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I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Elizabeth Lim’s debut novel Spin the Dawn, a young woman named Maia disguises herself as a man to enter a competition … Read more

I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Reverie by Ryan la Sala. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. Kane Montgomery has no memory of the last few months. All he knows is he crashed a car into a local … Read more

Fans of The Hate U Give, I have one for you! SLAY by Brittney Morris features Kiera Johnson, a senior in high school, who leads a double life. No one—her parents, sister, best friend, even her boyfriend—knows that for the past three years, she’s been the developer of an online VR video game. SLAY is a … Read more

In George Takei’s graphic novel memoir, They Called Us Enemy, we see Takei’s childhood as it is turned upside down when he and his family are taken to an internment camp for Japanese Americans. Takei reflects on how this injustice came to happen, how it affected his outlook, and how its story holds significance today. … Read more

I was worried going into this, but I should’ve trusted you, Rick Riordan. This was awesome. After the events of the Burning Maze, Apollo and Meg race to Camp Jupiter. There, they team up with old friends of ours as they attempt to stop the emperors from destroying the demigods, and to understand how the ancient … Read more

I’ve read a novel by Colson Whitehead before, but that was several years ago in college. Now, with The Nickel Boys out, I decided to revisit him by reading his most famous work: The Underground Railroad, which tells the story of one woman’s journey from enslavement in the South to various places in America, learning about herself … Read more

In No Country For Old Gnomes, the second book in the Tales of Pell trilogy by Delilah S. Dawson and Kevin Hearne, gnomes and halflings are at war. This unexpected development brings together an eclectic assortment of people who seek to stop the conflict. Among them: Offi the gnome who has long felt overshadowed by … Read more

In The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, paleontologist Steve Brusatte takes us through the development of the dinosaurs. He explores what their world was like, as well as the evolutionary advantages they obtained that enabled those during the Cretaceous period to rise to the top. Then, he explains what occurred during their cataclysmic end, how … Read more

Thank goodness for getting into a series late, because I didn’t have to wait at all between books! There won’t be spoilers for this second book here, but there might be some for its predecessor Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor, so if you haven’t read that, proceed with caution (unless you don’t care, then proceed … Read more

In Pride by Ibi Zoboi, when a rich family renovates the home across the street, Bushwick native Zuri Benitez along with her sisters are desperate to who their new neighbors will be. As luck would have it, the sons happen to be not only rich, but also handsome. Zuri’s sister Janae immediately starts to fall for Ainsley, … Read more