Hello! Welcome to The Series Review! Do you love to read? Do you need an idea of what to read next? This is the podcast for you! In every episode of The Series Review, I, your host, Riya B, will review a book or series that I have read. Ranging from begin
Hi everyone! I'm so sorry I've been gone for so long, but I hope this episode makes up for it. I decided to bring my friend Reese on the podcast so we could have a chat about some of our favorite books, genres, and even music. Enjoy the episode!
Hello everyone! Today I will be doing my July Reading Review! Enjoy!
Hey everyone! Today I will be reviewing Yellowface by R.F. Kuang. Yellowface was a wild ride, and I'm excited to share it with you. Please look up a list of trigger warnings in Yellowface before reading. Enjoy!
Hey everyone! Today I will be reviewing The Summer of Broken Rules by K.L. Walther. Enjoy!
Hello everyone! Today I will be reviewing Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon. Enjoy!
Hello everyone! Today I will be sharing all the books I read in June and some of the books I would like to read in July! Enjoy!
Hello everyone! Today I will be reviewing A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson. Enjoy!
Hey everyone! Today I will be discussing all the books I read during May. Enjoy!
Hello everyone, today I will be doing a March and April reading review! Head on over to Spotify to see the video pocdcast! Enjoy!
Hello! Enjoy my Feb reading review! Let me know what books I should review next! Enjoy! Cover pic: Aung Soe Min from Unsplash
Hello everyone! Today I will be reviewing Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller. This is one of my most favorite books. Enjoy!
hello everyone! today i will be discussing all the books i read in january, the reviews i gave the books, and the books i want to read in february. enjoy! cover pic: unsplash, all credit to owner
hello everyone! today i will be discussing some christmas, hannukah, and wintery books i have read recently. enjoy! cover pic is NOT mine, found it on pinterest, all creds to owner.
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hey friends! today i am going to be rambling about books. i suggest doing something else while listening because this is a loooooooong episode. enjoy! email: theseriesreview13@gmail.com ps. episode cover found online it doesn't belong to me all credit to the owner
Hello! Today I will be reviewing the book One Speck of Truth by Caela Carter. This is a wonderful book about family and answers, and I hope you enjoy! Email: theseriesreview13@gmail.com
Hello all! Today I will be reviewing a great middle grade book: Five Things About Ava Andrews, by Margaret Dilloway. This is an awesome book about friendship, anxiety, and improvisation. Enjoy! Email: theseriesreview13@gmail.com
Hello! In this video podcast, I gave you a list of some awesome middle grade summer reads that you should check out. Happy Summer! Enjoy! Email: theseriesreview13@gmail.com Voice message me! https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/riya-b13/message
Hello! Today I am reviewing the outstanding YA novel, This is Our Place by Vitor Martins, translated by Larissa Helena. This is Our Place is a fabulous book about family, love, homes, connections, and relationships. This novel follows three teenagers: Ana, in the year 2000; Greg, in the year 2010; and Beto, in the year 2020. I absolutely adored this book, and I can't wait to share it with you! Enjoy! Send a voice message: anchor.fm/riyab13/message
hey y'all! today I'm going to be providing y'all with some book recommendations! these are all books that I have read recently. I enjoyed most of them, I think! Enjoy!
