Ash Reads Stuff

Sparrow  by Sarah Moon Publication Date: October 10th, 2017 Pages: 272 (hardcover) Genre: Middle Grade My Goodreads Rating: 4 stars Goodreads Synopsis: Sparrow has always had a difficult time making friends. She would always rather stay home on the weekends with her mother, an affluent IT executive at a Manhattan bank, reading, or watching the birds, than play with other kids. And that's made school a lonely experience for her. It's made LIFE a lonely experience. But when the one teacher who really understood her -- Mrs. Wexler, the school librarian, a woman who let her eat her lunch in the library office rather than hide in a bathroom stall, a woman who shared her passion for novels and knew just the ones she'd love -- is killed in a freak car accident, Sparrow's world unravels and she's found on the roof of her school in an apparent suicide attempt. With the help of an insightful therapist, Sparrow finally reveals the truth of her inner life. And

You know I love a good Top Ten Tuesday , a weekly feature brought to you by That Artsy Reader Gir l.This week's topic is Bookish Worlds I'd Want/Never Want to Live In. I did a half a half list because I just couldn't think of enough places I'd want to be in.  Do Want  1. Harry Potter Welcome home.  2. Percy Jackson Book version. Not movie. 3. Babysitters Club  I just always wanted to be in the BSC.  4. Anna and the French Kiss But I get to be Anna because she's cool  5. Neverland  There are so many versions of Neverland. I'd like to pick my favorite and go there.  Never Want 6. Hunger Games: I'm weak.  7. Divergent: I'm weak.  8. Twilight: Okay, but if Bella and Jacob aren't there I'll go.  9. Red Rising: Space is scary and everyone dies. (BUT READ THIS SERIES IT'S SO GOOD.) 10. The Giver: I love feeling feelings.  As always, here's Chris Evans for your time.

A World Without You  by Beth Revis Publication Date: July 19th, 2016 Pages: 384 (hardcover) Genre: Young Adult My Goodreads Rating: 2.5 stars Goodreads Synopsis: What if finding her means losing himself? Seventeen-year-old Bo has always had delusions that he can travel through time. When he was ten, Bo claimed to have witnessed the Titanic hit an iceberg, and at fifteen, he found himself on a Civil War battlefield, horrified by the bodies surrounding him. So when his worried parents send him to a school for troubled youth, Bo assumes he knows the truth: that he’s actually attending Berkshire Academy, a school for kids who, like Bo, have “superpowers.” At Berkshire, Bo falls in love with Sofía, a quiet girl with a tragic past and the superpower of invisibility. Sofía helps Bo open up in a way he never has before. In turn, Bo provides comfort to Sofía, who lost her mother and two sisters at a very young age. But even the strength of their love isn’t enough to he

I love the opportunity to do a fun Top Ten Tuesday , a weekly feature brought to you by That Artsy Reader Gir l. This week's topic is "Books With With Your Favorite Color in the Title/Cover". Shall we get started?  Bonus with a little blue on the cover and a lot of Blue in the pages:  Here's Chris Evans in some blue shirts for your time.