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  • New Moon Review

    This was a pleasant surprise for me. While Twilight was a bit of a slog to get through as I already knew the basics of the series and Meyer was utterly committed to showing the mundanities of Bella’s life, I managed to finish this book in one day even though it was double the length.…

  • Summer State of Mind Review

    Since Harper McAllister’s dad (cheesily nicknamed McDaddy) hit it big as a music producer, Harper’s family moved out of their comfortable home to pricy upstate New York where she quickly finds herself in the popular crowd and sharing the wealth with her new best friends. However, when her parents get hold of her overcharged AMEX…

  • Twilight/Life and Death Review

    As readers of my blog have noticed, I’ve been on a YA dystopian binge but I figured I should also pay tribute to one of the books that forever changed the landscape of the YA and vampire genres- Twilight. Yep, I never read the books though with its renowned popularity, I have a good grasp…

  • Women’s History Month P9

    Icons: 50 Heroines Who Shaped Contemporary Culture by Monica Ahanonu This nonfiction book with vivid, distinct illustration by Micaela Heekin features a lot of the usual faces like Serena Williams, Malala Yousafzai, Hillary Clinton etc. The only new faces for me out of the fifty were filmmaker Agnes Varda, performance artist Grace Jones and designer…

  • Beautiful Chaos Review

    After the events of the summer, Ethan, Lena and all their loved ones are dealing with the consequences of their actions as this southern gothic turns to the End of Days. Garcia and Stohl jump right into the the dire state of Gatlin with plagues of locusts or lubbers as they are dubbed, heat burning…

  • Feb Books

    Someone to Love by Melissa de la Cruz Almost a companion to Something in Between, readers may remember Royce’s much nicer younger sister Olivia “Liv” Blakely. Now it’s four years later and the sweet kid is dealing with a tumultuous personal demon. Bulimia and cutting. The former is her way of making sure she’ll always…

  • Queer Romance

    Paris Daillencourt Is About To Crumble is the second book in Hall’s Winner Bakes All series and is delivers just enough of the Bake Expectations to satisfy Great British Baking Show fans while also creating a sweet albeit difficult romance between Paris and Tariq. Paris has issues, primarily crippling anxiety though he doesn’t get diagnosed…

  • Do you ever wonder?

    Do you ever wonder what happens to authors who somewhat drop off the Earth? For example, Fiona Dunbar who wrote the Lulu Baker series and several other children’s books pretty much finished output 12 years ago. While she’s still active enough on twitter so people know she’s alive, I still wonder about other authors. Like…

  • Summer Romances

    Pride, Prejudice and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev It’s easy to get overwhelmed by the flux of Pride and Prejudice adaptations and wonder if there can be any new spin to the Jane Austen classic. Well Sonali not only brings a new spin but elevates the classic by further exploring the themes of classism that…

  • The Pretenders Duology Review

    I’m back on the Lisi Harrison train. I mean I always loved her Clique books but it’s about time for me to get into her other YA works so here goes.