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
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
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson is a poetry memoir geared towards an adolescent audience that focuses on the author’s childhood. Brown Girl Dreaming has a long list of accolades including winning a National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, a John Newberry Medal, and the Coretta Scott King Award. I was recommended Brown Girl … More Review: Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
I casually mention the Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan a lot on this blog, but I’ve yet to dive into real discussion of it! My first encounter with this series was way back in third grade. During our Greek Mythology unit (which I was fully immersed in) my teacher lent me a copy of … More Is Percy Jackson a Bildungsroman?
I love vampires. There’s something just so mysterious and alluring (and sometimes sparkly!) about them. Vampires have overtaken my life in a few ways: first, by invading my TikTok For You Page with an abundance of Edward Cullen videos. Second, through my constant rewatching of The Vampire Diaries. It was actually my eighth grade English … More Top Five Vampire Reads
I can wholeheartedly say that my love for Divergent by Veronica Roth in middle school was unhealthy. The embarrassing image of thirteen year old me laying in bed listening to ‘sad music’ next to my poster of Theo James as Four is burned into my brain. Divergent drew me in for all of the usual … More Insurgent and Allegiant had Missed Potential
What is the problem with Edward Cullen? Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer Buy the book here Page Count: 658 Genre: Romance, Fantasy, Young Adult, Fiction Oh, Midnight Sun. You are the addition to Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight saga that middle school Julia desperately wanted but certainly didn’t need. You’re a seven hundred page monster of teenage … More Review: Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer
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