The Book Shire

Author: Caitlin Christensen

You Bring the Distant Near by Mitali Perkins

I don’t know that I’m going to be able to find adequate words to describe my feelings for this book. This intergenerational heart-wrenching gem of a book, [...]

They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

Of course I went and got attached to Mateo and Rufus DESPITE the fact that this book literally screams at you from the cover that this is not a book with [...]

Click’d by Tamara Ireland Stone

This is such a great book! Allie is a girl with a mission – she’s focused and driven and incredibly smart and talented, but more than that she’s also [...]

The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe (Translated by Lilit Thwaites)

I knew that this book was going to break my heart by the time I had finished the first page. I mean, for one thing, I had absolutely NO IDEA about the family [...]

Blog Tour: The Adventurer’s Guide to Dragons (And Why They Keep Biting Me) by Wade Albert White

Whoa. That is one mouthful of a blog post title, isn't it? But I seriously couldn't NOT include the parenthesis, because that's like my favorite part of this [...]

Spotlight: One Dark Throne by Kendare Blake

Last year's Three Dark Crowns was one of my favorite new fantasy novels, and this month the sequel, One Dark Throne is coming out! I thought I'd give you [...]

North of Happy by Adi Alsaid

North of Happy by Adi Alsaid 1 cup likeable protagonist 2 ½ cups grief-induced hallucinations 3 cups food porn ½ cup diversity   6 TB forbidden [...]

Ash and Quill by Rachel Caine

Okay, I’m sorry but WHAT?!?!?!?!? WHY IS THERE NOT A RELEASE DATE FOR BOOK FOUR YET?!?!? WHY? It should be ABSOLUTELY ILLEGAL to withhold said information [...]

Saints and Misfits by S.K. Ali

Saints and Misfits is a pretty solid contemporary with some truly extraordinary components. Let me dive right in. Here’s what I liked: Janna is a bright [...]