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I played around with this week\u2019s theme a little (because it’s a freebie week!)<\/i> and I ended up with Top Ten Books I’m Thankful to Have Read as ARCs!<\/strong><\/p>\n *all links go to (and summaries come from) goodreads!<\/i><\/p>\n This is another great underrated YA book that is SO IMPORTANT. I never learned anything about the events in this book while I was in school, and I definitely should have because, again, SUPER important.<\/p>\n So what are you Thankful for this year? Let me know in the comments!<\/p>\n Happy Tuesday! Top Ten Tuesday is a Bookish Meme hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl, and this week\u2019s theme is Thanksgiving\/Thankful Freebie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1272,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[25,500],"tags":[460,462,8,499,246],"reading-challenges":[],"class_list":["post-1131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bookish-memes","category-top-ten-tuesday","tag-bookish-meme","tag-kait-plus-books","tag-kaitplusbooks","tag-thanksgiving","tag-top-ten-tuesday"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/TTT-11-20-18-1.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1131"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1273,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131\/revisions\/1273"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1131"},{"taxonomy":"reading-challenges","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reading-challenges?post=1131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Meet Me In Outer Space<\/a><\/i> by Melinda Grace<\/a><\/h2>\n
This is an #ownvoices book about a swoony college romance starring a girl with Central Auditory Processing Disorder. It’s at the top of this list because both the author and I also have CAPD! It comes out on March 12, 2019 and I hope you’ll all take a look at it because it is an AMAZING book!<\/h4>\n
Summary:<\/h5>\n
Smart and unflinching, this #OwnVoices debut contemporary novel stars an ambitious college student who refuses to be defined by her central auditory processing disorder.<\/h5>\n
Edie Kits has a learning disability. Well, not a learning disability exactly, but a disability that impacts her learning. It isn’t visible, it isn’t obvious, and it isn’t something she likes to advertise.<\/h5>\n
And for three semesters of college, her hard work and perseverance have carried her through. Edie thinks she has her disability under control until she meets her match with a French 102 course and a professor unwilling to help her out.<\/h5>\n
Edie finds herself caught between getting the help she needs and convincing her professor that she isn’t looking for an easy out. Luckily for Edie, she has an amazing best friend, Serena, who is willing to stitch together a plan to ensure Edie’s success. And then there’s Hudson, the badly dressed but undoubtedly adorable TA in her French class who finds himself pulled into her orbit…<\/h5>\n
Chosen by readers like you for Macmillan’s young adult imprint Swoon Reads, Meet Me in Outer Space<\/i> is a sweet, heartachingly real story of love and college life by debut author Melinda Grace.<\/h5>\n
And I Darken<\/a><\/i> by Kiersten White<\/a><\/h2>\n
If you’ve visited my blog before, you probably know that this is like, my favorite book ever. I told Kiersten White that a few months ago and I’m still thinking about how I could have worded it better. Anyway, it’s a fantastically ruthless book and you should all read it.<\/h4>\n
Summary:<\/h5>\n
NO ONE EXPECTS A PRINCESS TO BE BRUTAL. And Lada Dragwlya likes it that way. Ever since she and her gentle younger brother, Radu, were wrenched from their homeland of Wallachia and abandoned by their father to be raised in the Ottoman courts, Lada has known that being ruthless is the key to survival. She and Radu are doomed to act as pawns in a vicious game, an unseen sword hovering over their every move. For the lineage that makes them special also makes them targets.<\/h5>\n
Lada despises the Ottomans and bides her time, planning her vengeance for the day when she can return to Wallachia and claim her birthright. Radu longs only for a place where he feels safe. And when they meet Mehmed, the defiant and lonely son of the sultan, who\u2019s expected to rule a nation, Radu feels that he\u2019s made a true friend\u2014and Lada wonders if she\u2019s finally found someone worthy of her passion.<\/h5>\n
But Mehmed is heir to the very empire that Lada has sworn to fight against\u2014and that Radu now considers home. Together, Lada, Radu, and Mehmed form a toxic triangle that strains the bonds of love and loyalty to the breaking point.<\/h5>\n
Dread Nation<\/a><\/i> by Justina Ireland<\/a><\/h2>\n
Yesterday’s Facebook memories reminded me that it’s been a year since I finished this book and realized this is in fact NOT a standalone. I thought it was right up until the last… oh 5% So if anyone knows when book two is coming out, PLEASE let me know!!!<\/h4>\n
