diff --git a/src/App.jsx b/src/App.jsx
index c5c0b50..26bc023 100644
--- a/src/App.jsx
+++ b/src/App.jsx
@@ -1,15 +1,36 @@
-import React from "react";
+import React, { useState } from "react";
 import { createRoot } from "react-dom/client";
 import "./style.css";
 import AddBook from "./components/AddBook";
 import BookList from "./components/BookList";
 
 const App = () => {
+  const [books, setBooks] = useState([
+    {
+      title: "Book1",
+      author: "author1",
+      ratings: [2.5, 5, 3, 3],
+      releaseDate: "December 2025",
+    },
+    {
+      title: "Book2",
+      author: "author2",
+      ratings: [3.5, 4, 3.5, 3],
+      releaseDate: "November 2025",
+    },
+  ]);
+  const handleAddBook = (newBook) => {
+    setBooks([...books, newBook]);
+  };
+
   return (
     <div className="app">
       <h1 className="title">React Forms! 📝</h1>
-      <AddBook />
-      <BookList />
+      <AddBook handleAddBook={handleAddBook} />
+      <BookList books={books} />
+      <div>
+        <button></button>
+      </div>
     </div>
   );
 };
diff --git a/src/components/AddBook.jsx b/src/components/AddBook.jsx
index 9f115e7..f413072 100644
--- a/src/components/AddBook.jsx
+++ b/src/components/AddBook.jsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React from "react";
+import React, { useState } from "react";
 
 /**
  * A book should have the following fields:
@@ -13,8 +13,82 @@ import React from "react";
  * - isFavorite (boolean, default false)
  */
 
-const AddBook = () => {
-  return <div>AddBook</div>;
+const AddBook = ({ handleAddBook }) => {
+  //states
+  const [title, setTitle] = useState("");
+  const [author, setAuthor] = useState("");
+  const [rating, setRating] = useState("");
+  const [releaseDate, setReleaseDate] = useState("");
+  const [error, setError] = useState("");
+
+  const handleSubmit = (e) => {
+    e.preventDefault();
+    //add validation
+
+    if (!title.trim() || !author.trim() || !rating.trim()) {
+      setError("Title, author, and rating are required.");
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const numericRating = parseFloat(rating);
+    if (isNaN(numericRating) || numericRating < 1 || numericRating > 5) {
+      setError("Rating must be a number between 1 and 5.");
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const newBook = {
+      title: title,
+      author: author,
+      ratings: [parseFloat(rating)],
+      releaseDate: releaseDate,
+    };
+    handleAddBook(newBook);
+    setTitle("");
+    setAuthor("");
+    setRating("");
+    setReleaseDate("");
+    setError("");
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <form onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
+      <h2>Add a Book</h2>
+
+      <div>
+        <label>Title:</label>
+        <input value={title} onChange={(e) => setTitle(e.target.value)} />
+      </div>
+
+      <div>
+        <label>Author:</label>
+        <input value={author} onChange={(e) => setAuthor(e.target.value)} />
+      </div>
+      <div>
+        <label>Rating (1–5):</label>
+        <input
+          value={rating}
+          onChange={(e) => setRating(e.target.value)}
+          type="number"
+          step="0.1"
+        />
+      </div>
+      <div>
+        <label>Release Date:</label>
+        <input
+          value={releaseDate}
+          onChange={(e) => setReleaseDate(e.target.value)}
+          type="text"
+          placeholder="YYYY-MM-DD"
+        />
+      </div>
+
+      {error && <p style={{ color: "red" }}>{error}</p>}
+
+      <button type="submit" className="black-text">
+        Add Book
+      </button>
+    </form>
+  );
 };
 
 export default AddBook;
diff --git a/src/components/BookCard.jsx b/src/components/BookCard.jsx
index b3bbda7..20300c3 100644
--- a/src/components/BookCard.jsx
+++ b/src/components/BookCard.jsx
@@ -1,7 +1,54 @@
 import React from "react";
 
