Nov 17, 20201 min read
Mini Review: Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
Like The Giver, Gathering Blue is well written and poses a mildly intense picture of a dystopian world...
Oct 12, 20202 min read
Review: Everything I Thought I Knew by Shannon Takaoka
Everything I Thought I Knew is an ambitious, genre-bending, unique young adult novel
Oct 3, 20202 min read
Review: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
“I can feel the suffering of millions and yet, if I look up into the heavens, I think that it will all come right..."
Sep 27, 20202 min read
Celebrate the Freedom to Read!
Banned Books Week is here! Celebrate literary freedom with some scandalous reads!
Sep 26, 20203 min read
Review: Girls in the Moon by Janet McNally
5/5 stars “Secrets, my mother told me once, are just stories turned inside out.” My heart is so warm and full right now. I feel like I...
Sep 25, 20202 min read
Review: A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
dark academia + magic + monsters = a deadly education
Sep 24, 20202 min read
Review: The Gilded Wolves
3/5 stars The Gilded Wolves is a wannabe Six of Crows but Six of Crows is one of the most perfect books to ever exist, so The Gilded...
Sep 22, 20201 min read
Review: Hope and Other Punchlines by Julie Buxbaum
4/5 stars This was a book I got for free at a book festival and not one I would have ordinarily picked out (shout out to whoever was...
Sep 22, 20201 min read
Review: The Year Shakespeare Ruined My Life by Dani Jansen
Cute, queer, and fluffy!
Sep 21, 20202 min read
Review: Girls with Sharp Sticks by Suzanne Young
4/5 stars Girls with Sharp Sticks was the sci-fi feminist story I didn’t know I needed. (Just kidding. I always know I need feminist...
Sep 21, 20202 min read
Review: You Are Invited: A Ghost Story by Sarah A. Denzil
Talk about atmospheric!
Sep 20, 20204 min read
Review: We Are Okay by Nina LaCour
5/5 stars The truth was unconfined, unadorned. There was no poetic language to it, no yellow butterflies, no epic floods. There wasn't a...
Sep 18, 20204 min read
Review: Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys
5/5 stars “Let me tell you something 'bout these rich Uptown folk," said Cokie. "They got everything that money can buy, their bank...
Sep 16, 20203 min read
Review: Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
The closer we get to taking down Queen Levana, the more my skin glows of happiness, This sequel was thrilling, i could barley relax on my...
Sep 16, 20203 min read
Review: Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite
4/5 stars I enjoyed this book! I really did! I was pretty much hooked from the first page, drawn into the story, and I never felt bored...
Sep 15, 20202 min read
Review: 10 Blind Dates by Ashley Elston
4/5 stars This was absolutely the cutest book!! It's a relatively light read that was perfect for the holidays because there is lots of...
Sep 14, 20203 min read
Review: You Should See Me In A Crown by Leah Johnson
This was so incredibly midwestern and I loved every minute of it.
Sep 13, 20204 min read
Review: Love Letters to the Dead by Ava Dellaira
5/5 stars(!!) “I think a lot of people want to be someone, but we are scared that if we try, we won't be as good as everyone imagines we...
Sep 10, 20202 min read
Review: Dark and Deepest Red by Anna-Marie McLemore
2/5 stars This was such a disappointing read. I have loved all of Anna-Marie McLemore's books so far. I have adored their lush prose,...
Sep 9, 20203 min read
Review: The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
WARNING ( Spolierish) Reading a book about monsters, gods, goddesses, and demigods is just what I needed. This was very fruitful and...