Today I will be answering your questions about me! Email me: theseriesreview13@gmail.com
Happy holidays, everyone! Today I'll be reviewing the Heartstopper graphic novel series by Alice Oseman. This is a YA series, so some mature topics will be discussed during this episode. I really love the Heartstopper series, and I asked for the Heartstopper Yearbook for Christmas, so I really hope I'm able to read that one soon. The Heartstopper series follows Charlie and Nick, two boys who are completely different but somehow make a connection. They go from classmates to best friends to boyfriends. This is such a warm and cozy series, although there are some more difficult topics discussed in the later books. The second book in this series is probably my favorite graphic novel ever, so I highly suggest reading the Heartstopper books. Happy holidays and enjoy! Send me a voice message: anchor.fm/riya-b13/message Ⓣⓗⓐⓝⓚⓢ ⓕⓞⓡ ⓛⓘⓢⓣⓔⓝⓘⓝⓖ ⓣⓞ Ⓣⓗⓔ Ⓢⓔⓡⓘⓔⓢ Ⓡⓔⓥⓘⓔⓦ
Hey everyone! I'm so excited for this episode because I am reviewing the sequel to Dress Coded: The First Rule of Climate Club by Carrie Firestone. I love this novel so much and I highly recommend it. When Mary Kate joins a special science class in 8th grade, she realizes so many climate struggles in the world around her. So many kids waste food at lunch. Lots of people buy new clothes that they never wear. Parents leave their cars running in the parking lot all the time. The worst part of all, though, is that the mayor won't listen to anyone about climate change! He seems to think the city is fine the way it is. But Mary Kate Murphy and her friends are determined to change that. Email me at theseriesreview13@gmail.com. Enjoy! Send me a voice message at anchor.fm/riya-b13/message Thank you for listening to
Note: this novel is YA, meaning there are some mature topics discussed in the novel and in the episode. Hello! Today I'll be reviewing Once More with Chutzpah by Haley Neil, an amazing YA novel about finding yourself and processing grief. I really liked Once More with Chutzpah and I'm so excited to share it with you! Once More with Chutzpah follows Tally Gelmont, an amazing protagonist with a strong and unique voice. Tally discovers so many different things about herself while she's in Israel, trying to "fix" her twin brother Max. She learns more about herself and her sexuality through new experiences and new friends. Email me at theseriesreview13@gmail.com. Enjoy! Send me a voice message at anchor.fm/riya-b13/message Thank you for listening to
Today I am reviewing The Flyers by Beth Turley! I loved The Flyers and I'm so excited to share it with you. Elena Martinez is chosen for a week long summer internship with her favorite magazine, and she hopes that traveling to New York City will take away her troubles with her best friend and help her to speak up. She meets Whitney, a fashion expert, Harlow, an amazing journalist, and Cailin, a social media star with a secret love for photography. Email me at theseriesreview13@gmail.com. Enjoy! Send me a voice message at anchor.fm/riya-b13/message Thank you for listening to
40th OFFICIAL EPISODE CELEBRATION! Today I'll be reviewing Spin with Me by Ami Polonsky. I loved this novel and I'm so glad I get to share it with you. I've been wanting to read Spin with Me for so long and I finally checked it out from the library! Essie and Ollie meet in their school. Essie has just moved to North Carolina and is not happy about it. But when she meets Ollie, she feels a sudden spark. Maybe her stay won't be so bad after all… Ollie is confident as themself. They even started a club at school for LGBTQIAP+ kids! But they are both struggling with their own issues, and Essie has no clue who she is anymore! Can they figure out their feelings for each other before it's too late or will the electricity between them mean nothing in the long run? Enjoy! Email me at theseriesreview13@gmail.com. Send me a voice message at anchor.fm/riya-b13/message Check out my other podcast: anchor.fm/lights-camera-ice-cream This episode discusses many aspects of the LGBTQIAP+ organization. Many characters in the novel are part of LGBTQIAP+. I'll describe it as best I can. If you have more questions, research it or ask your parents/guardians about it. No hate please. ❤️
Hey! Today I'm reviewing The Losers Club by Andrew Clements. This is one of my favorite books written by him and it's a perfect school story. Alec is a reader. He's always been a reader. The funny thing is, while most teachers love it when people read, Alec's teachers send him to the principal's office because he reads too much. Alec starts a club in the Extended Day program for kids like him who just want to read. He calls it The Losers Club, because no one would want to join a club with a name like that, right? You'll be surprised and excited by this book. It makes you feel so many emotions! Email me at theseriesreview13@gmail.com. Enjoy! Send me a voice message at anchor.fm/riya-b13/message edit: I'm taking a break from qna because I would check it every day and that's so not good for my mental health, to be waiting for someone to reply. Thanks for understanding y'all
