This novel by Emma Donoghue shows what the realities are in a maternity ward in the middle of the 1918 pandemic. Our main character, Julia Power, is working at an understaffed, unprepared hospital in the center of Dublin and her days are filled with sorrow, suffering, and signs of hope. The first day we meetContinue reading “The Pull of The Stars”
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Clap When You Land
This is the story of two sisters who don’t know that the other exists. Yahaira lives in New York and Camino lives in the Dominican Republic, they both love and care about their father, Camino only gets to see him over the summer, so when she goes to the airport to pick him up andContinue reading “Clap When You Land”
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
I am an extremely lucky individual and was granted early access to my most anticipated novel of 2020 by TOR Books through NetGalley. If anything, this is the best thing to happen to me in this hell-scape of a year. How do I even begin to talk about this book and its impact? I haveContinue reading “The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue”
Short Stuff
Do you want a short story collection all about queer, young adult couples? Well then have I got good news for you! Short Stuff is a collection of four short queer love stories, two male/male, two female/female. Three of them are contemporary stories (meaning they exist in our current world and operate under our currentContinue reading “Short Stuff”
All the Bad Apples
In Dublin we follow Deena, one of three sisters in a cursed family. Bad Apples, it says, Bad Apples on the family tree that once they turn seventeen, the curse comes for them. Deena just turned seventeen, comes out to her sister and father, and her sister Mandy goes missing, claimed dead. Deena refuses toContinue reading “All the Bad Apples”
The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James
I don’t read many middle grade novels, but if they are anything like this one by Ashley Herring Blake, I need to start picking them up. This is a story about Sunny St. James, a twelve year old girl living on an island off the coast of North Carolina, and we start the story withContinue reading “The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James”
Leah On The Offbeat
I finally did it. I finally read the last (for now) book in the Creekwood Series. It took me two years to get to it and I know it’s because I heard so many mixed things about it after it came out and I was so afraid to not love a Becky Albertalli book. Now,Continue reading “Leah On The Offbeat”
Top Of Her Game
Thank you NetGalley for providing me with an eARC of this book! This was the fluffy (though not always fluffy) sapphic romance I needed. I was cheesing hard throughout reading this book and I loved it. I mean, obviously, we all watched the Women’s World Cup this summer and Megan Rapinoe did some amazing thingsContinue reading “Top Of Her Game”
Girls of Storm and Shadow
Last year I read the amazing book by Natasha Ngan called Girls of Paper and Fire and I loved it. The story, the characters, the action, the romance… it all worked really well for me. So I was excited for the sequel and then that excitement ROCKETED through the rough when I got approved forContinue reading “Girls of Storm and Shadow”
These Witches Don’t Burn
A new Witchy series to get you ready for October and Halloween in the years to come. I was expecting this book to be more light hearted than it actually was, and to be quite honest, I don’t mind how dark it was. In fact, I’m really looking forward to the next installment of it.Continue reading “These Witches Don’t Burn”
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