A Mango Shaped Space by Wendy Mass & Splendor by Anna Godbersen

I just finished A Mango Shaped Space by Wendy Mass. This was a quick read and a great book. It is about Mia, who finds out the colors she sees is a real condition called Synesthesia.

Brief summary: "Afraid that she is crazy, thirteen-year-old Mia, who sees a special color with every letter, number, and sound, keeps this a secret until she becomes overwhelmed by school, changing relationships, and the death of her beloved cat, Mango. "


I am currently reading Splendor by Anna Godbersen. It is book 4 in the Luxe Series and I am addicted! I can not wait to crack open this book and bury my nose. I have refrained from reading the spoilers which is so unlike me because usually I can not wait. I just hope everything works out the way I want it to!

Brief summary: "In 1900 New York City, fashionable debutante Diana Holland and married soldier Henry Schoonmaker risk their place in society to be with one another."

Eleven Birthdays

Eleven Birthdays
By: Wendy Mass

Since the day they were born Amanda and Leo have been best friends. After celebrating their birthday together every year for nine years the two have a falling out right before their tenth birthday party. They haven’t spoken for a year and their eleventh birthday is drawing near. What they don’t know is that they are destined to repeat their eleventh birthday over and over again until they can make things right.

Amanda and Leo’s parents meet at the birthing center the day both kids are born and think they will never see one another again. Under strange circumstances a year later they both end up at the same party place. The two babies meet and become fast friends. They spend every year celebrating their birthday together until their tenth birthday when Amanda is hurt by Leo. They stop speaking for an entire year and as their eleventh birthday approaches they begin wondering what it will be like to spend the first birthday apart from one another. When her dreaded day has finally ended Amanda is glad to go to bed only to wake up the next day to find it is her birthday all over again. She continues to wake to the same day until she realizes that the cycle won’t end unless she and Leo make things right again. This is a cute story that is reminiscent in plot to the movie Groundhogs Day but geared towards pre-teens/young adults. I especially enjoyed Amanda’s voice as she tried to rectify her wrongs only to find that what she thought she needed fixing wasn’t really what was wrong at all.