Another year, another top ten list. At some point, I'm sure I'll get sick of making the year out of books, but not yet! If anyone witnessed the process, they'd probably have questions, though. Anyway, without further ado, let's just get into it. We all have actually important things to be doing, after all. As …
Tag: novel in verse
Series Review | The Crossover
I love when you read a book about a topic you don’t know much about and the writing just sweeps you away anyway. I love even more when you read three of these back to back. So recently I read The Crossover, Booked, and Rebound by Kwame Alexander. These are three novels for young readers …
Book Review | The Black Flamingo
In The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta, Michael grows up in London, uncertain of who he is. He doesn’t feel that he’s Jamaican enough, or Greek Cypriot enough to identify with either group. And then there’s his sexuality, as it becomes more and more apparent as he grows up that he’s definitely not straight. So …
Top 10 Books I Read in 2020
Honestly, good riddance, 2020. Despite this year being utterly insane and pretty much terrible for so many reasons, I managed to read quite a bit. Never has the word “escapism” meant quite so much to me. I still tend to read a few genres most—fantasy, mythology, young adult—but I also tried some new things. I …
Book Review | Clap When You Land (ARC)
I almost squealed at work the other day, because we received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo, which I immediately took home and started reading. Since this is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. Acevedo goes …
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