Bookish and the Beast by Ashley Poston 🌺🌺🌺.5/5 Rosie Thorne feels stuck—she's neither here nor there, and she just wants out of her small town life and her overwhelming grief. Until she smacks into teenage pop star Vance Reigns while saving a dog, accidentally destroys a rare book, and then is forced to work with … Continue reading Book Review: Bookish and the Beast
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Book Review: Parachutes
Parachutes by Kelly Yang 🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 Trigger Warning: Grooming, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, Bullying This has a Crazy Rich Asians/Gossip Girl vibe, and I was riding that gossip train and then the hits kept coming and they. did. not. let. up. Definitely a book to read when thinking about girls, their bodies, and their rights, and how these … Continue reading Book Review: Parachutes
August 2020 Wrap Up
I'm back! Thank you everyone for the well-wishes from my last post. I'm not 100%, but I'm feeling a little more able to manage everything. The edits (read: overused words edits) to That Distant Dream are done, and it's such a huge weight off my chest. Nearly 4,000 revisions made, and I hope that it … Continue reading August 2020 Wrap Up
Book Review: The Relentless Moon
The Relentless Moon by Mary Robinette Kowal 🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 Trigger Warning: Anorexia, grief, pandemic and suicidal thoughts While Elma York, aka The Lady Astronaut, is away on a three-year mission to Mars, it's up to Nicole Wargin and the others to hold down the fort. Except something is rotten on the Earth, and the trail of … Continue reading Book Review: The Relentless Moon
Book Review: Shielded
Shielded by KayLynn Flanders 🌺🌺🌺/5 Princess Jennesara knows that she's just as good of a warrior as anyone else in her country's army, but her father refuses to send her to the front to fight. Instead, she's sent off without fanfare or warning to wed the heir of another kingdom—while her brother goes to the … Continue reading Book Review: Shielded
Book Review: Girl, Serpent, Thorn
Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust 🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 There was and there was not. So begins the story of Soraya, a princess cursed to kill all she touches. Hidden away in her own palace, she longs for human contact, for friends and the touch of a lover. When her twin brother the shah becomes engaged to … Continue reading Book Review: Girl, Serpent, Thorn
The Anti-Racist Starter Pack: Three Mini Reviews
Full disclosure: I am a white woman steeped in all sorts of privilege. I've said horrible shit, and I'm trying to do better and be anti-racist. I have a long road to go and am far from a source of authority. Any and all errors in this post are mine and mine alone. Here are … Continue reading The Anti-Racist Starter Pack: Three Mini Reviews
Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Loved but Never Reviewed
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. I didn't start reviewing most of what I read until … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Loved but Never Reviewed
Double Review: Blackout and All Clear
Caution: Spoilers (kinda) Abound! Blackout and All Clear by Connie Willis 🌺🌺🌺🌺/5 Oxford, 2060. Time travel is real. It's possible—but it's a well kept secret among the time-traveling historians. However, there's something hinky going on with the drop points. Historians are slipping hours, days, sometimes weeks from their scheduled points, and it's getting worse during … Continue reading Double Review: Blackout and All Clear
Top Ten Tuesday: Books With Colors in the Title
Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. This week's challenge is books with colors in the title! … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Books With Colors in the Title
