In the last few years, I’ve learned a lot about the value of reading diverse books. Reading books by and about various groups of marginalized people have massively expanded my understanding of history, culture, language, rituals, oppression, and the stressors that these groups face regularly, but it has […]
Going Bicoastal Thank you to NetGalley and Wednesday Books for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: brief mention of prior self-harm A queer Sliding Doors YA rom-com in which a girl must choose between summer in NYC with her dad […]
Kantika Thank you to NetGalley and Metropolitan Books for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. A dazzling Sephardic multigenerational saga that moves from Istanbul to Barcelona, Havana, and New York, exploring displacement, endurance, and family as home. A kaleidoscopic portrait […]
When You Wish Upon a Lantern Thank you to YA Books Central and Viking for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. You can find my YA Books Central review here. CONTENT WARNING: grief, mention of death, mention of death of a […]
The Family Morfawitz Thank you to Goodreads and Blackstone Publishing for sending me a copy of this book. I am providing my honest opinion voluntarily. CONTENT WARNING: violence, rape, parental abandonment, antisemitism, Holocaust imagery, murder, suicide, incest, death of a child From acclaimed author Daniel H. Turtel, winner […]
Yours Truly Thank you to NetGalley and Forever for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: infidelity, reference to parental abandonment, reference to a prior miscarriage, depictions of anxiety/depression/panic attacks, chronic illness A novel of terrible first impressions, hilarious […]
Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute Thank you to NetGalley and Joy Revolution for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: mention of lesbophobia, mention of parental abandonment, mention of racism From the New York Times bestselling author of the Brown Sisters […]
Better the Blood Thank you to NetGalley and Grove Atlantic for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: rape, violence, blood, murder, death of a child, mention of addiction, suicide, grief A DETECTIVE IN SEARCH OF THE TRUTH Hana […]
When the Angels Left the Old Country Thank you to NetGalley and RB Media for providing me with an ARC of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: antisemitism, murder, violence, blood For fans of “Good Omens”—a queer immigrant fairytale about individual purpose, the fluid […]
From Dust, a Flame CONTENT WARNING: death, grief, violence Hannah’s whole life has been spent in motion. Her mother has kept her and her brother, Gabe, on the road for as long as she can remember, leaving a trail of rental homes and faded relationships behind them. No […]
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