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Genre: YA contemporary, romance Format: eARC My rating: 3.5/5 stars Release date: June 15, 2021 CW: the Holocaust is a central theme, antisemitism mentioned Representation: Jewish main characters, gay side characters Synopsis: Seventeen-year-old Abby Schoenberg isn't exactly looking forward to the summer before her senior year. She's just broken up with her first boyfriend and… Continue reading The Summer of Lost Letters by Hannah Reynolds ARC Review
Genre: YA, historical fiction Format: eARC from Penguin Teen My rating: 5/5 stars Release date: May 4th, 2021 Goodreads | Amazon | Barnes and Noble CW: mentions of alcoholism, death, drowning, racism, attempted sexual assault Representation: full cast of Chinese main characters, lesbian side character Synopsis: From the critically acclaimed author of The Downstairs Girlcomes the… Continue reading Luck of the Titanic by Stacey Lee ARC Review
Welcome to a new post in the "does it deserve the hype?" series here on my blog! Basically what I do in this series is read and review a hyped book and decide whether I think it deserves all the hype it gets. You can read my post for Six of Crows, Fable, and the… Continue reading Does Crooked Kingdom Deserve the Hype?
Genre: YA contemporary, LGBTQ+, romance Format: e-ARC from Penguin Teen My Rating: 5/5 stars Release date: May 18th, 2021 Add it on Goodreads! Synopsis: In this YA contemporary queer romance from the author of Hot Dog Girl , an openly gay track star falls for a closeted, bisexual teen beauty queen with a penchant for fixing up… Continue reading Some Girls Do by Jennifer Dugan ARC Review
This is a series on my blog where I read hyped books and decide whether, in my opinion, they deserve the hype they get. You can read my posts for Fable and Six of Crows in this series as well. I know I said I was never going to read Shadow and Bone, but I… Continue reading Does the Shadow and Bone trilogy Deserve the Hype?
Welcome to the second post in this series! My first post was about Six of Crows which you can read here. Basically I will be reviewing this book and then deciding if I think it deserves the hype it gets or not! Genre: YA Fantasy Format: Audiobook Pages: 357 My rating: 4.5/5 stars Synopsis: For… Continue reading Does Fable deserve the hype?
If you don't know DNF stands for 'did not finish' here in the book community. While some readers find it impossible to DNF and push through even the books they hate, I am not one. I DNF books all the time. If I am not feeling it, why waste my time reading it? So today… Continue reading Books I DNFed in 2020
Ok, I've never done a discussion post so we are all going to experience this together. Basically, I am just going to discuss (duh) my thoughts on the topic and that's it. So today I will be discussing endings. While writing my December wrap up, I realized how picky I am with how books end… Continue reading Discussion post: Endings
Welcome to 2021?! That is just insane to type. I can't believe it is the new year already! December is a usually hectic month, and this one was too. So let's jump on in to my wrap up. Life Life was... busy this month. I finally finished my college apps and even heard back from… Continue reading December Wrap Up
I cannot believe 2021 is here. As the year of my high school graduation, it has been a number in my head for the last 4 years. And now it is here. And while it may be nothing like I thought it would be, at least one thing is still the same: I'm a reader.… Continue reading My 2021 Reading Resolutions
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