book review: You Bring the Distant Near by Mitali Perkins | five stars as predicted?

You Bring the Distant Near by Mitali Perkins read in September 2018 (#ContemporaryAThon) format: hardcover rating: ★★★.5 stars This is a spoiler-free review! Five girls. Three generations. One great American love story. Ranee, worried that her children are losing their Indian culture; Sonia, wrapped up in a forbidden biracial love affair; Tara, seeking the limelight … More book review: You Bring the Distant Near by Mitali Perkins | five stars as predicted?

book review: Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao |non-stop agony

Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Roa read in September 2018 format: audiobook rating: ★★★✩✩ This is a spoiler-free review! When Poornima first meets Savitha, she feels something she thought she lost for good when her mother died: hope. Poornima’s father hires Savitha to work one of their sari looms, and the two girls are quickly … More book review: Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao |non-stop agony

book review: The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin |the hype is real!

The Fifth Season (Broken Earth Trilogy, book one) by N.K. Jemisin read in September 2018 format: Kindle rating: ★★★★✩ This is a spoiler-free review! This is the way the world ends. Again. Three terrible things happen in a single day. Essun, a woman living an ordinary life in a small town, comes home to find … More book review: The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin |the hype is real!

Anticipated Book Releases | September 2018

Hello my fellow book lovers! Today I’m going to talk about some September 2018 book releases I’m looking forward to! Many books are set to be released this month, so buckle up! Goodreads isn’t helpful and doesn’t show me some of the books I marked as ‘want to read’, so I’m sorry if any books … More Anticipated Book Releases | September 2018

The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth | 3.25 stars!

The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth read in August 2018 format: hardcover rating: 3.25 stars This is a spoiler-free review! When Cameron Post’s parents die suddenly in a car crash, her shocking first thought is relief. Relief they’ll never know that, hours earlier, she had been kissing a girl. But that relief … More The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth | 3.25 stars!

Anticipated Book Releases | August 2018

Hello my fellow book lovers! Today I’m going to talk about some August 2018 book releases I’m looking forward to! I’m actually surprised so many awesome books are coming out this month. Goodreads isn’t helpful and doesn’t show me some of the books I marked as ‘want to read’, so I’m sorry if any books … More Anticipated Book Releases | August 2018