Summary:<\/h5>\n
Jane McKeene was born two days before the dead began to walk the battlefields of Gettysburg and Chancellorsville\u2014derailing the War Between the States and changing America forever. In this new nation, safety for all depends on the work of a few, and laws like the Native and Negro Reeducation Act require certain children attend combat schools to learn to put down the dead. But there are also opportunities\u2014and Jane is studying to become an Attendant, trained in both weaponry and etiquette to protect the well-to-do. It\u2019s a chance for a better life for Negro girls like Jane. After all, not even being the daughter of a wealthy white Southern woman could save her from society\u2019s expectations.<\/h5>\n
But that\u2019s not a life Jane wants. Almost finished with her education at Miss Preston\u2019s School of Combat in Baltimore, Jane is set on returning to her Kentucky home and doesn\u2019t pay much mind to the politics of the eastern cities, with their talk of returning America to the glory of its days before the dead rose. But when families around Baltimore County begin to go missing, Jane is caught in the middle of a conspiracy, one that finds her in a desperate fight for her life against some powerful enemies. And the restless dead, it would seem, are the least of her problems.<\/h5>\n
Queens of Geek<\/a><\/i> by Jen Wilde<\/a><\/h2>\n
A story about fangirls with anxiety that inspired my currently bright pink hair? Yes please!!!<\/h4>\n
Summary:<\/h5>\n
Three friends, two love stories, one convention: this fun, feminist love letter to geek culture is all about fandom, friendship, and finding the courage to be yourself.<\/strong><\/h5>\n
Charlie likes to stand out. She\u2019s a vlogger and actress promoting her first movie at SupaCon, and this is her chance to show fans she\u2019s over her public breakup with co-star Reese Ryan. When internet-famous cool-girl actress Alyssa Huntington arrives as a surprise guest, it seems Charlie\u2019s long-time crush on her isn\u2019t as one-sided as she thought.<\/h5>\n
Taylor likes to blend in. Her brain is wired differently, making her fear change. And there\u2019s one thing in her life she knows will never change: her friendship with her best guy friend Jamie\u2014no matter how much she may secretly want it to. But when she hears about a fan contest for her favorite fandom, she starts to rethink her rules on playing it safe.<\/h5>\n
Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde, chosen by readers like you for Macmillan’s young adult imprint Swoon Reads, is an empowering novel for anyone who has ever felt that fandom is family.<\/h5>\n
Eliza and Her Monsters<\/a><\/i> by Francesca Zappia<\/a><\/h2>\n
You know how sometimes you’re reading a book and it feels like the author knows your soul? That’s how this book felt. I highly<\/strong> recommend it!<\/h4>\n
Summary:<\/h5>\n
Her story is a phenomenon. Her life is a disaster.<\/i><\/h5>\n
In the real world, Eliza Mirk is shy, weird, and friendless. Online, she\u2019s LadyConstellation, the anonymous creator of the wildly popular webcomic Monstrous Sea<\/i>. Eliza can\u2019t imagine enjoying the real world as much as she loves the online one, and she has no desire to try.<\/h5>\n
Then Wallace Warland, Monstrous Sea<\/i>\u2019s biggest fanfiction writer, transfers to her school. Wallace thinks Eliza is just another fan, and as he draws her out of her shell, she begins to wonder if a life offline might be worthwhile.<\/h5>\n
But when Eliza\u2019s secret is accidentally shared with the world, everything she\u2019s built\u2014her story, her relationship with Wallace, and even her sanity\u2014begins to fall apart.<\/h5>\n
The Upside of Unrequited<\/a><\/i> by Becky Albertalli<\/a><\/h2>\n
Okay, I know I said the last book was literally me, but so was this one!!! It was my introduction so the SimonVerse and after reading all three books currently out, Molly is still my favorite character. So read this immediately!<\/h4>\n
Summary:<\/h5>\n
Seventeen-year-old Molly Peskin-Suso knows all about unrequited love\u2014she\u2019s lived through it twenty-six times. She crushes hard and crushes often, but always in secret. Because no matter how many times her twin sister, Cassie, tells her to woman up, Molly can\u2019t stomach the idea of rejection. So she\u2019s careful. Fat girls always<\/i> have to be careful.<\/h5>\n
Then a cute new girl enters Cassie\u2019s orbit, and for the first time ever, Molly\u2019s cynical twin is a lovesick mess. Meanwhile, Molly\u2019s totally not dying of loneliness\u2014except for the part where she is. Luckily, Cassie\u2019s new girlfriend comes with a cute hipster-boy sidekick. Will is funny and flirtatious and just might be perfect crush material. Maybe more than crush material. And if Molly can win him over, she\u2019ll get her first kiss and<\/i> she\u2019ll get her twin back.<\/h5>\n
There\u2019s only one problem: Molly\u2019s coworker Reid. He\u2019s an awkward Tolkien superfan with a season pass to the Ren Faire, and there\u2019s absolutely no way Molly could fall for him. Right?<\/h5>\n
