This Vicious Hunger Thank you to Redhook, Orbit, Oliver Wehner, and Oriel Voegele for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. From the author of Wild and Wicked Things comes a dark gothic fantasy about intoxication, obsession, and a desperate hunger for […]
Totally and Completely Fine Thank you to NetGalley and Dell for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. From the bestselling author of Funny You Should Ask comes an inspiring romance novel about honoring the past, living in the present, and loving for […]
Wandering Stars Thank you to NetGalley and Knopf for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. The eagerly awaited follow-up to Pulitzer Prize-finalist Tommy Orange’s breakout best seller There There —winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award, the John Leonard Prize, the American […]
What’s Not Mine Thank you to libro.fm and ECW Press for providing me with an ALC of this audiobook. I am offering my honest opinion voluntarily. For fans of Miriam Toews, an absorbing, darkly funny story of family, addiction, and survival. The summer Bria Powers turns 16 is […]
So far, I’ve already done posts about my favorite nonfiction books of 2022, my monthly favorites, and some about audiobooks that I really enjoyed. So this time, I want to talk about my favorite debuts of 2022: What are some 2022 debuts that you loved?
On the Savage Side Thank you to NetGalley and Knopf Publishing Group for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: addiction, mention of death of a parent, grief, graphic depictions of drug use, gore, violence, blood, child neglect, prostitution, […]
Roxy Author: Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman Genre: YA Science Fiction Publication Date: November 9, 2021 Publisher: Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an ARC of this book. I am offering my honest opinion voluntarily. CONTENT WARNING: death, drug use […]
Transcendent Kingdom Author: Yaa Gyasi Genre: Contemporary Fiction Publication Date: September 1, 2020 Publisher: Knopf TRIGGER WARNING: depression, addiction, overdose, racism, animal experiments, parental abandonment, suicide attempt Gifty is a sixth-year PhD candidate in neuroscience at the Stanford University School of Medicine studying reward-seeking behavior in mice and […]
Thank you to NetGalley for providing me an ARC. All opinions are my own and have been provided voluntarily. Opium and Absinthe Author: Lydia Kang Genre: Historical Fiction, Mystery Publication Date: July 1, 2020 Publisher: Lake Union Publishing TRIGGER WARNING: murder, gaslighting, addiction, domestic violence, forced sedation, off-page […]
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