"Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute" is Delightfully Delicious | Book Review
In which I wax poetic about one of my favorite books of last year You need to know this: I'm big a Talia Hibbert fan. Before last year,...
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- Dec 11, 2022
- 2 min
Book Review: SELF-MADE BOYS by Anna-Marie McLemore is Triumphant
In Anna-Marie McLemore's spin on The Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway is Nicolás Caraveo, a trans Latine boy from Wisconsin who heads out to...
- Nov 27, 2022
- 3 min
End of the Year Book Tag | 2022
Hello, and welcome to the End of the Year Book Tag! This is a tag created on YouTube by Ariel Bissett, and I thought this year and...
- Jul 19, 2022
- 4 min
Dahlia Adler on her latest release, the craft of short stories, and why she writes
How to introduce a profile on Dahlia Adler? I could start by saying she's the author of one of my absolute favorite YA romances, Home...
- Jun 10, 2022
- 2 min
Book Review: "The Summer of Bitter and Sweet" by Jen Ferguson
Jen Ferguson's debut YA, The Summer of Bitter and Sweet, released on my birthday and if that's not a sign of the publishing overlords...
- Jun 4, 2022
- 2 min
Blog Tour: "Tokyo Dreaming" by Emiko Jean
Earlier this year, I had the incredible joy of reading Emiko Jean's YA romance Tokyo Ever After, an utterly delightful story about Izumi,...
- Mar 22, 2022
- 3 min
TBR Book Tag
Okay, switching things up a smidge today — Lat from Latitude's Library tagged me in this super-fun tag/meme, and I have always always...
- Mar 18, 2022
- 2 min
Steven Salvatore's "And They Lived..." is queer, fairytale-like perfection
There's a fairytale within the pages of Steven Salvatore's recent YA release And They Lived..., and I'm not talking about the queer...
- Mar 11, 2022
- 2 min
"Travelers Along the Way" by Aminah Mae Safi is adventure storytelling at its finest
I read Travelers Along the Way: A Robin Hood Remix last December and let me tell you, the ride this book took me on! It was everything...
- Mar 4, 2022
- 2 min
Lillie Lainoff's debut "One For All" puts disabled girls in the spotlight and lets them shine
I've never read a book like One For All before. Well, I've read books similar to it — as a kid, I read a young reader's version of The...
- Feb 17, 2022
- 2 min
I fell in love with Phil Stamper's "Golden Boys"
I don't know where to start with Golden Boys! There's simply too much to say — from that delightful cover to the four main characters who...
- Feb 11, 2022
- 2 min
I freaking loved "These Witches Don't Burn" by Isabel Sterling
These Witches Don't Burn (affiliate link) is not just the first in a duology by Isabel Sterling — it's a queer contemporary witch story...
- Jan 8, 2022
- 2 min
Book Talk: "When We Were Them" by Laura Taylor Namey | Jan. 2022
Laura Taylor Namey, y'all. I have read two of her books so far and each of them was emotional and gorgeous in its own way. Today I need,...
- Dec 3, 2021
- 2 min
Book Talk: "If This Gets Out" by Sophie Gonzales & Cale Dietrich | December 2021
Picture this: you're one of the stars of America's most popular boy band, and you've got a massive crush on one of your bandmates. The...
- Nov 26, 2021
- 3 min
I'm grateful for books in 2021
What a year 2021 has been. I don't know where to start? There have been intensely great things about this year — I traveled to California...
- Oct 22, 2021
- 3 min
Book Talk: "So Many Beginnings" by Bethany C. Morrow | October 2021
I am unabashedly in love with the Little Women universe created by Louisa May Alcott. I'm in love with the movie adaptations, although I...
- Oct 15, 2021
- 3 min
Book Talk: "A Clash of Steel" by C.B. Lee | October 2021
Have you ever had the experience of reading a book and even long after you finish it, the story lives RENT-FREE in your head? Just...you...
- Sep 3, 2021
- 3 min
Book Talk: On "Never Saw You Coming" by Erin Hahn | September 2021
When I finished Erin Hahn's More Than Maybe in the summer of 2020, I immediately rushed to write a review that could capture all the...
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