Iron Cast<\/a><\/i> by Destiny Soria<\/a><\/h2>\n
This is like the BEST underrated YA book ever in the history of everything. Everything about it is perfect, but the friendships were honestly #brotpgoals (or maybe #squadgoals?)<\/h4>\n
Summary:<\/h5>\n
In 1919, Ada Navarra\u2014the intrepid daughter of immigrants\u2014and Corinne Wells\u2014a spunky, devil-may-care heiress\u2014make an unlikely pair. But at the Cast Iron nightclub in Boston, anything and everything is possible. At night, on stage together, the two best friends, whose \u201cafflicted\u201d blood gives them the ability to create illusions through art, weave magic under the employ of Johnny Dervish, the club\u2019s owner and a notorious gangster. By day, Ada and Corinne use these same skills to con the city\u2019s elite in an attempt to keep the club afloat.<\/h5>\n
When a \u201cjob\u201d goes awry and Ada is imprisoned, she realizes they\u2019re on the precipice of danger. Only Corinne\u2014her partner in crime\u2014can break her out of Haversham Asylum. But once Ada is out, they face betrayal at every turn.<\/h5>\n
Holding Up the Universe<\/a><\/i> by Jennifer Niven<\/a><\/h2>\n
It’s not great<\/i> fat representation, but it’s still fat representation. And I really did enjoy it.<\/h4>\n
Summary:<\/h5>\n
Everyone thinks they know Libby Strout, the girl once dubbed \u201cAmerica\u2019s Fattest Teen.\u201d But no one\u2019s taken the time to look past her weight to get to know who she really is. Following her mom\u2019s death, she\u2019s been picking up the pieces in the privacy of her home, dealing with her heartbroken father and her own grief. Now, Libby\u2019s ready: for high school, for new friends, for love, and for EVERY POSSIBILITY LIFE HAS TO OFFER. In that moment, I know the part I want to play here at MVB High. I want to be the girl who can do anything.<\/span><\/h5>\n
Everyone thinks they know Jack Masselin, too. Yes, he\u2019s got swagger, but he\u2019s also mastered the impossible art of giving people what they want, of fitting in. What no one knows is that Jack has a newly acquired secret: he can\u2019t recognize faces. Even his own brothers are strangers to him. He\u2019s the guy who can re-engineer and rebuild anything in new and bad-ass ways, but he can\u2019t understand what\u2019s going on with the inner workings of his brain. So he tells himself to play it cool: Be charming. Be hilarious. Don\u2019t get too close to anyone.<\/h5>\n
Until he meets Libby. When the two get tangled up in a cruel high school game\u2014which lands them in group counseling and community service\u2014Libby and Jack are both pissed, and then surprised. Because the more time they spend together, the less alone they feel. . . . Because sometimes when you meet someone, it changes the world, theirs and yours.<\/h5>\n
Jennifer Niven delivers another poignant, exhilarating love story about finding that person who sees you for who you are\u2014and seeing them right back.<\/h5>\n
Monday’s Not Coming<\/a><\/i> by Tiffany D. Jackson<\/a><\/h5>\n
Okay. It’s been more than three months since I read this book, and I’m STILL<\/strong> not over it. I also have questions, like does everyone in DC choose their high schools? And you have to apply for them? Because that just sounds fake.<\/h4>\n
Summary:<\/h5>\n
Monday Charles is missing, and only Claudia seems to notice. Claudia and Monday have always been inseparable\u2014more sisters than friends. So when Monday doesn\u2019t turn up for the first day of school, Claudia\u2019s worried. When she doesn\u2019t show for the second day, or second week, Claudia knows that something is wrong. Monday wouldn\u2019t just leave her to endure tests and bullies alone. Not after last year\u2019s rumors and not with her grades on the line. Now Claudia needs her best\u2014and only\u2014friend more than ever. But Monday\u2019s mother refuses to give Claudia a straight answer, and Monday\u2019s sister April is even less help.<\/h5>\n
As Claudia digs deeper into her friend\u2019s disappearance, she discovers that no one seems to remember the last time they saw Monday. How can a teenage girl just vanish without anyone noticing that she\u2019s gone?<\/h5>\n
Dreamland Burning<\/a><\/i> by Jennifer Latham<\/a><\/h2>\n
Summary:<\/h5>\n
Some bodies won\u2019t stay buried. Some stories need to be told.<\/i><\/h5>\n
When seventeen-year-old Rowan Chase finds a skeleton on her family\u2019s property, she has no idea that investigating the brutal century-old murder will lead to a summer of painful discoveries about the past, the present, and herself.<\/h5>\n
One hundred years earlier, a single violent encounter propels seventeen-year-old Will Tillman into a racial firestorm. In a country rife with violence against blacks and a hometown segregated by Jim Crow, Will must make hard choices on a painful journey towards self discovery and face his inner demons in order to do what\u2019s right the night Tulsa burns.<\/h5>\n
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