-const BookCard = () => {
-  return <div>BookCard</div>;
+const cardStyling = {
+  position: "relative",
+  padding: "10px",
+  display: "flex",
+  flexDirection: "column",
+  alignItems: "center",
+  backgroundColor: "white",
+  border: "1px solid red",
+  margin: "10px",
+};
+const imgStyling = {
+  width: "180px",
+};
+const textStyling = {
+  color: "black",
+  alignSelf: "flex-start",
+};
+const releaseDateStyling = {
+  position: "absolute",
+  fontSize: "10px",
+  fontStyle: "italic",
+  color: "darkgray",
+  bottom: 0,
+  right: 0,
+};
+const ratingStyling = {
+  color: "black",
+};
+
+const BookCard = ({ title, author, ratings, releaseDate }) => {
+  const ratingsAverage = Math.round(
+    ratings.reduce((acc, rating) => acc + rating, 0) / ratings.length,
+  );
+  return (
+    <div style={cardStyling}>
+      {/* Not sure about adding an image, this would then need to also be included in state
+      <img src="" alt="" />
+      Adding dummy image for now*/}
+      <img
+        style={imgStyling}
+        src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.vecteezy.com%2Fsystem%2Fresources%2Fpreviews%2F021%2F644%2F208%2Flarge_2x%2Fbooks-stacked-on-top-of-each-other-created-with-generative-ai-photo.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=7321c649c45350e5606f62cc761a8e8237dc7019672a6c710f8604faf3d5f728"
+        alt="Image of Book"
+      />
+      <h1 style={textStyling}>{title}</h1>
+      <p style={textStyling}>{author}</p>
+      <p style={ratingStyling}>Ratings: {ratingsAverage}</p>
+      <p style={releaseDateStyling}>Release: {releaseDate}</p>
+    </div>
+  );
 };
 
 export default BookCard;
diff --git a/src/components/BookList.jsx b/src/components/BookList.jsx
index 0a87a3f..023464d 100644
--- a/src/components/BookList.jsx
+++ b/src/components/BookList.jsx
@@ -1,7 +1,53 @@
-import React from "react";
+import React, { useState } from "react";
+import BookCard from "./BookCard";
 
-const BookList = () => {
-  return <div>BookList</div>;
+const BookList = ({ books }) => {
+  const [searchedBook, setSearchedBook] = useState([]);
+  const handleSubmit = (event) => {
+    event.preventDefault();
+    const titleInput = event.target[0].value;
+    const filteredBooks = [];
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < books.length; i++) {
+      if (books[i].title.toLowerCase().includes(titleInput.toLowerCase())) {
+        filteredBooks.push(books[i]);
+      }
+    }
+    setSearchedBook(filteredBooks);
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      <div>Book List</div>
+      <form onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
+        <input name="title" type="text" required placeholder="Title" />
+        <button className="buttom" type="submit">
+          search
+        </button>
+      </form>
+      {searchedBook.length !== 0
+        ? searchedBook.map((book) => {
+            return (
+              <BookCard
+                title={book.title}
+                author={book.author}
+                ratings={book.ratings}
+                releaseDate={book.releaseDate}
+              />
+            );
+          })
+        : books.map((book) => {
+            return (
+              <BookCard
+                title={book.title}
+                author={book.author}
+                ratings={book.ratings}
+                releaseDate={book.releaseDate}
+              />
+            );
+          })}
+    </>
+  );
 };
 
 export default BookList;
diff --git a/src/style.css b/src/style.css
index e1b4f2c..75a4605 100644
--- a/src/style.css
+++ b/src/style.css
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 body {
   background-color: #160f29;
+  color: #160f29;
 }
 
 .title {
@@ -40,3 +41,9 @@ body {
 .gif-card img {
   width: 100%;
 }
+input {
+  color: black !important;
+}
+.black-text {
+  color: black;
+}