Reading Challenges

Books with Women on the Cover #WHMReadingChallenge

This is the second weekly prompt from Weird Zeal's Women's History Month Reading Challenge here! I looked at my list of read books on Goodreads and chose the covers that I love the most. One by Sarah Crossan This one may seem simple, but it's beautiful! I love how they are paper cut outs, and… Continue reading Books with Women on the Cover #WHMReadingChallenge

Book Reviews

With Malice by Eileen Cook

๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ Synopsis: It was the perfect tripโ€ฆ until it wasnโ€™t. Eighteen-year-old Jill Charron wakes up in a hospital room, leg in a cast, stitches in her face and a big blank canvas where the last six weeks should be. She discovers she was involved in a fatal car accident while on a school trip in… Continue reading With Malice by Eileen Cook

First Impression Friday

First Impression Friday: Eliza and Her Monsters

First Impression Friday is a meme created by J.W. Martin, where you give a few impressions of a book you have recently started, and predict what you will think at the end. Itโ€™s cool because you get to look back after finishing the book to see what you were thinking at the beginning! I think I'm… Continue reading First Impression Friday: Eliza and Her Monsters

Book Reviews

Anger is a Gift by Mark Oshiro

๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ Synopsis: Six years ago, Moss Jefferies' father was murdered by an Oakland police officer. Along with losing a parent, the media's vilification of his father and lack of accountability has left Moss with near crippling panic attacks. Now, in his sophomore year of high school, Moss and his fellow classmates find themselves increasingly treated… Continue reading Anger is a Gift by Mark Oshiro

Blogging · Reading Challenges

Female Characters That Inspire Me #WHMReadingChallenge

Weird Zeal created a reading challenge for Women's History Month here, which I am participating in! In addition to the reading section of the challenge, she came up with weekly prompts to blog about. For this week's prompt, female characters that inspire me, I am listing five such characters. I know five isn't a whole… Continue reading Female Characters That Inspire Me #WHMReadingChallenge

Book Reviews

On the Come Up by Angie Thomas

๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ Synopsis: Sixteen-year-old Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. Or at least make it out of her neighborhood one day. As the daughter of an underground rap legend who died before he hit big, Briโ€™s got big shoes to fill. But now that her mom has unexpectedly lost her… Continue reading On the Come Up by Angie Thomas

Book Reviews

Caraval by Stephanie Garber

๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ Synopsis: Remember, itโ€™s only a gameโ€ฆ Scarlett Dragna has never left the tiny island where she and her sister, Tella, live with their powerful, and cruel, father. Now Scarlettโ€™s father has arranged a marriage for her, and Scarlett thinks her dreams of seeing Caravalโ€”the faraway, once-a-year performance where the audience participates in the showโ€”are… Continue reading Caraval by Stephanie Garber

Book Reviews

Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann

๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ Synopsis: Alice had her whole summer planned. Nonstop all-you-can-eat buffets while marathoning her favorite TV shows (best friends totally included) with the smallest dash of adultingโ€”working at the library to pay her share of the rent. The only thing missing from her perfect plan? Her girlfriend (who ended things when Alice confessed she's asexual).… Continue reading Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann