Ah...young love. Recently, a bookish friend asked me for some book suggestions. She was looking for teen romance novels for girls who are single and want to find love. I obligingly provided her with a few of the authors that I loved (more on that in a little bit), but there was something I wanted [...]
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The Mothers by Brit Bennett
I approached this book believing that it'd be vignettes of different mothers and their daily lives. However, it is so much more than that. The Mothers here are a group of church women who congregate outside of regular sermon hours to pray, chat, and mostly gossip about everyone in their small town in San Diego. [...]
Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon – Review and Trailer!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42KNwQ6u42U Happy belated Valentine's Day, y'all! The internet gifted us the other night with the new trailer for Everything, Everything and I'm in love! I didn't plan for the trailer to be released at the same time I was finishing this book. Since that's the way it goes, I've decided to post both my review of [...]
Swing Time by Zadie Smith
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxPgplMujzQ I've never seen Swing Time in full. I've only seen the parts where Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire dance. Their moves are so hypnotic and envious. However, a frequent theme throughout Old Hollywood that no one really knows about is the awful hours, the struggles to support yourself, and the drug abuse to stay up through [...]
January 2017 Bookish Wrap Up
The beginning of the year is supposed to be the most successful part because everyone's got the motivation to exceed their own expectations. It's usually in February when everyone drops their resolutions and returns to their former state. But I always have to be the exception to the rule. ALWAYS. I have to defy the [...]
The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
I'll admit, I picked up this book believing that Nicola Yoon was a young Korean woman. The name seemed like a dead giveaway, but I took another look. What I found was a story with more power than a simple love story. Synopsis (from Goodreads.com) Natasha: I’m a girl who believes in science and facts. [...]
Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins
I love when you're on vacation, you don't want to get bogged down by heavy stories or morose endings. You want something light and fluffy to make the vacation more enjoyable. It's like pairing a wine with your dinner. You don't want something heavy to go with something light. You want them to equally match [...]
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
I'm letting you know now that this is going to be a long one. I put a little "recommendation" as a "tl;dr," but I got a lot on my chest that I need to say. Synopsis (from Goodreads.com) When four classmates from a small Massachusetts college move to New York to make their way, they're [...]
Holding Up the Universe, bullies, and allies
I mentioned in my review of Holding Up the Universe that I would make some time to write about one of the major themes of the book; bullying. I didn't want to bring it up in the review because I want to keep those thoughts and these thoughts separate. Also, I could probably write forever about [...]
