I honestly am so happy that a book like this exists. Shortly after being told I had OCD, I tried to search the book world for fiction stories featuring characters with similar traits. I was a little surprised to find out that the world's exposure to OCD was only As Good As It Gets with [...]
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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
Oh brother, this one is a doozy. I’ve read countless reviews from other people who read this book and all I saw was that they cried at the end. So many raves and happy thoughts. about this book and it's so awesome to see everyone feel so good about it. So many awards that they [...]
I’m on Booktube now!
https://youtu.be/MrfCqzrC5ZM Hey everyone! This is more of a PSA than it is a post about anything. I'm here to tell you that I'm now on Youtube/Booktube! That's right, you get to hear me rant and rave about authors and books IRL or as IRL as I can be without being in front of you. I [...]
Little Fires Everywhere to Celeste Ng
I know this review is a long time coming. I've been mulling over this book for the past couple of weeks. I don't know how to describe my feelings for this book, but I know they are good. I just don't know how to explain it the best way possible. I'm going to at least [...]
Dreamology by Lucy Keating
When I was a little girl, I used to have these amazing dreams about this guy. I would first fly through the air around my childhood home and watch the sun set orange and red across the lawn. I would finally land and sit down on our front stoop. Suddenly, he would walk over to [...]
Banned Books Week: Be Proud to be Banned
Today, I'd like to highlight one of my favorite authors: Toni Morrison. Toni Morrison's work to me has been these haunting tales of loneliness, sacrifice, desperation, and turmoil. Set during some of the most difficult times for black Americans, Toni Morrison has this incredible way of making you feel and understand what it must have [...]
Welcome to Banned Books Week!
Happy Banned Books Week and it's going to be a good one. This year's theme is "the freedom to read," which feels oddly relevant given that everyone has been talking about. Censorship is always around us telling us what to do and what to think and how to say things. It’s the faceless folks that [...]
The Resurrection of Joan Ashby by Cherise Wolas
I picked up Joan from the bookstore the day before it was supposed to appear on the shelves of every bookstore in the country. I searched through Strand because it wasn't something displayed just yet on the mounds of book tables in front of the store. No, Joan was a little secret left to those [...]
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 [...]
