August Book Reviews
This month I read 4 books - a short story anthology with happiness / mental health representation (Felicity by Divina Gracia), a...
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mollyfennig
- Jun 29
- 8 min
Author interview & June book reviews
Check out my interview with YA fantasy author Lynette Bacon-Nguyen and my June book reviews of YA historical fiction The Vanishing by...
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mollyfennig
- Apr 10
- 7 min
Navigating Recovery with Catherine and Francis
I was lucky enough to be a guest on the podcast Eating Disorders: Navigating Recovery, with cohosts Catherine and Francis. We talked...
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mollyfennig
- Mar 28
- 9 min
March Book Reviews
Thanks to spring break, I managed to read 6 (!) books this month, most of which had great mental health representation. All of these were...
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mollyfennig
- Mar 8
- 3 min
Somatization and Dissociation in Eating Disorders
I was lucky enough to be a guest on the Understanding Disordered Eating Podcast to talk about eating disorder research! Check out the...
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mollyfennig
- Feb 24
- 8 min
February Book Reviews and Author Interview
This month I read three books including memoir Home Boys by Seth Kadish (4 stars), middle grade dystopian Sheltered: When a Boy Becomes a...
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mollyfennig
- Jan 23
- 3 min
January Book Reviews
After a bunch of DNF's last month, this month I read two amazing books - Starving for Survival (memoir, 5/5 stars) and Ghost Flower (YA...
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mollyfennig
- Jan 13
- 2 min
Interview with psychologist Dr. Amy Marschall
Dr. Amy Marschall is a psychologist who educates about mental illness through blogging, books, and presentations. She is from Minnesota...
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mollyfennig
- Jan 1
- 6 min
December Book Reviews
I read five contemporary books this month-- three of which I did not finish (DNF), and two four-star books. Everything Must Go by Camille...
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mollyfennig
- Dec 27, 2021
- 5 min
Giving the gift of therapy
Quick book update: Starvation is now out as an audiobook on Audible! I'm so excited for this to be released, especially because John...
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mollyfennig
- Nov 28, 2021
- 3 min
November book reviews
This month I read five books, all given to me in exchange for an honest review. These included the 2nd and 3rd books in the Legacy of...
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mollyfennig
- Oct 31, 2021
- 5 min
October Book Reviews
Happy Halloween! This month I read some scary good books from a variety of genres (thriller, YA, and adult contemporary), including one...
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mollyfennig
- Sep 19, 2021
- 9 min
Teen Author Spotlight and September Reviews
I'm happy to spotlight 16-year-old Hermione Lee who is the author of the YA Fantasy In the Name of the Otherworld. It will be published...
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mollyfennig
- Jul 27, 2021
- 8 min
July Book reviews and interview with Granthana Sinha
In July I read 3 books, 1 novella, and 1 poetry collection - Boy on Hold, Cenotaphs, Ode to Delirium, Solace in Makarska, and The Little...
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mollyfennig
- Jun 22, 2021
- 4 min
May and June Book Reviews
I got a ton of free books recently, in part because I was added to IndieView's list of reviewers, and because of sites like Netgalley and...
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mollyfennig
- May 24, 2021
- 6 min
Exclusive Author Interview - Poet Karl Kristian Flores
Kristian Flores is a poet with a new book, The Goodbye Song recently published in May 1st, 2021. Read the interview below, where we talk...
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mollyfennig
- May 6, 2021
- 3 min
April Book Reviews, News, & Offers
This past month, my YA Contemporary novel, Starvation, received an Independent Press Award (IPA), making it officially an award-winning...
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mollyfennig
- Mar 28, 2021
- 2 min
March Book Reviews
This month, I got a lot of reading done! So here are my reviews for YA novels The Trick of the Light (5/5 stars), The Last Time We Say...
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mollyfennig
- Feb 16, 2021
- 2 min
Top YA Mental Health Novels (and 3 That Are Overrated)
Contemporary Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson-- Trauma, possible PTSD Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson-- Eating disorders Laurie Halse...
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mollyfennig
- Feb 9, 2021
- 4 min
Reviews of Girl in Pieces, Suicide Notes, and Boy on Hold
All of these novels are YA novels with mental health themes including self-harm (cutting), suicide (cutting), psychosis, and drug abuse....
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