Candy Bunny Reader

  Well, I haven't done one of these in a while!  Here is Part 1 and Part 2 in case you missed them!  Do you like any of these books, too? 1. A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger 2. Flip the Script by Lyla Lee 3. The Bone series by Jeff Smith 4. Legends and Lattes and the prequel Bookshops and Bonedust by Travis Baldree 5. Sleeping Around by Morgan Vega 6. Witch Hat Atelier manga series by Kamome Shirahama 7. Bloomability by Sharon Creech 8. Book Lovers by Emily Henry 9. PS I Like You by Kasie West 10. Garlic and the Witch and it's sequel Garlic and the Vampire by Bree Paulsen 11.  The Lady Janies series by Cynthia Hand, Brodie Ashton, and Jodi Meadows 12. A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

These are not all 5 star books, as you can see. These are books (and two series that's still ongoing) that I read this year that now just have a special place in my heart 😍. Tell me your favorite books of the year! Sleeping Around by Morgan Vega The Witch Hat Atelier manga series by Kamome Shirahama Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan One Piece manga series by Eichiro Oda Jane of Lantern Hill by LM Montgomery The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert Beatty The Last Cherry Blossom by Kathleen Burkinshaw Nevermoor Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend

I promised you a long time ago I would make a part 2! Here are other underrated books I have read in the last few years that I recommend you read as well. 1. Sleeping Around by Morgan Vega This is a YA novel about 18-year old violinist Coralee Reed who grew up in the foster care system (and gets extended foster care in the beginning of the book) and is starting her first year of college. Due to a miscommunication, she is unable to get into the dorm that is associated with the music program of her college, and has to share a room with two other girls until she gets a permanent solution. While Corey (her nickname) is navigating her new life at college, she wonders if she will ever find her place in the world, especially after having grown up going around from foster home to foster home and not having a stable group of friends at her many schools. Additionally, a formerly rocky relationship she had with another violinist named Dylan is starting to change for the better. You can check out ...

Now this is a massively underrated book! Sleeping Around by Morgan Vega  is a YA contemporary novel about a college freshman named Coralee Reed (who prefers to be called Corey) who is in extended foster care and loves to play violin. Her first year of college does not start out smoothly because she didn't get into the music program at her college, so she ends up sharing a room with two other girls. One of the roommates named Emma is really sweet and quickly becomes her friend, but the other roommate named Harper is really mean to both of them, making their living situation hard. Corey finds out from her orchestra professor that if she makes first chair in the violin section, she could get her own dorm room. She realizes she has to compete with her long-time rival, Dylan, to get it, because since they knew each other in high school he has always been first chair and she second. Not sleeping well at night takes a toll on her being able to do well in orchestra and her other classes, ...