Since I’m awful at planning, I decided to take this week’s prompt in a whole new direction. It’s hard to talk about planning vacations when I have loved ones at risk of war, and I’m expecting a new round of antisemitism. Instead of talking about characters I’d like […]
Happy Tuesday and second day of April! This week’s prompt is April Showers and we get to pick our own direction for this prompt. Some ideas we were given are books with rain on the cover/in the title, that have rainstorms in the story, or that have anything […]
I finished December with 28 ARCs left to be read. January is one of those months that I love. There’s a fresh feel to the start of a new year, and I’m partial to my birthday month. I’ve started feeling better, and getting back on top of my […]
This week’s topic is a freebie, and since Chanukah starts at sundown on Thursday night this year, I figured I would use this week’s post to highlight ten of my favorite Chanukah stories. I figured it works because of the heavy emphasis on Christmas books, and the recent […]
Don’t Want To Be Your Monster Thank you to NetGalley and Tundra Books for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: blood, mention of murder, brief reference to gore, mention of an antisemitic attack, mention of leukemia, mention of […]
Akata Witch Author: Nnedi Okorafor Genre: YA Fantasy Publication Date: April 14, 2011 Publisher: Viking Children’s Series: The Nsibidi Scripts #1 CONTENT WARNING: bullying, silence, blood, gore, murder of children Sunny doesn’t seem to fit in anywhere. The reason why will change her life forever. Sunny Nwazue lives […]
Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow Author: Jessica Townsend Genre: MG Fantasy Publication Date: October 27, 2020 Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers Series: Nevermoor #3 CONTENT WARNING: animal attack, violence, bigotry, mention of death Morrigan Crow and her friends have survived their first year as proud scholars of […]
Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow Author: Jessica Townsend Genre: MG Fantasy Publication Date: February 1, 2019 Publisher: Hachette Audio Series: Nevermoor #2 CONTENT WARNING: bullying, kidnapping, blood Wunder is gathering in Nevermoor … Morrigan Crow may have defeated her deadly curse, passed the dangerous trials and joined […]
The Trials of Morrigan Crow Author: Jessica Townsend Genre: MG Fantasy Publication Date: December 1, 2017 Publisher: Hachette Audio Series: Nevermoor #1 CONTENT WARNING: bullying A breathtaking, enchanting new series by debut author Jessica Townsend, about a cursed girl who escapes death and finds herself in a magical […]
Tristan Strong Keeps Punching Author: Kwame Mbalia Genre: MG Fantasy Publication Date: October 5, 2021 Publisher: Rick Riordan Presents Series: Tristan Strong #3 Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an ARC of this book. I am providing my honest opinion voluntarily. CONTENT WARNING: violence, slavery, grief, […]
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