Hello! Today I went to the library and decided to share the books I checked out with you. This is a video episode, so it's only available on Spotify. Head over there to see it! Current number of plays: 1.5k. Goal: 2k. We have gained so many Spotify followers in the past few weeks so thanks to everyone!!!! Email me at theseriesreview13@gmail.com send me a voice message at anchor.fm/riya-b13/message check out my other podcast, the link is in the podcast description
Hello listeners! Today I'm reviewing A Soft Place to Land by Janae Marks, the author of a great middle grade read From the Desk of Zoe Washington. If you listened to/watched my video episode, you'll know that I recently got A Soft Place to Land from the library. It's such an engaging book that I read it all in one day! Joy Taylor misses a lot of things. She misses her piano lessons. She misses the thick wall of her old bedroom. But mostly, she misses her old house. After Joy's father gets fired from his job, Joy and her family have to move to an apartment across town. Joy has to start at a new school, and she's worried she won't make any friends. With some friendly neighbors like Mae, Ziggy, and Nora, Joy starts to fit in and become friends with a group of 4: Nora, Elena, Oliver, and Miles. They even show her a secret room in the apartment that only kids know about! But between juggling her increasing worries about her parents getting divorced, her new job dog walking with Nora, and writing to the secret person in the Hideout, Joy fears everything might fall apart. INCLUDING her newfound friendships. How can Joy fix this? Email me at theseriesreview13@gmail.com. Enjoy! Send me a voice message at anchor.fm/riya-b13-message
Today I am reviewing Both can be True by Jules Machias. They did a phenomenal job with this novel; I truly loved it. Ash is a gender fluid middle schooler, which makes school extra hard for them. Just walking into the bathroom is a huge decision for them, when they know they'll never be able to fully commit to one gender. Meanwhile, Daniel is struggling to hide his feelings in front of everyone. He knows he's overly sensitive and he knows most boys aren't like this. When a puppy in danger brings Ash and Daniel together, they have to figure out the truth, their identities, and learn what it means to really be accepted. Email me at theseriesreview13@gmail.com. Send me a voice message: anchor.fm/riya-b13/message This episode discusses many aspects of the LGBTQIA+ community, and many characters in this book are part of the LGBTQIA+ community. Talk to your parents about this or research it on your own. I'll try to explain things as best I can. ❣️❤️✨❤️
Hey! Today I bring my brother onto my podcast, and we discuss Katie the Catsitter: Best Friends for Never by Colleen A.F. Venable and Stephanie Yue, the second book in this series. Have a great week! Email me at theseriesreview13@gmail.com Send me a voice message at anchor.fm/riya-b13/message
Hey everyone! Today I'm posting a bit of a random episode. I had a few people say that they would really like to see a video podcast, and I've been wanting to make one for a long time! Today I will be organizing my bookshelf and telling you about some of my favorite books that I have. Enjoy! check out my new podcast: https://anchor.fm/lights-camera-ice-cream. My brother and I co-host it!
Hello! Today on The Series Review I will be reviewing the A Tale of Magic series by Chris Colfer. This series is the prequel series to The Land of Stories, and I highly recommend reading it after reading The Land of Stories. This series is all about Brystal and her friends as they begin to create the world that part of The Land of Stories takes place in. Full of adventures and excitement, the A Tale of Magic series consists of 3 books, each heartwarming and inspiring. Enjoy! Email me at theseriesreview13@gmail.com. Send me a voice message on anchor. This week's challenge: read every single day
Hey everyone! Today I'm reviewing All the Answers by Kate Messner. All the Answers is an amazing fantasy novel and I love it. All the Answers follows Ava Anderson, a seventh grader struggling with anxiety and other pre-teen problems. When Ava finds a magic pencil in her family's junk drawer, she thinks that all her problems are solved. I mean, the pencil tells her everything! Now she knows that Jason has a crush on her best friend Sophie, and that her grandpa's favorite kind of music is jazz. But Ava can't predict the troubles the pencil would lead her to. Some are old arguments while other problems are just surfacing. One thing is true: this magic pencil will take Ava on a huge adventure that will change everything. Email me at theseriesreview13@gmail.com. Have a great week! Send me a voice message: anchor.fm/riya-b13/message This week's challenge: read a fantasy novel like All the Answers
Hello! This week I'm reviewing Ban this Book by Alan Gratz. I LOVE this book and it's definitely in my list of top 15 favorite books. It's amazing. Amy Anne Ollinger used to be quiet and shy until her favorite book in the whole wide world is BANNED at her school library. In fact, there's a whole list of banned books! Amy Anne decides to rebel and starts a banned books locker library, but things soon get out of hand! Amy Anne never wanted to get in trouble, but she doesn't want people censoring the books she chooses to read! Email me at: theseriesreview13@gmail.com. Enjoy and have a great week! Send me a voice message at https://anchor.fm/riya-b13-message This week's challenge: read a summery book and tell me what it's about.
