This week’s prompt is cinnamon roll characters, but since I missed last week, I want to revisit that prompt instead. It’s about mental health representation which I think is so important to have in books, and unfortunately, has been less than stellar. Mental health is a topic that […]
Ward D Author: Freida McFadden Genre: Mystery/Thriller Publication Date: May 9, 2023 Publisher: Dreamscape Media Thank you to NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for providing me with an ALC of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review. Medical student Amy Brenner is spending the night on a locked […]
With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, it makes sense that today’s post would be all about romance books. And here’s my confession: I only started reading romance recently. Why? Well, when I was young, there weren’t any YA books. We just kind of jumped from picture books […]
Sizzle Reel Author: Carlyn Greenwald Genre: Romance Publication Date: April 18, 2023 Publisher: Vintage Thank you to NetGalley and Vintage for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: biphobia, homophobia, public outing, misgendering For aspiring cinematographer Luna Roth, coming […]
Pieces of Me Author: Kate McLaughlin Genre: YA General Fiction Publication Date: April 18, 2023 Publisher: Wednesday Books Thank you to NetGalley and Wednesday Books for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: anxiety, mention of depression, mention of […]
It’s officially Black History Month here in the United States. On Tuesday, I discussed some of my favorite Black authors, but it was tough to narrow my list down to just ten. So I’m going to talk about some more of my favorite Black authors that I didn’t […]
I Will Find You Again Author: Sarah Lyu Genre: YA Mystery/Thriller Publication Date: March 14, 2023 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Thank you to YA Books Central and Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for […]
The original prompt for this week is … books I hope Santa brings this year. However, this is a bit of a conundrum for me. First of all, I’m Jewish, so I don’t make lists for Santa. I just pass along my wishes to my family. Second of […]
Paris Daillencourt is About to Crumble Author: Alexis Hall Genre: Romance Publication Date: November 1, 2022 Publisher: Forever Series: Winner Bakes All #2 Thank you to NetGalley and Forever for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: undiagnosed anxiety […]
Since September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, now is the perfect time to highlight books that include good mental health representation. And I’ve read a few that have some really good depictions of characters with various mental health issues depicted on page. Here are some of my favorites: […]
