Welcome to my stop on the Wild Wishes and Windswept Kisses book tour with TBR and Beyond Book Tours. Thank you to the publisher and author for providing a gifted copy of the book. Pub Date: Oct. 17, 2023 Young Romance in Autumn Are you looking for a fall-themed book that includes romance, beautiful whimsical […]
Welcome to my stop on the Love in Winter Wonderland Book Tour hosted by Hear Our Voices Book Tours! Special thanks to them and the publisher for having me on the tour. Love in Winter Wonderland by Abiola Bello celebrates Black love, friendship and the importance of community. It combines my most favorite setting with […]
Welcome to my stop on the Sign of the Slayer book tour hosted by Hear Our Voices Book Tours! Thank you to Hear Our Voices and publisher Entangled Teen for including me. What’s Your Code Name? Are ya’ll ready to start prepping for #SpookySeason?! Good! But first, you must choose a code name. It can be […]
Looking for a mystery/thriller to start your spooky reads off for the fall? Check out The Shadow Sister by Lily Meade. A story about two sisters in a toxic sibling relationship when one of them disappears and then reappears in a seemingly altered state. Debut Author This was a solid debut that I began listening […]
Hi Ya’ll! I’m back from my summer break and ready to jump back into the swing of things. As an academic, Fall always gives me a jolt of inspiration. So starting again in September is not so bad after a busy summer full of family and fun. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve been reading all […]
As the Springtime hustle and bustle opens up to hopefully more relaxing days in summer, I relied mostly on audiobooks this month. My May Reading Wrap-Up consisted on seven audiobooks, one ebook and two print books. I also read equal parts fiction and nonfiction. A few of the books I read have been on my […]
Fairytale retellings are a sweet spot for me and they are hard to resist. Beauty Reborn by Elizabeth Lowham is a retelling that is emotional and dark considering what Beauty has endured before even meeting the Beast. I found the plot to be surprisingly fast-paced, especially considering that there aren’t many characters to drive it […]
As an educator in a district with many students who have moved from and/or have family central America, I am always looking for novels that give them representation. When I came across the debut novel, Saints of the Household by Ari Tison, I immediately requested it on NetGalley. At the NCTE annual convention, I was […]
Today is my stop on the Delicious Monsters Book Tour hosted by Hear Our Voices! Check out my review below! Review Delicious Monsters is a well-crafted paranormal thriller that will hold you down in your seat until you finish the last page. With dual timelines and point of views, I found myself equally intrigued by […]
This is why you should probably give yourself a few weeks into the year before making any New Year’s resolutions. Because if I had, hypothetically speaking, made a resolution about reading more from my bookshelf and backlist I would already be behind the game. Backlist Challenge All of the books I have lined up from […]