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  • You Know Me Well by Nina LaCour and David Levithan

    For my second YA novel of this month, I chose You Know Me Well by Nina LaCour and David Levithan. I picked this book up last year in hopes of learning more about sexual identity and preference. It was way before I started reading diverse books, but even then I was curious as to stories like…

  • Little and Lion by Brandy Colbert

    Imagine you’re in high school. Now imagine you’re in high school coming to terms with your sexual preference, your decisions for school, your religious identity. Now imagine that you have a brother who is bipolar and you love him to death and you want to make sure he’s okay. LITTLE AND LION by Brandy Colbert…

  • Stay With Me by Ayobami Adebayo

    TRIGGER WARNING: This book contains themes related to childlessness and child loss. Please proceed with caution if you are sensitive to this type of material. This is most definitely the year of diverse reads. I’ve read so many great novels in the past eight months about other cultures, other people, other gender identities, and everything…

  • Things that Happened Before the Earthquake by Chiara Barzini

    “California girls, we’re undeniable. Fun, fresh, fierce, we’ve got it on lock.” – Katy Perry When you think of California, you think of that easy breezy place where everyone surfs and eats vegan and worries more about how they’re composting than how people in the middle of the country are starving. However, California has its…

  • Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

    My grandparents were married during the Japanese occupation of Korea. There’s only two remaining photos of my grandparents from that time both taken on their wedding day. The whole family was out in front of their house standing to take the picture while a massive Japanese flag waved in the background. My family background is…

  • Girl in Snow by Danya Kukafka

    I’ve been hearing a lot of things about this book, so when Simon and Schuster sent over a copy for me to read, I figured why not give it a chance. Disclaimer: This review is my honest thoughts and not in any way shaped by Simon and Schuster. I’m not a fan of thriller novels.…

  • A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

    I remember reading A Wrinkle in Time as a kid and loving every single word. However, I didn’t actually remember the book. After the recent teaser trailer came out for the movie, I decided I would read A Wrinkle in Time again. It’s always been one of those books I want to read but never…

  • The Hating Game by Sally Thorne

    I will admit something; I met my husband at work. I was on my way to the kitchen in the morning to make myself some breakfast when I saw him there already toasting up some bread and a jam jar in the shape of a bear. When I saw the jar, I immediately gravitated towards…

  • White Fur by Jardine Libaire

    Love love love is such a crazy emotion. It’ll make you happy, sad, angry, violent, giggly, stupendous, and scared for your life. Yet we crave it like a sugar rush and we can’t stop until we have it. Our entire existence revolves around love. Without it, we would be the same people we were yesterday. White…

  • The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

    I’ve been a huge fan of Taylor Jenkins Reid since I read her other novel One True Loves. Just as similarly as I felt about that novel, I feel the same way here. The story is fantastic covering the imaginary screen legend Evelyn Hugo and her tumultuous love life only to reveal one big truth; not…