Hello! Today I'll be reviewing Spilling Ink: A Young Writer's Handbook by Anne Mazer and Ellen Potter. Spilling Ink is an amazing book for anyone who likes to write. Anne and Ellen take the reader on a journey exploring all the aspects of writing, from naming your novel to creating suspense. I highly recommend this book. I've read it maybe 4 or 5 times since I got it in 2020. It's amazing! Email me at theseriesreview13@gmail.com. Enjoy! Have a great summer! Send me a voice message at https://anchor.fm/riya-b13/message This week's challenge: get outside and do something fun!
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Hello! Today I'm reviewing Race the Night by Kirsten Hubbard. I love, love, love this book! For years, Eider has lived at the desert ranch with Teacher, Nurse, and her classmates. Ever since the world ended, she's been taught that she's special and she'll rule the world someday. But Eider can't help but wonder about Beyond. Beyond the fence. Beyond the World book lessons. Maybe the end of the world is just the beginning? Email me at: theseriesreview13@gmail.com. Enjoy! This week's challenge: read a poem by someone you haven't heard of Send me a voice message: anchor.fm/riya-b13/message
Hello everyone! Today I'm reviewing Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga, and let me tell you, this is an amazing book! We recently had a unit in social studies where we learned about different religions in the Middle East, and I was instantly reminded of the book Other Words for Home. It's about a young Syrian refugee named Jude, who moves to America with her pregnant mother. She has to leave her father and her brother behind and move in with her aunt, uncle, and not-so-friendly cousin. No one in America seems to understand her, except for the kids in her ESL class and the owners of the Middle Eastern restaurant in town. Jude has to constantly explain to people that wearing a hijab is a choice and that she didn't enter the US illegally. Everything is so difficult for Jude, especially after a super racist action that has her thinking that no one wants her in the US. While in a not-so-welcoming community, can Jude find herself without all the friends she left behind? Email me at theseriesreview13@gmail.com. This week's challenge: read a new book and reply to my q&a about it Send me a voice message here
Hello everyone! This week I'm reviewing Breakout by Kate Messner. This is a fantastic book and told through letters, text messages, recordings, and much more! Breakout follows Nora Tucker who lives in a teeny weeny town, Wolf Creek. Nora expects her summer to be pretty boring because nothing ever happens in Wolf Creek. Like, ever. PLOT TWIST! Two inmates break out of the huge prison in town and suddenly everything changes. Nora never expected her summer to be this crazy! I really enjoyed Breakout. Email me at theseriesreview13@gmail.com. Let me know what books/series you people want reviewed because I need some inspiration. Anyways, enjoy the episode! Send me a voice message here This week's challenge: recommend a book for me to review on the show
Hello listeners! This week I'm reviewing Out of My Mind and Out of My Heart by Sharon M. Draper. I really love both of these books. You should definitely check them out. Melody Brooks, an 11-year-old girl, has cerebral palsy, which is a medical condition that affects body movement and muscle coordination. Melody is strapped into a wheelchair and can't walk or talk. Throughout these books, you'll find out how Melody learns to communicate with other kids- some like her and some completely different. Email me at theseriesreview13@gmail.com. Have a great week! Send me a voice message: https://anchor.fm/riya-b13/message This week's challenge: read one of the books I've reviewed on my podcast Edit: I will not be recording next weekend; I'm heading to my grandparents' house over Easter! I'll record whenever I get the chance. Bye!
Hey everyone! Sorry I haven't posted an episode in a while; I've been on spring break! Today I'm reviewing a GREAT book by Ali Stroker and Stacy Davidowitz: The Chance to Fly! The Chance to Fly is about Natalie Beacon, an 8th grader in a wheelchair. Natalie loves California, her best friend Chloe, and her wheelchair racing team, the Zoomers. But one thing Natalie is totally obsessed with is musicals. In fact, on her way to her new home in New Jersey, Natalie plays the license plate game and looks for states where famous musicals took place. When Natalie sees an audition flyer for a middle school production of Wicked, she knows she HAS to audition. But can a girl in a wheelchair ever get cast in a musical? Read this book to find out! I loved A Chance to Fly! Email me at theseriesreview13@gmail.com. Enjoy! Send me a voice message here This week's challenge: email, voice message, leave a review, or answer my q&a on spotify and I'll give you a shoutout! HAPPY OFFICIAL 30th EPISODE Y'ALL!!! We made it!
