic by Sarah Combs

I’m always intrigued by stories that cover topics that are acutely relevant to the times we live in. Books that aren’t afraid to tackle hard topics – to [...]

This Adventure Ends by Emma Mills

How does Emma Mills manage to just capture everything about the human experience so perfectly????? I swear, at this point I would read this woman’s to-do [...]

Paper and Fire by Rachel Caine

“Let the world burn.” *shivers* With a tagline like that, you know a book is going to take you a wild freaking ride. I’ve been pretty honest about [...]

The Memory of Things by Gae Polisner

I doubt that I’m the only one to think this, but The Memory of Things was not at all what I was expecting when I requested it. Overall, this worked in its [...]