Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu Book Review & Film Comparison (SPOILERS)

 Book Title: Moxie

Author: Jennifer Mathieu

My Rating: 5*

Publisher: Hodder

Publication Date: 21/09/17

Genre(s): YA, Feminism, Contemporary

Pages: 340

Format Read: Paperback

Goodreads: Vivian Carter is fed up. Fed up with her high school teachers who think the football team can do no wrong. Fed up with sexist dress codes, hallway harassment and gross comments from guys during class. But most of all, Viv Carter is fed up with always following the rules.

Viv's mum was a tough-as-nails, punk rock Riot Grrrl in the '90s, and now Viv takes a page from her mother's past and creates Moxie, a feminist zine that she distributes anonymously to her classmates. She's just blowing off steam, but other girls respond and spread the Moxie message. As Viv forges friendships with other young women across the divides of cliques and popularity rankings, she realises that what she has started is nothing short of a girl revolution.

The Girls I've Been by Tess Sharpe Book Review

 Book Title: The Girls I’ve Been

Author: Tess Sharpe

My Rating: 4*

Publisher: Hodder Children’s Books

Publication Date: 04/02/21

Genre(s): YA, Thriller, LGBT

Pages: 336

Format Read: E-book Arc

Goodreads: Nora O’Malley’s been a lot of girls. As the daughter of a con-artist who targets criminal men, she grew up as her mother’s protégé. But when mom fell for the mark instead of conning him, Nora pulled the ultimate con: escape.

For five years Nora’s been playing at normal. But she needs to dust off the skills she ditched because she has three problems:

#1: Her ex walked in on her with her girlfriend. Even though they’re all friends, Wes didn’t know about her and Iris.

#2: The morning after Wes finds them kissing, they all have to meet to deposit the fundraiser money they raised at the bank. It’s a nightmare that goes from awkward to deadly, because:

#3: Right after they enter bank, two guys start robbing it.

The bank robbers may be trouble, but Nora’s something else entirely. They have no idea who they’re really holding hostage…

*thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for a copy in exchange for an honest review*

The Cousins by Karen M. McManus Review

Book Title: The Cousins

Author: Karen M. McManus

My Rating: 4*

Publisher: Penguin

Publication Date: 03/12/20

Genre(s): Young Adult, Mystery

Pages: 325

Format Read: Paperback

Goodreads: The Storys are the envy of their neighbours: owners of the largest property on their East Coast island, they are rich, beautiful, and close. Until it all falls apart. The four children are suddenly dropped by their mother with a single sentence:

You know what you did.

They never hear from her again.

Years later, when 18-year-old cousins Aubrey, Milly and Jonah Story receive a mysterious invitation to spend the summer at their grandmother's resort, they have no choice but to follow their curiosity and meet the woman who's been such an enigma their entire lives.

This entire family is built on secrets, right? It's the Story legacy.

This summer, the teenagers are determined to discover the truth at the heart of their family. But some secrets are better left alone.

#TsundokuSquad Book of the Month- January (SPOILERS)

Hello!

In my last post I introduced the #TsundokuSquad book club I am a part of and today I am going to share our views on our first book! We chose Love at the Northern Lights by Darcie Boleyn. We read about 25% of the book every week and talked about it at the weekend.

#TsundokuSquad Introduction!

 

The Tsundoku Squad book club is a group of people in a group chat on Twitter and we read one book a month and discuss a section at the end of each week to see our thoughts on it. We talk books and everything else too and we are always having a good laugh! There are 13 of us (all female), 12 are from the UK and 1 is all the way in USA!

Our January pick was Love at the Northen Lights by Darcie Boleyn as it was a free kindle book at the time and we thought a cosy romance would be a good start for our first book.

Our February pick is Paris by Starlight by Robert Dinsdale.

 

At the end of each month I will share our thoughts in a blog post. We are planning to read a wide range of books of different genres to suit everyone's tastes and I am really looking forward to the year ahead.