Summer! For a bit there it felt like the weather would never turn warm again. Summer is time for packing bags full of books and heading to the beach. I love buying books throughout the year and mentally adding them to my summer TBR list. As a college student, I’m pretty much always reading something, … More Summer Reads
May the 4th Be With You — A TLJ Novelization Discussion Happy Star Wars day! In the midst of final exam season, I always look forward to this day to remind me of one of the pieces of media that encouraged me to pursue storytelling in the first place. The Star Wars films are some … More Review: The Last Jedi (Star Wars Novelization) by Jason Fry
One of the most exciting and terrifying things as a devoted reader is discovering that your favorite book is going to be turned into a movie or TV show. If done well, the film can be a global phenomenon that turns a huge audience and attracts more readers to the source material. When done poorly, … More YA Movie Adaptations: The Good, the Bad, and the Incomplete
A new mystery thwarts Cordelia and the Merry Thieves of London The newest installment of the Shadowhunter Chronicles by Cassandra Clare, Chain of Iron, hits all of those notes that made the original series so popular. New time period, (semi) new place, new drama, and new characters populate the second installment of The Last Hours … More Review: Chain of Iron by Cassandra Clare
I am always on the quest for more fantasy YA, especially immersive fantasy YA. With A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown, I built up so much anticipation for a well written and exciting story. I am here to report that I was very much pleased with this book. The story follows … More Review: A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown
Ah, middle school. There was a point in time where I would beg my mom to drive me to the library every week and she would have to limit the amount of books I’d check out. I think my subconscious goal was to read everything in the “Teen/Young Adult” section of the library. I must … More Books I Read in Middle School
A Non-Binary Coming of Age & Romance I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver Buy the book here Page Count: 336 Genre: Young Adult, LGBTQ+ Fiction, Romance Content warnings: Homophobia, transphobia, misgendering, bad coming out, depression, emotional child abuse I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver is a Young Adult novel … More Review: I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver
I think there isn’t a soul out there who wouldn’t say that 2020 was an incomparably difficult year. Looking back, absolutely nothing happened as anyone expected it. I have been doing online college since March. That in itself feels strange to write. Sometimes, 2020 felt like it would never end. Despite it all, we made … More My Top 5 Books of 2020
On a cozy afternoon in October, I decide I want to bake. This, in my own life, is a very unconventional decision; it is practically unheard of for me to willingly use the oven. But I’m not looking to bake for the sake of activity, rather because there’s a recipe I want to try out … More Baking and Little Women—A Story That Sticks
Arkady Martine’s A Memory Called Empire ended up on the top of my TBR pile through a sort of coincidence. Online college is incredibly strange and tedious. I try to fill as much time as I can with reading to break up the horrible amounts of screen time required. That being said, I am quite … More Review: A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
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