Cixin Liu, as is the case with most great science fiction authors, has a proclivity for inspiring a unique hope in me. This is the kind of story that makes me want to get up and do something, makes me …
Month: August 2017

Sandhya Menon is Coming to BookBar and the BookWorms Are in Love
So you’ve probably heard that Sandhya Menon is coming to BookBar on August 20th at 4 PM, right? I, Emma the BookWorm, a young woman who refuses to do anything but hide in her room and read stories about Jack …
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Ella- How To Disappear
Title: How to Disappear Author: Sharon Huss Roat Publisher: HarperTeen Release Date: August, 2017 Have you ever felt like you don’t want anyone to see you? This book is about a girl named Vicky who is terrified of talking to …

Gabi- Daughter of the Burning City
Title: Daughter of the Burning City Author: Amanda Foody Publisher: Harlequin Teen Release Date: July 25, 2017 Sixteen-year old Sorina Gomorrah is a girl who has spent most of her life within the Gomorrah Festival–a traveling circus-city catering to the …
Emma & Omar’s Back to School Reads (2017)
With summer coming to an end, many of us are groaning with the thought of back to school shopping and getting back to that dull, robotic schedule. So before we go back, we have a few books that we insist …

September’s BookBar Book Club Review: ‘Marked Men’ by Joseph Hutchison
This is the featured book for September’s Bookbar book club, and will be hosted by our staff member Tommy. Joseph Hutchison will be present as well to join in on the discussion of his book. Be there, September 13 at 7 pm! It’s …
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Lillian- This Is Not The End
Title: This is Not the End Author: Chandler Baker Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Release Date: August, 2017 The only thing Lake Deveraux had on her mind on that cloudless, summer afternoon was hanging out with her two best friends and planning her 18th …