Book reviews and other bookish things
Rating: 3/5 Genre: Poetry Dear Azula, I Have a Crush on Danny Phantom is a crossover of our coming of age universes. Exploring the interplay of adolescence and media, Dear Azula is a masterclass on how Generation Z see themselves reflected on screen, how they find themselves in characters when the world does not grant …
Genre: Romance, FictionPublished by: Berkley Date First Published: May 30th 2018Number of pages: 323 pagesAuthor’s website: https://www.helenhoang.com/Support local! Buy the book on BookShop! This romance novel follows Stella Lane, an econometrician with Asperger's Syndrome, on her quest to learn how to be in a relationship especially the sexual aspects of a relationship. Reader, she is looking to find …
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Rating: 4-4.5/5 Genre: poetry [book 1], “shaded injustice” challenges you to find your identify places, people, and things in your life where injustice was covert or supervised. next, create your own vision for what equality, diversity, and justice look like for you. lastly, identify ways you can work to make this vision an everyday reality. …
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Although I only joined the bookish world of Instagram and Twitter recently, I have already been welcomed with open arms and open books and I have found so many great challenges and motivations to read! One of those is Bout of Books 31, a week-long readathon that begins next week on Monday, May 10th! One …
Rating: 5/5 Genre: Fiction, Short Stories, (I listened to the audiobook) Set among the cities and suburbs of Florida, each story in Milk Blood Heat delves into the ordinary worlds of young girls, women, and men who find themselves confronted by extraordinary moments of violent personal reckoning. These intimate portraits of people and relationships scour …
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Book 1 of Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery Series Genre: Mystery, Cozy Mystery, Amateur SleuthPublished by: BerkleyPublish date: May 4, 2021Number of pages: 304 pagesAuthor’s website: https://www.miapmanansala.com/Support local! Buy the book on BookShop! The first book in a new culinary cozy series full of sharp humor and delectable dishes—one that might just be killer.... When Lila Macapagal moves …
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AKA how being obsessed with books has become more than just buying and borrowing books, but buying book-related merchandise as well. It's a problem. It's an obsession. I have recently started accumulating bookish shirts and I am so obsessed with all of them and wanted to highlight some of the shops I purchased them from. …
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I read 15 books this month. Since April was National Poetry Month in the United States, I did focus on poetry. I read less non-fiction this month and hope to change that in May. May is Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month in the United States so I do want to make sure …
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I received an ARC from NetGalley and Tin House Publishing. I am giving this review voluntarily. Rating: 4/5 Genre: Poetry Morgan Parker's Other People's Comfort Keeps Me Up At Night is being reprinted! This is the first collection of the author's. Her other notable works are There are More Beautiful Things than Beyoncé and Magical …
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I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley and Hachette Books in exchange for an honest review. I am giving this review voluntarily and all thoughts are my own. Rating: 5/5 Genre: Poetry During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, poet Nikita Gill captures, the heartache, loss, hope, and other hosts of …
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