My Creatively Random Life

Title:  COLOR ME IN Author:  Natasha Diaz Pub. Date:  August 20, 2019 Publisher:  Delacorte Press Formats:  Hardcover, eBook, Audiobook Pages:  384 Find it:   Goodreads ,  Amazon ,  Kindle ,  Audible ,  B&N ,  iBooks ,  Kobo ,  TBD Debut YA author Natasha Diaz pulls from her personal experience to inform this powerful coming-of-age novel about the meaning of friendship, the joyful beginnings of romance, and the racism and religious intolerance that can both strain a family to the breaking point and strengthen its bonds. Who is Nevaeh Levitz? Growing up in an affluent suburb of New York City, sixteen-year-old Nevaeh Levitz never thought much about her biracial roots. When her Black mom and Jewish dad split up, she relocates to her mom's family home in Harlem and is forced to confront her identity for the first time. Nevaeh wants to get to know her extended family, but one of he...

Title:  ECRIVAIN (Ecrivain Academy Book 1) Author:  Elizabeth Dunlap Pub. Date:  July 21, 2019 Publisher:  Elizabeth Dunlap Formats:  Paperback, eBook Pages:  282 Find it:   Goodreads ,  Amazon ,  Kindle Read For Free on KU! Welcome to Ecrivain Academy. Here in these storied halls you will be trained to become one of the greatest writers the world has ever known. There are poetry battles. Friends. Enemies. Is your story a romance? Or is it something darker? Explore all Ecrivain has to offer. That is, if you can survive until graduation. Excerpt: Hit send. Just hit send. My finger hovered over the enter key, and I chewed on my lip in hesitation. Come on, Calliope, my inner monologue quipped. Don’t be a coward. Taking a deep breath, I squeezed my eyes shut and slammed my finger onto the enter button. My lungs emptied with a very loud sigh and I peeked one eye out to se...

One of the Girls by Robin Daniels FROM ENDZONE TO FRIENDZONE… Senior Nick Moody is the second string quarterback on Roosevelt High School’s championship football team. He’s crushed on Mia for years, but she doesn’t know he exists. It’s time to come off the bench and into the game. Nick refuses to graduate without getting the girl or the glory. Mia Ashlock is the remarkably kind cheer captain. She’s a yes girl, and her penchant for people pleasing always leads to bad relationships. After being humiliated in a very public dumping, her teammates decide to break her bad habit with a ban on boyfriends. When Nick sees a poster, advertising cheer tryouts, he has a crazy idea: quit football and become a cheerleader. It’s perfect! He can get close to Mia and steal the spotlight, using his true and hidden talent—gymnastics. Nick and Mia have instant chemistry, but it does him little good. If Mia’s zero dating rule weren’t bad enough, the team treats him less like boyfriend material an...