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…

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.…

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…

Review: Autoboyography by Christina Lauren

By Christina Lauren I have no words. It's beautiful. I'm crying. I can't. WHERE DO I EVEN BEGIN Autoboyography is a beautifully written coming-of-age book that explores identity and what it means to love. It's told by Tanner, a high school senior, who despite coming out as bisexual to his parents, has returned back into…

Review: Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibañez

Title: Woven in Moonlight Author: Isabel Ibañez Genre: Self Improvement Publisher: Page Street Books Publication Date: January 7th 2020 Page Count: 384 Rating: 4.5/5 Ximena is the decoy Condesa, a stand-in for the last remaining Illustrian royal. Her people lost everything when the usurper, Atoc, used an ancient relic to summon ghosts and drive the…

Review: Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

Title: Slaughterhouse-Five Author: Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Dial Press Publication Date: January 12th 1999 Page Count: 275 Rating: 4/5 This is my first time reading Kurt Vonnegut, and well, it was definitely one hell of a ride. The story follows Billy Pilgrim a war veteran who has "come unstuck in time". The…

Review: Spy X Family

Title: Spy X Family Author: Tatsuya Endo Genre: Manga Publisher: Viz Manga Publication Date: June 2, 2020 Page Count: 220 Rating: 5/5    Spy X Family is a Japanese Manga about 3 unlikely figures - a spy, a contract killer, and a mind reader -  who come together to form a pretend family. Each one…