Book reviews, features, and a little pop culture.
Hello, friends. How are you doing? I've been on a little bit of a hiatus from the blog recently as I've been working on other projects (streaming The Sims 4 and other video games on Twitch and writing fiction for Camp NaNoWriMo this month). Since there are a lot of books I'm looking forward to … Continue reading Sci-Fi and Fantasy I Can’t Wait to Read
Hello there, friends. I hope the day's treating you well. Today I'm featuring an anti-racist nonfiction book that I inhaled over the weekend. So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo While I was listening to the audiobook, I wanted to write down so many passages that I lost count. Oluo pulls no … Continue reading Reading Recommendation: So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Down the TBR Hole is a meme created by Lia at Lost in a Story. It involves whittling down your TBR by getting rid of the books you're never going to read. It works like this: Go to your Goodreads to-read shelf.Order by ascending date added.Take the first 5 (or 10 if you’re feeling adventurous) … Continue reading Down the TBR Hole #1
Today I'm sharing a list of excellent speculative fiction by Black authors, some of which I've read and others I'll be reading soon. All are currently available for purchase. Won't you join me in reading them? The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS. AGAIN. Three terrible things happen in … Continue reading 5 Excellent Speculative Fiction Books by Black Authors
Hello! I hope this finds you well. Today I'm sharing a list of five books coming out this summer that I can't wait to get my hands on. Most are YA, and links go to Goodreads. The State of Us by Shaun David Hutchinson Expected publication: June 2nd 2020 When Dean Arnault’s mother decided to … Continue reading Books Coming Out This Summer
Hello, friends! How are you today? Can you believe it's already May? Since I missed it last year, I decided to participate in #Rombklove this month. It's a month-long celebration of the romance genre brought to you by Ana Coqui. Here are the prompts for the month: Day 1: Comfort Reads This is a great … Continue reading #Rombklove 2020: Day 1 Comfort Reads
Hello, friends! I hope today's treating you well and you're staying safe. It's Monday again, so I'm back with a rundown of what I'm currently reading. What I'm Reading Info: Need to Know by Karen Cleveland January 23rd 2018 from Ballantine Books Summary: What do you do when everything you trust might be a lie? … Continue reading Manic Monday: Currently Reading
Hi, friends! I hope today is treating you all right and you're staying sane during these strange times. First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? Pick a book … Continue reading First Lines Fridays
Hello, friends! I hope you're doing well wherever you are. Welcome to another WWW Wednesday, a weekly meme hosted by Taking on a World of Words. There are three W questions to answer: What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? What I'm Reading Devil's Daughter (The … Continue reading WWW Wednesday
Hello, readers! It's Monday again, and I hope the day's treating you well. Without further ado, here's what I'm currently reading: How Not to Fall (Belhaven #1) by Emily Foster June 28th 2016 from Kensington Buy: Amazon | B&N | Kobo Annabelle "Annie" Coffey is a super intelligent undergrad student in her last semester of … Continue reading Manic Monday: What I’m Reading
