Blog Tour: In the Neighborhood of True by Susan Kaplan Carlton

**Thank you so much to Algonquin Young Readers for the chance to be a part of this blog tour.** Review After her dad passes away, Ruth moves from 1950s NYC to Atlanta with her mom and her sister Nattie. Soon she finds herself enthralled with the southern charm of sweet tea and debutantes. She's drawn…

Review: Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

** Thank you NetGalley and Bloomsbury for this book in exchange for an honest review** It's a whole new take on the Cinderella story with a feminist spin. I really liked the concept of the new dystopian world (which has a bit of a Handmaid's tale feel to it) 200 hundred years after Cinderella meets…

Review: The Crowns of Croswald by D.E. Night

** Thank you NetGalley and Stories Untold for providing me an ARC in exchange for an honest review ** In Croswald, the only thing more powerful than dark magic is one secret…  For sixteen years Ivy Lovely has been hidden behind an enchanted boundary that separates the mundane from the magical. When Ivy crosses the…

June Wrap-Up | 2020

Hey guys! Here's my June wrap-up. Looking at the books I've read this month, a solid half of them have LGBTQ representation. It wasn't planned, but I guess it's a perfect way to wrap up Pride month. I added a rainbow to those with LGBTQ rep if you're interested in checking them out!💖🧡💛💚💙💜 5 stars…

Review: Seven Lies by Elizabeth Kay

**Thank you NetGalley and Penguin Random House Canada for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.** Jane and Marnie have been tied at the hip since childhood. Marnie is the light to Jane's dark, and Jane grew up dependent on her friendship with Marnie. They tell each other everything, their secrets and their lovers.…

Review: Beauty Mark by Carole Boston Weatherford

Beauty Mark: A Verse Novel of Marilyn Monroeby Carole Boston Weatherford Thank you Candlewick Press for this advances reader copy in exchange for an honest review. No one knowshow it feelsinside my troubled mind.No one wants to.Beauty Mark I'm the kind of person who goes down Wikipedia rabbit holes when searching up actors and writers.…

LGBTQ+ Books for Pride Month

Hey guys, happy Pride Month!! To celebrate, I wanted to share some of my favourite LGBTQ+ books that I've read! Feel free to recommend yours; I'd love to add them to my TBR! Autoboyography by Christina Lauren Love is love is love is love.... This by far is my favourite YA Contemporary queer read. While…

Thoughts while trying out Zombies, Run!

Hey guys, not your typical book post right now, but I wanted to share with you guys an app that I just downloaded. So my one of my friends (if you see this, hi) has been bugging me to start running again, and I decided that it's time to try getting rid of my aversion…

Review: So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

I was fortunate that my library has been able to provide a lot of books through their online catalog, and I decided to pick this gem up. Growing up in Canada, while racism is a prevalent topic that affect us, it wasn't something that was studied in depth or thoroughly at school. I recognized it…

Top Ten Tuesday #37 | Books on My Summer 2020 TBR

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