Here’s the rules: The world is tough right now, and we all have found our ways to escape even for a little bit. This week’s prompt is inspired by the fruit of the Fae. Fruit from the Fae is known to intoxicate and be addictive, so we want […]
Clap When You Land Author: Elizabeth Acevedo Genre: YA Contemporary, Multicultural Publication Date: May 5, 2020 Publisher: Hot Key Books TRIGGER WARNING: plane crash, off-page death of a parent, sexual assault Camino Rios lives for the summers when her father visits her in the Dominican Republic. But this […]
You Should See Me in a Crown Author: Leah Johnson Genre: YA Romance, LGBT Publication Date: June 2, 2020 Publisher: Scholastic Press TRIGGER WARNING: chronic illness, racism, off-page death of a parent, public outing Liz Lighty has always believed she’s too black, too poor, too awkward to shine […]
Top Ten Tuesday is turning 10! So today’s prompt is revisiting a previous TTT topic that I haven’t done already. So, I’m doing a list of books with single word titles. Specifically books that I really liked with single word titles. 1. Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams2. Scythe by […]
A Song Below Water Author: Bethany C. Morrow Genre: YA Fantasy, Urban Fantasy Publication Date: June 2, 2020 Publisher: Tor Teen Tavia is already at odds with the world, forced to keep her siren identity under wraps in a society that wants to keep her kind under lock […]
Queenie Author: Candice Carty-Williams Genre: Contemporary, Multicultural Publication Date: March 19, 2019 Publisher: Orion Publishing Bridget Jones’s Diary meets Americanah in this disarmingly honest, boldly political, and truly inclusive novel that will speak to anyone who has gone looking for love and found something very different in its place. Queenie Jenkins […]
Huge thank you to Cait Marie and Skye Book Tours for allowing me to be a part of this book tour! The Last Summer Author: Cait Marie Genre: YA Contemporary, Romance Publication Date: June 17, 2020 For the first eleven years of their lives, neighbors Lila and Gavin […]
Today’s topic is books that are on my summer 2020 TBR. I used to write up a TBR list each month. I’ve stopped doing that in the last month, especially now that I got through a huge chunk of my ARCs and other review books. So I’ve kind […]
How To Be An Antiracist Author: Ibram X. Kendi Genre: Nonfiction Publication Date: August 13, 2019 Publisher: One World Ibram X. Kendi’s concept of antiracism reenergizes and reshapes the conversation about racial justice in America–but even more fundamentally, points us toward liberating new ways of thinking about ourselves […]
The Hate U Give Author: Angie Thomas Genre: YA Contemporary Publication Date: February 28, 2017 Publisher: Balzer & Bray Series: The Hate U Give #1 TRIGGER WARNING: addiction, domestic violence, gun violence, discrimination, racism, police brutality, police shooting, gang violence, rioting Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: […]
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