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The Lost Honor Author: Cait Marie Genre: YA Fantasy Publication Date: May 18, 2021 Publisher: Self-published Series: The Nihryst #0.3 CONTENT WARNING: death, violence Orphan. Soldier. Feared pirate? When tragedy strikes and Reynold finds himself alone at a young age, he doesn’t give up. He works his way […]
This week’s topic is book titles that are complete sentences. I figured that this was going to be a challenge, and I was right, but also pleasantly surprised that there were more titles that worked as full sentences that I had expected! So here’s what I came up […]
The Anatomy of Desire Author: L.R. Dorn Genre: Mystery/Thriller Publication Date: May 11, 2021 Publisher: Harper Audio Thank you to libro.fm for providing me with a copy of this audiobook. I am offering my honest opinion voluntarily. CONTENT WARNING: murder, homophobia, death, addiction, rape A modern tale of […]
Boy Meets Boy Author: David Levithan Genre: YA Romance Publication Date: May 10, 2005 Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf CONTENT WARNING: homophobia, religion bigotry, mention of death This is the story of Paul, a sophomore at a high school like no other: The cheerleaders ride Harleys, the homecoming queen […]
That Thing About Bollywood Author: Supriya Kelkar Genre: MG Magical Realism/Contemporary Publication Date: May 18, 2021 Publisher: Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this book. I am giving my honest opinion voluntarily. CONTENT WARNING: mention of […]
Here’s how it works: It’s been a tough year and a half which is why the prompt this week is: How has your reading changed since the pandemic? The first thing I noticed was that I was reading more. Like a LOT more than usual. While our lockdown […]
One Last Stop Author: Casey McQuiston Genre: Romance Publication Date: June 1, 2021 Publisher: Macmillan Audio Thank you to libro.fm for providing me with a copy of this audiobook. I am providing my honest opinion voluntarily. CONTENT WARNING: racism, homophobia, death For cynical twenty-three-year-old August, moving to New […]
The Soulmate Equation Author: Christina Lauren Genre: Romance Publication Date: May 18, 2021 Publisher: Gallery Books Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this book. I am offering my honest opinion voluntarily. CONTENT WARNING: mention of addiction, mention of infidelity Single mom Jess Davis […]
This week’s topic is books with nature on the cover. Flowers, trees, landscapes, animals, you get the idea. Since this is a pretty broad prompt, I decided to narrow it down a little and stick to books with some type of plant on the cover. Rule of Wolves […]
Iced in Paradise Author: Naomi Hirahara Genre: Cozy Mystery Publication Date: September 3, 2019 Publisher: Prospect Park Books Series: Leilani Santiago Hawai’i Mystery #1 CONTENT WARNING: murder, chronic illness, addiction, infidelity, mention of child abuse, stalking, racism Leilani Santiago is back in her birthplace, the Hawaiian island of […]
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