Friday Five

1. Excited to be a part of the Cybils again! This year I'll be helping whittle down the top YA Fiction novels of this year!

Here's more on who I'll be working with!


Cybils 2017: Young Adult Fiction Judges


Round 1Kim Baccellia
Si, Se Puede
YA Books Central
@ixtumea
Kelly Hager  
@Khager
@lostingreatbook

Kelly Jensen
Stacked 
@veronikellymars

William PolkingGuys Lit Wire
@polking
Haley Schaffer   
Teachers Who Read 
@hale27storm
@PThompson_EMS

Round 2:
Dahlia Adler
B&N Teen Blog 
@MissDahlELama
Rebecca Cahill
The Page Unbound
@rebeccarcahill
Amanda Gernentz Hanson
Amanda Gernentz Hanson 
@amandamariegh
Suze Lavender 
With Love for Books
@SuzeLavender

Sharon Smith
Reading Time

**Very excited to be a part of this!



2. Working on latest round of edits. Deadline is this coming Monday. 




3. Sunni's doing a little better!



4. Finished reading THIS DARKNESS MINE:



Link to YA Books Central review: 
http://www.yabookscentral.com/yafiction/21802-this-darkness-mine


Teaser: The suspense really builds in the second half of this novel. Readers will be guessing what's really going on until the very graphic climax of the story. **No, I won't give it away, but let's just say I jolted up with the revelation!

Twisted tale of a former 'good' girl who feels her life is taken over by a dead twin. Dark, creepy, and very addictive.

5. Right now reading 
This one has three different POVs. One is a girl who's father is accused of being an arsonist and is scheduled to die. Another one is a Kuwaiti citizen. And finally another one is a teen who lived in East Berlin during the 80s. All have some connection. So far really loving. 


**Guilty Pleasure:

My treat for being on track to finishing edits is seeing FLATLINERS:


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