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Please Stop Writing Homeschooled Characters as Sheltered, Sincerely, a Homeschooler

Lately, I've read a lot of books with characters that are homeschooled or have friends that are homeschooled, and I have to say, I'm really tired of authors portraying us the wrong way. I've been homeschooled my entire academic life, and I still am homeschooled, with three years left in high school. It's usually not very often that you see homeschoolers in YA books, but lately they've been popping up here and there. One book I read, at the end of the book, the bully of the school ended up being homeschooled as a punishment. Another book, the girl had graduated high school and because her grandmother had died before she finished high school, she didn't get to graduate, which is not all true. If a parent of a homeschooler who is about to graduate passes away, they would still receive their diploma from their state homeschool organization, a parent doesn't just type up a diploma and give it to their child, it has to be official. Most homeschoolers get ...

WWW Wednesday #12

WWW is a weekly post hosted by Sam  @Taking On A World Of Words , all you need to do are answer three simple questions... What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you'll read next? .................................................................................................................................................... What I'm currently reading American Royals by Katharine McGee I just started this book, but I think it's going to be an amazing read! .................................................................................................................................................... What I recently finished The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern I was able to trade for an ARC of fabulously written and extremely imaginative book, and all I have to say, is wow.  ......................................................................................................

Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag!

1. Best Book You've Read So Far in 2019?  Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson ............................................................................................ ............................................ 2. Best Sequel You've Read So Far in 2019? The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson   and Finale by Stephanie Garber   ............................................................................................ ............................................ 3. New Release You Haven't Read Yet, but Want To? I Wanna Be Where You Are by Kristina Forest   ............................................................................................ ............................................ 4. Most Anticipated Release for the Second Half of 2019? The Guinevere Deception by Kiersten White   ............................................................................................ ............

WWW Wednesday #11

WWW is a weekly post hosted by Sam  @Taking On A World Of Words , all you need to do are answer three simple questions... What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you'll read next? .................................................................................................................................................... What I'm currently reading The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern I was unable to get a copy of The Starless Sea at BookCon, but I was able to trade with someone on Twitter for a copy and I am loving it so far! .................................................................................................................................................... What I recently finished Wicked Fox by Kat Cho I received an ARC of this book from the publisher, and I have to say, I was a little disappointed. This book looked so incredibly amazing, and the plot was just okay...

Aurora Rising by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman

Aurora Rising by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman ★ ★ ★ ★ The year is 2380, and the graduating cadets of Aurora Academy are being assigned their first missions. Star pupil Tyler Jones is ready to recruit the squad of his dreams, but his own boneheaded heroism sees him stuck with the dregs nobody else in the Academy would touch… A cocky diplomat with a black belt in sarcasm A sociopath scientist with a fondness for shooting her bunkmates A smart-ass techwiz with the galaxy’s biggest chip on his shoulder An alien warrior with anger management issues A tomboy pilot who’s totally not into him, in case you were wondering And Ty’s squad isn’t even his biggest problem—that’d be Aurora Jie-Lin O’Malley, the girl he’s just rescued from interdimensional space. Trapped in cryo-sleep for two centuries, Auri is a girl out of time and out of her depth. But she could be the catalyst that starts a war millions of years in the making, and Tyler’s squad of losers, discipline-cases and misfits might ...

June Wrap-up!

................................................................................................................................................. This past month was a really interesting month for reading, I read a few ARCs and finally read some that I've been trying to get through for a while. ................................................................................................................................................. Romanov by Nadine Brandes ★ ★ Going into this book, I was really excited, I've always been interested in whole Anastasia theory and just her family in general. Unfortunately, this book left me feeling icky and still just lost with the whole story.  ................................................................................................................................................. Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin ★ ★ ★ ★ Okay so, I once said I had no interest reading books about witches, but ...

Enchantee by Gita Trelease Review

Enchantee by Gita Trelease ★ ★ Paris in 1789 is a labyrinth of twisted streets, filled with beggars, thieves, revolutionaries—and magicians... When smallpox kills her parents, Camille Durbonne must find a way to provide for her frail, naive sister while managing her volatile brother. Relying on petty magic—la magie ordinaire—Camille painstakingly transforms scraps of metal into money to buy the food and medicine they need. But when the coins won’t hold their shape and her brother disappears with the family’s savings, Camille must pursue a richer, more dangerous mark: the glittering court of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. With dark magic forbidden by her mother, Camille transforms herself into the ‘Baroness de la Fontaine’ and is swept up into life at the Palace of Versailles, where aristocrats both fear and hunger for la magie. There, she gambles at cards, desperate to have enough to keep herself and her sister safe. Yet the longer she stays at court, the more difficult it becom...