Two friends united against their massive TBRs
This post is born from our slight frustration at seeing so many summer recommendation posts that promise light & fun reads, only to fill their list with books containing BIG SAD MOMENTS. So we thought we would share an intentional list of books that are sort of summery and heart-warming, but full of sad times… Continue reading SUMMER SPRINT: Sad Summer Book Recommendations
This made us feel old! The Top Ten Tuesday tag is hosted by Jana, @ThatArtsyReader, and you can find the upcoming prompts here. Today’s prompt is “Books from 10 Years Ago We Love.” We took it as "books we were reading 10 years ago that we loved," rather than "books that came out 10 years ago that… Continue reading SUMMER SPRINT: Top Ten Tuesday
What's Not to Love by Emily Wibberley & Austin Siegemund-Broka Publication Date: April 20, 2021 I've just been posting reviews that I wrote a long time ago at this point. I read this book last year and never got around to posting it. What’s Not To Love is Wibrokka’s fourth YA novel. I loved their… Continue reading BOOK REVIEW: What’s Not to Love
We thought it would be fun to do a round up of all our favorite characters that we've read this year! We only pulled from books we read in 2021, to keep this list within reason (and so it's easier to add to later on *wink wink*). Blogmas Posts:Day One: End of Year TBRsDay Two:… Continue reading BLOGMAS DAY FIVE: Our New Favorite Characters
We Can't Keep Meeting Like This by Rachel Lynn Solomon Publication Date: June 8, 2021 (TUESDAY!!) TW: anxiety, OCD, allergice reaction (minor), depression, strained relationships with parents Plot: Both Quinn Berkowitz and Tarek Mansour’s parents work in the wedding industry. The Berkowitzs plan them and the Mausours carter them. Quinn and Tarek have always been… Continue reading BOOK REVIEW: We Can’t Keep Meeting Like This
The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar Publication Date: May 1, 2020 TW: homophobia, racism, forced outing CW: religion, cultural appropriation, Harry Potter mentions Plot: Nishat just came out as a lesbian to her Bengali family and it did not go great. It does not help that a girl from her childhood moved back to town… Continue reading BOOK REVIEW: The Henna Wars
You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson Publication Date: June 20th, 2020 You Should See Me in a Crown follows Liz Lightly through her senior year of high school as she prepares to escape her very-rich, very-white Indiana town. Then the scholarship she was depending on falls through, and she must figure… Continue reading BOOK REVIEW: You Should See Me in a Crown
2020 has been a year full of surprises, most them them, not great. You would think, nothing would surprise me at this point. But, still some books managed to surprise me. My favorite books are the ones that I have no expectations for that BLOW ME AWAY. I love going into a story and hitting… Continue reading BLOGMAS DAY NINE: Books That Surprised Me
Are these Mini Review titles getting out of hand yet? I started posting more extensive book reviews on Bookstagram this year. This is in part me trying to reinvent my Bookstagram content since I've been on the platform forever, but also I got rid of monthly mini reviews on the blog and sometimes just want… Continue reading MINI REVIEWS: Books I Reviewed on Instagram But Not On the Blog – YA Books Edition
I studied political science in college and reading books that discuss politics is something I love I also love reading books and watching TV shows with heavy election plots. Shoutout to my faves The West Wing and Red, White & Royal Blue. However, often fictional elections are more fun than real elections. Today is the… Continue reading MINI REVIEWS: YA Books with Elections!
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