Title: The Dead and the Dark Author: Courtney Gould Publisher: Wednesday Books Published: 3 August 2021 Pages: 352 Content Warnings: Homophobia, hate crime, death, murder, child death, biphobia I received an eARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Wow! I am blown away by how this all came together. The Dead and the […]
Title: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet Author: Becky Chambers Publisher: Harper Voyager Published: 5 July 2016 Pages: 443 Oh! My! Goodness! I had not really heard about this book but kept seeing it on people’s 2020 year end reviews. The library I work at recently acquired it, so I over the Christmas […]
Title: Everyone Knows Your Mother is a Witch Author: Rivka Galchen Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Published: 8 June 2021 Pages: 288 I received an advanced e-copy of the book from Net Galley in exchange for my honest review. I didn’t realize until the end that this was actually based on a true story. Katharina […]
Title: Written in the Stars Author: Aisha Saeed Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books Published: 24 March 2015 Pages: 277 This book was heart-wrenching and at times, hard to read. As it should be! If you read this book and are not horrified and angry, then I don’t want to know you. Naila grows up in Florida […]
Title: A Woman is No Man Author: Etaf Rum Publisher: Harper Published: 5 March 2019 Pages: 339 Deya is 18-years old and is starting to meet with suitors. She doesn’t want to, but her grandparents give her no choice. So, history is repeating itself. Deya’s mom, Isra, had not choice when she left Palestine as […]
Title: The Turn of the Key Author: Ruth Ware Publisher: Scout Press Published: 6 August 2019 Pages: 337 This review is not spoiler-free! I’ve read (listened) to a few of Ruth Ware’s books before, and this one sounded fascinating. Rowan Caine was not planning on applying for a position as a nanny at Heatherbrae House, […]
Title: Upright Women Wanted Author: Sarah Gailey Publisher: Tor Published: 4 February 2020 I’ve known about this book for a while and was super excited to read it. Yet, it wasn’t what I expected. Esther is a stowaway on a librarian’s book wagon, trying to escape a marriage arranged by her father — a marriage […]
Title: Patron Saints of Nothing Author: Randy Ribay Publisher: Kokila Published: 18 June 2019 Pages: 323 This review contains spoilers! Read at your own risk. Jay Reguero plans to spend his last semester of senior year playing video games before he goes to the University of Michigan in the fall. But then his dad informs […]
Title: If God is a Virus Author: Seema Yasmin Publisher: Haymarket Books Published: 6 April 2021 Pages: 80 I received an advanced copy through Books Forward in exchange for an honest review. Wow! Wow! Wow! I could’ve read this collection of poetry in one sitting, but I held back to fully enjoy the collection. I […]
Title: Seven Days of Us Author: Francesca Hornak Publisher: Berkley Published: 17 October 2017 Pages: 368 For the first time in years, the Birch family will all be under one roof for Christmas. Emma and Andrew’s elder daughter, who is usually off saving the world as a doctor, is joining them at Weyfield hall, their […]