Bloody Summer What do children know that adults can’t begin to believe? The answer is hidden in plain sight in this haunting short story by the bestselling author of Her Body and Other Parties. Tiger, tiger, burning bright, in the forests of the night. In the town of […]
This week’s prompt is water, which is a relatively broad topic. We’re given some suggestions, like book covers with water on them, books with bodies of water in them, titles with bodies of water in them, etc), but I kind of wanted to come up with my own […]
This week’s prompt is a genre-related freebie, where we get to pick a specific genre and then build a freebie around it. And while I read and post about fantasy a lot, I want to take it in a different direction this time. My sister-in-law was visiting me […]
The Invisible Hour Thank you to NetGalley and Atria Books for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: death of a parent, grief, abuse, violence, death, suicidal ideation, stalking, terminal illness From the beloved New York Times bestselling author […]
The Wind Knows My Name Thank you to NetGalley and Ballantine Books for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: antisemitism, death, suicide, violence, depiction of Kristallnacht and a pogrom, mention of rape, discussion of genocide, racist microaggressions, mention […]
March has arrived, and I’m actually a little disappointed! Hang on, let me explain. In my part of New York, we barely got any winter. I was able to walk around in short sleeves for half of the winter, we got a few cold weeks, and we had […]
I finished December with 15 ARCs left to be read and 1 review to publish. January is one of my favorite months of the year. There’s a combination of the slow pace after the rush and bustle of the holidays, the fact that my birthday is at the […]
In the Shadow Garden Thank you to Forever and Angie Man for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: mention of abuse, violence, blood, death of a parent, murder, grief, trauma The richly atmospheric and luminous debut about three generations […]
This week’s topic is about books I read on vacation, but I haven’t taken many vacations lately. The last one I took was to Israel, and it was a really busy one, where we went on a tour, so each night I was exhausted, so there wasn’t any […]
In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, this week I’m highlighting some of my favorite Latinx (or Latine, if you prefer) authors. And there’s so many great ones to choose from, so here’s just a few of my favorites: Who are some of your favorite Latinx/Latine authors?
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