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Kayla Reads and Reviews
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We are all told, “live your life to the fullest”; I am here to do just that. Kayla Reads and Reviews serves as a vessel to project my passions, and clue in my loyal readers as to what inspires me in this crazy world. So, sit back, relax, and read on.
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Head Over Heels by Hannah Orenstein (ARC Review)
The past seven years have been hard on Avery Abrams: After training her entire life to make the Olympic gymnastics team, a disastrous...
Kayla Isabel
Sep 8, 20203 min read
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Darius The Great Deserves Better by Adib Khorram (eARC Review)
In this companion to the award-winning Darius the Great Is Not Okay, Darius suddenly has it all: a boyfriend, an internship, a spot on...
Kayla Isabel
Sep 7, 20203 min read
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Love, Creekwood (Simonverse #3.5) by Becky Albertalli
Fall in love all over again with the characters from the bestselling Simonverse novels in this highly anticipated epilogue novella....
Kayla Isabel
Sep 6, 20201 min read
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Darius The Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
Darius doesn’t think he’ll ever be enough, in America or in Iran. Darius Kellner speaks better Klingon than Farsi, and he knows...
Kayla Isabel
Sep 4, 20202 min read
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September Releases I Can Not Wait to Read! (And One I Have Already Read)
September is upon us and it doesn’t feel real! It almost feels like the rest of the year didn’t happen, because of how much time we have...
Kayla Isabel
Sep 1, 202010 min read
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August Wrap-Up
Hello my friends! I can not believe that it is already the end of August, summer is coming to close and the school year is beginning! I’m...
Kayla Isabel
Aug 31, 20202 min read
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The Life and (Medieval) Times of Kit Sweetly by Jamie Pacton (Book Review)
Working as a wench ― i.e. waitress ― at a cheesy medieval-themed restaurant in the Chicago suburbs, Kit Sweetly dreams of being a knight...
Kayla Isabel
Aug 27, 20202 min read
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Recommended For You by Laura Silverman (ARC Review)
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before meets You’ve Got Mail in this charming and hilarious rom-com following two teen booksellers whose...
Kayla Isabel
Aug 26, 20202 min read
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A Good Girls Guide to Murder (A Good Girls Guide to Murder #1) by Holly Jackson (Book Review)
The case is closed. Five years ago, schoolgirl Andie Bell was murdered by Sal Singh. The police know he did it. Everyone in town knows he...
Kayla Isabel
Aug 23, 20202 min read
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Check, Please! Book 2: Sticks and Scones by Ngozi Ukazu
Eric Bittle is heading into his junior year at Samwell University, and not only does he have new teammates―he has a brand new boyfriend!...
Kayla Isabel
Aug 19, 20202 min read
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Stealing Home (Sweet Magnolias #1) by Sherryl Woods
The Sweet Magnolias is now a Netflix Original Series! From #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Sherryl Woods For the Sweet Magnolias,...
Kayla Isabel
Aug 11, 20202 min read
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July Wrap Up
Hello my friends! I can not believe that July is coming to an end, August is here and the summer is almost over! I read a total of nine...
Kayla Isabel
Aug 3, 20201 min read
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The Upside of Falling by Alex Light (Book Review)
It’s been years since seventeen-year-old Becca Hart believed in true love. But when her former best friend teases her for not having a...
Kayla Isabel
Jul 31, 20202 min read
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With The Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo (Book Review)
With her daughter to care for and her abuela to help support, high school senior Emoni Santiago has to make the tough decisions, and do...
Kayla Isabel
Jul 30, 20202 min read
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Top Ten Books That Gave Me The Warm Fuzzies
Hello friends! Top Ten Tuesdays is a blog meme run by That Artsy Reader Girl and every week there is a new top ten list for you to post...
Kayla Isabel
Jul 28, 20202 min read
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Happy Again (This Is What Happy Looks Like #1.5) by Jennifer E. Smith (Book Review)
Ellie O’Neill and Graham Larkin fell hard for each other when a misspelled email address unexpectedly brought them together. Now, over a...
Kayla Isabel
Jul 27, 20202 min read
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Let’s Go to the Beach! (Summer Series #4)
Hi friends! I know it’s already mid-summer and I haven’t been posting these regularly! But here we are! Books that take place at the...
Kayla Isabel
Jul 26, 20206 min read
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The Hidden Power of F*cking Up by The Try Guys (Audio Book Review)
The Try Guys deliver their first book—an inspirational self-improvement guide that teaches you that the path to success is littered with...
Kayla Isabel
Jul 24, 20202 min read
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You’re Not Special: A (Sort-Of) Memoir by Meghan Reinks (ARC Review)
In her first-ever (sort of) memoir, the beloved actor and YouTube sensation gets personal about everything from mental health to drunken...
Kayla Isabel
Jul 23, 20202 min read
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Gimme Everything You Got by Iva-Marie Palmer (ARC Review)
A feminist, sex-positive, and hilarious rom-com about a girl in 1970s Chicago trying everything she can to score—on and off the soccer...
Kayla Isabel
Jul 22, 20203 min read
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