Hey everyone! Today I'm reviewing Dress Coded by Carrie Firestone. This book is insanely amazing, and I love it so much. Dress Coded is about an 8th grader, Molly Frost, who starts a podcast after her friend gets dress coded for wearing a tank top. Crazy, right? Molly and her friends work to stop the dress coding, but it's hard, especially since Molly is caught up in her own drama at home. Honestly, middle school is hard enough. And now girls have to worry about being dress coded for their shoulders showing! This is a great book abou a really current issue. Email me at: theseriesreview13@gmail.com. Enjoy! Send me a voice message here This week's challenge: speak up for something you are passionate about Follow my spotify playlist with my favorite episodes of The Series Review! Edit: Happy pi day!!!!
Hey everyone! Today I have a very special guest on the show: fellow podcaster Greta! Greta hosts The Book Huggers Podcast, which you can find here. She is an amazing podcaster and I'm so excited for her to be on The Series Review! feat. some awkward silences, laughing, me not remembering anything, and me mixing up my words and losing my train of thought. So basically, me being me and Greta being AMAZING. Thanks for this awesome collab experience! This week's challenge: listen to Greta's podcast! Listen to my Spotify playlist with episodes of The Series Review. Click HERE for the playlist. Send me a voice message here. Send Greta a voice message here. Cover art made on Google Slides
Hey everybody! Today I'm reviewing the book A Mango Shaped Space by Wendy Mass. I love this book! It's about a girl named Mia and her cat, Mango. I won't spoil it for you, but there are plenty of plot twists! I also have some updates for you in this episode. You know how to get in contact with me; please do so. Have an awesome week! Send me a voice message here This week's challenge: leave a review on apple podcasts Follow my Spotify playlist with episodes of The Series Review! Click HERE for the playlist
Ever heard of Malala Yousafzai? She is an activist for female education and is the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Find her book here. But that is not all this episode is about. It's about raising money and awareness for the Malala Fund. What is the Malala Fund? Listen to this episode to learn about the Malala Fund, educating girls around the world, and how to donate! Leave me a question in the q&a or email me at theseriesreview13@gmail.com. Edit: Almost to 1k plays!
Hi listeners! This is a bonus episode, all about the third book in the City Spies series. City Spies: Forbidden City by James Ponti did not disappoint. It's as amazing as the first two books! Instead of following Brooklyn this time, though, City Spies: Forbidden City follows Paris, a member of the City Spies. He has to go undercover on a mission involving a nuclear physicist's son, and gets to do one of his favorite things: play chess! But the real mission for the City Spies is figuring out how to become a family. I love this book! Email me at theseriesreview13@gmail.com. Thanks for all the plays! Send me a voice message here PS: I'm trying to become more interactive with YOU! Answer my q&a's and polls on Spotify!
Hey people! I was looking at my podcast earlier today, and I was like, "WHOA! I haven't posted since DECEMBER! What kind of podcast host am I?!" Today I am reviewing the graphic novel series Click, by Kayla Miller. This series contains 4 books currently, Click, Camp, Act, and Clash. These books follow Olive and her friends as they navigate friendships, family relationships, and more! I love this series and I hope you do too! Please email me at theseriesreview13@gmail.com, post a review on apple, answer my q&a's and polls, and/or leave me a voice message! Happy V-Day! Send me a voice message here
Hello! No, I'm not fooling you with the title. The book I'm reviewing today is called Drum Roll, Please by Lisa Jen Bigelow. It's about a girl named Melly who is super quiet but plays the drums! Melly goes into band camp dreading it, and everything goes downhill! Until she meets Adeline, and starts to have some crush like feelings for her. This is such an awesome book! Email me at: theseriesreview13@gmail.com Merry Christmas and happy holidays!
Hello, and welcome back! So sorry for the REALLY long break; I've been really busy. Today I will be reviewing the Mr Terupt series by Rob Buyea. I absolutely