Alchemy of Genres

Top reads, fiction and nonfiction for teens

This time around, with the new format of "anything goes", I am including nonfiction titles as well as fiction.  Hope you enjoy my selections,

Saleena

Hear about a range of teen titles, Saleena chose as the best for the month

Changing our format a bit, now each month will share a "best of" picking out the titles I am going to share for various reasons but always trying to present a variety of options & genres.  Enjoy!

These are my picks for best of the year, according to what I have read from late Dec through to last week.  Titles may actually be a bit older, but if they touched me, and I read them this year...it counted.  Enjoy and let's hope for an awesome 2022!

Saleena's picks for best books (and/or series, because some WERE binge-read) of the year.  To clarify, these are books read this year, so some books may not be new, just new to her.  

A quick episode focused on some fun books to read when you just want to enjoy an adventure or a romance without any deep thinking required.

This is a mix (as per usual) of many genres (so many people thing fluffy only means romance stories).  Basically I define fluffy as escapist books that allow you to turn off your brain and just enjoy.  So, hope you enjoy the list.

Tales on the dark side, dealing with magic, or just the inhumanity of man or exploring dark eras of history.  Highly recommended books to start conversations, make you think or just escape into a world a bit darker than usually expected.

What is dark fiction?  Sometimes fiction that deals with dark magic, sometimes fictions that delves into difficult subjects and sometimes fiction that looks at a perspective that isn't normally seen (like, Harley Quinn for instance).

This podcast will look at book titles & book series' that look at the dark stuff (which doesn't mean there are't happy endings, only that they have to work a bit harder to get there).   :)