Winterwood puts style over substance, but I don’t mind when the style is this good. A creeping, atmospheric romantic mystery from Shea Ernshaw, perfect for witchy moods and frosty weather.
Happy Book Birthday to… anything?
I had to double-check my doc of upcoming releases, because I couldn’t quite believe it… I don’t think this has happened to me once in 2019.
Mini-Reviews For Great YA/NA Books That Don’t Need My Help
Today, I’m looking at five YA and NA books I’ve read recently that are hugely popular.
Book Review: SONGS FROM THE DEEP by Kelly Powell
Songs from the Deep tries hard to be something it’s not, resulting in a shallow read stripped of fantasy and wonder. A boilerplate romantic mystery.
Happy Book Birthday to two “Girls”
I’ve got my eye on four titles hitting shelves today, including two veeeery different Girls books that I’ve reviewed.
Top Ten Tuesday: Extraordinary Book Titles
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl and features a new prompt for a top ten list every week. Today’s Prompt:Books With Numbers in the Titles To narrow things down a little, I’m going to list my top 10 favorite titles from books I’ve read this year. 10Permanent RecordMary H. K. Choi…
Book Review: GIRLS OF STORM AND SHADOW by Natasha Ngan
Girls of Storm and Shadow leaves behind the setting, stakes, and everything great about the first book to wander a half-baked fantasy world. A shallow, directionless middle book: pure filler.
Book Review: FULL DISCLOSURE by Camryn Garrett
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.