Welcome to this week’s edition of Wishlist Wednesday! Today I am featuring We Are the Wildcats by Siobhan Vivian. Sports themed books are always favourites of mine and this one sounds like it is going to be a wild ride. Continue reading
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Book Review: Permanent Record by Mary H.K. Choi
Permanent Record by Mary H.K. Choi is an original story about a pop star and a college dropout that is surprisingly meaningful. I enjoyed the premise as well as the blend of entertainment and serious moments, however the main character’s actions really stressed me out. I had high hopes for this book since I enjoyed Emergency Contact, but this one fell a bit flat for me. Continue reading
Book vs. Movie: Five Feet Apart

Don’t Judge a Book by its Movie is a feature on The Candid Cover spotlighting and reviewing book to movie adaptations.
Five Feet Apart is a film I had been looking forward to since I really enjoyed reading the novel. The book is so heartwarming, and this translates to the screen pretty well. However, the film appears much more unrealistic and cringey than the novel, even though the plot is followed pretty closely. Both versions are enjoyable, but I found the novel better executed and more believable. Continue reading
Wishlist Wednesday: Virtually Yours
Welcome to this week’s edition of Wishlist Wednesday! Today I am featuring Virtually Yours by Sarvenaz Tash. The cover and synopsis of this rom-com are perfect for Valentine’s Day. Continue reading
Review: Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi

Author: Mary H.K. Choi
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Publication Date: March 27, 2018


For Penny Lee high school was a total nonevent. Her friends were okay, her grades were fine, and while she somehow managed to land a boyfriend, he doesn’t actually know anything about her. When Penny heads to college in Austin, Texas, to learn how to become a writer, it’s seventy-nine miles and a zillion light years away from everything she can’t wait to leave behind.
Sam’s stuck. Literally, figuratively, emotionally, financially. He works at a café and sleeps there too, on a mattress on the floor of an empty storage room upstairs. He knows that this is the god-awful chapter of his life that will serve as inspiration for when he’s a famous movie director but right this second the seventeen bucks in his checking account and his dying laptop are really testing him.
When Sam and Penny cross paths it’s less meet-cute and more a collision of unbearable awkwardness. Still, they swap numbers and stay in touch—via text—and soon become digitally inseparable, sharing their deepest anxieties and secret dreams without the humiliating weirdness of having to see each other.


Review
Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi is the kind of book that really makes you feel for the characters. Angsty yet adorable, this book is about two people who are each other’s emergency contact. I enjoyed the relatable main characters and the use of texts throughout the book. This story surprised me, and I would definitely recommend it. Continue reading