Full Disclosure is a sensitive, much-needed exploration of teen sexuality that comes wrapped in an immature high-school drama narrative. A highly mixed bag from a promising new author.
Happy Book Birthday to a book I loved and a book I… didn’t
Fall 2019 continues to bring some big hits and some huge misses for me. Hitting shelves this week are a book I loved, a book I gave a rare single star, and one of my most anticipated releases of the year.
Book Review: DEAR GIRLS by Ali Wong
Dear Girls is about the messy parts of life, but ends up being a bit of a mess itself. Stand-up and TV writer Ali Wong is hilarious, graphic, and sometimes frustrating in this memoir.
September Wrap-Up (I survived)
It was actually fun to have such a busy month for blogging and arc reading.
Book Review: WAR GIRLS by Tochi Onyebuchi
War Girls confronts true Nigerian history as an unflinching, compassionate witness to unspeakable violence. Tochi Onyebuchi paints gritty, powerful girls that endure and overcome.
Happy Book Birthday to two moving debuts
October isn’t the flood of new releases that we got last month, but there are still tons of fall releases dropping each week. Today, several highly-anticipated new titles are hitting shelves, including two arcs I loved.
Top Ten Tuesday: Books Titles with Numbers
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl and features a new prompt for a top ten list every week.
Book Review: THE GRACE YEAR by Kim Liggett
The Grace Year is the best of old-school dystopia. Kim Liggett serves up suspense and gore alongside sharp ideas on the paradoxes of female power.
October Preview: New Releases I’m Watching
October 2019 isn’t quite the flood of new releases that last month was, but there are still quite a lot of highly anticipated titles rushing for release in the fall.
Book Review: ORPHEUS GIRL by Brynne Rebele-Henry
Orpheus Girl dwells on graphic queer pain with no clear purpose. A short, directionless debut from an author with tremendous future potential.
Happy Book Birthday to an impressive lineup
The fall deluge of anticipated new releases continues this week with five titles I’ve read and reviewed, plus five more I have my eye on.
Book Review: THE WATER DANCER by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Water Dancer is as personal and skillfully written as should be expected from renowned nonfiction writer Ta-Nehisi Coates.
Top Ten Tuesday: Books on my fall TBR
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl and features a new prompt for a top ten list every week.
Book Review: THE LAST TRUE POETS OF THE SEA by Julia Drake
The Last True Poets of the Sea sets high drama in an idyllic seaside town. Julia Drake’s send-up to Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night is romantic, hilarious, and full of heart.
Book Review: RULES FOR VANISHING by Kate Alice Marshall
Rules For Vanishing is old-school paranormal horror: suspense, gore, and sinister threats from unexpected directions. Kate Alice Marshall orchestrates a strong ensemble and perfectly plotted twists.
My favorite quotes from FRANKLY IN LOVE
I revisit 10 great quotes from one of my favorite YA new releases of the year. “America, this is Korea. Korea, this is America. Everyone good? Can I go do my thing now? Good.”
Happy Book Birthday! One book I loved and two disappointments
Though September is a crazy busy month, especially for YA releases, this week is a little slower. Today, three new YA titles that I’ve read are hitting shelves.
Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Reading Snacks
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl and features a new prompt for a top ten list every week.
Q&A with Candace Ganger: Blog Tour for SIX GOODBYES WE NEVER SAID
My Q&A with Candace Ganger, author of SIX GOODBYES WE NEVER SAID, a heartfelt contemporary of loss and recovery told in lyrical prose.
Happy Book Birthday to my favorite release of the year (so far)
I’ve read arcs of four of the YA titles hitting shelves today, and they’re an exceptionally mixed bag: a three-star, a four-star, a very rare one-star, and a book that I’d give six stars if I could.
Book Review: WHO PUT THIS SONG ON? by Morgan Parker
Who Put This Song On is an honest exploration of the intersection of mental illness and Blackness circa 2008 that probably shouldn’t have been a novel.