I finished April with 22 ARCs left to be read. Hello June! While summer is my least favorite season, the month starts out strong with some nice celebrations in my family—a birthday and an anniversary, and I already know that my group of friends is going to plan […]
New Nigeria County Thank you to libro.fm and Simon & Schuster Audio Originals for providing me with an ALC of this audiobook in exchange for an honest opinion. When a white family moves to the affluent Black community of New Nigeria County, a “misunderstanding” between neighbors escalates until […]
I finished March with 24 ARCs left to be read. Happy May! The month of April turned out to be unexpectedly busy for me, well … busier than I was already expecting. Between the weather getting nicer, Passover and family visiting, needing shoulder surgery (which I’m having today, […]
I’m feeling personally called out by this week’s prompt, which is unread books sitting on my shelves I want to read soon (bonus points if you tell us how long it’s been sitting on your shelf waiting for you.) A lot of the people who read my blog […]
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 […]
First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if, instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? The Rules: First Lines: “Ronnie Childers was tripping his balls off in […]
Wow, winter flew by, since it’s already time for a top ten post on books on my Spring 2024 TBR. I figured I should probably check in on how I did with the books that were listed on my Winter 2023-2024 TBR, and as I look at it, […]
Dominoes Thank you to NetGalley and Random House for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: racist microaggressions, mention of enslavement, grief, discussion of police brutality and institutional racism, racism A tender and provocative debut novel about a mixed-race […]
This week’s prompt is books I’m worried I might not love as much the second time around. This is such a great topic, because I have quite a few books that I feel this way about. Not all the books are going to be on this list for […]
Come and Get It Thank you to NetGalley and G.P. Putnam’s Sons for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. From the celebrated New York Times bestselling author of Such a Fun Age comes a fresh and provocative story about a residential assistant and her […]
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