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Interview with Joya Goffney
Joya Goffney is the dazzling novelist of Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry and Confessions of an Alleged Good Girl from Texas. Her work centers around Black identity, romance and other young adult trials and triumphs. She is also a kind, communicative author who has answered my emails and allowed me to interview her for…
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The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Riddle of Ages Review
I was a fan of the series way back in middle school so when I heard they were coming out with a whole new book all these years later. I ignored it. But now I figured why not, let’s see if it holds up. So I reread the other four books and dove into The…
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3 Latinx Romances
The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa Carolina “Lina” Santos experienced one of the worst experiences one could live through. Stood up at the altar. And it’s all the best man’s fault, Max Hartley. Now years later, Santos has pulled herself together to making a succesful wedding planning company and is up for a big…
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Pretty Little Liars Review
*I have never seen the tv show so these reviews won’t be influenced or confused by the television events. Sara Shepard’s debut series of the sleepy little town of Rosewood, Pennsylvania sparks one of the twistiest teen intrigues of the early 200s. You see, Rosewood is a town full of secrets harbored by the prettiest…
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Favorite Rupi Kaur Poems P1
If you knew me in real life, you would know that even though I love books, I despise poetry. Ironic for a creative writing major I suppose but I just find it hard to understand, pretnetious and designed to make me feel as stupid. But Rupi Kaur is one of the few poets that speaks…
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Stephanie Plum ReRead #16-20
Things sort of reach a status quo. A stagnation if you will. But that does not mean it is no less wild. What I mean is that there is not many life reflections or revelations from Stephanie this time around about finding a new line of work even though she is thoroughly rattled by the…
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What Greek myth to adapt next?
Now I won’t deny I love greek myth adaptations, I’ve read Percy Jackson, The Goddess Test, Goddess Girls, Oh My Gods, so on and so forth. They’re epic in its largeness, its weirdness and dysfunction. They’re also human, explaining the origins of Earth and humanity as the Greeks believed they came to be.
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Stay Sexy and Don’t Get Murdered Review
Even though it always gives me nightmares of cannibals and murderers, my roommate got me addicted to the My Favorite Murder podcast by Georgia Hardstark and Karen Kilgariff. Worst idea to listen before bed, but it’s a nice background noise during homework.
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Thunder Girls
Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams are back at it again. Their mai series is a long-running, well executed, semi-modern spin on Greek Myths. Now they take on Norse mythology as the Vanir, Aesir, Jotunheim and other creatures go to school at Asgard Academy.
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The Other Black Girl Review
Just as everyone was raving about Harris’ new book in the NYT last year, I had to jump on the wagon and see what the fuss was about, and I agree, it is for the most part a really good book.
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