Category: review

Review of Patina by Jason Reynolds

29 August 2017 / review / 0 Comments
Review of Patina by Jason Reynolds

Patina by Jason Reynolds Series: Track #2 Format/Source: ARC/Publisher Published: 29 August 2017 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Canada Length: 240 pages Genre: Middle grade contemporary Rating: ★★★★ GoodReads | Indigo | IndieBound | Wordery I received a copy from the publisher in exchange for […]

Understanding The American Right in Arlie Russell Hochschild’s Strangers in Their Own Land

10 August 2017 / review / 2 Comments
Understanding The American Right in Arlie Russell Hochschild’s Strangers in Their Own Land

Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right by Arlie Russell Hochschild Format/Source: Hardcover/Library Published: August 2016 Publisher: New Press Length: 351 pages Genre: Non-fiction Rating: ★★★★½ Goodreads | Indigo | IndieBound | Wordery I read Strangers in Their Own […]

Review: Bannerless Doesn’t Live Up to its Premise

9 July 2017 / review / 13 Comments
Review: Bannerless Doesn’t Live Up to its Premise

Bannerless by Carrie Vaughn Format/Source: eBook/Netgalley Published: 11 July 2017 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Length: 352 pages Genre: Post-apocalypse/Mystery Rating: ★ GoodReads | Indigo | IndieBound | Wordery I received a copy from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for my honest review. Decades […]

Exploring Biracial Identity in The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond

3 July 2017 / review / 0 Comments
Exploring Biracial Identity in The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond

The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond by Brenda Woods Format/Source: Hardcover/Library Published: January 2014 Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books Length: 240 pages Genre: Contemporary middle grade Rating: ★★★★ GoodReads | Indigo | IndieBound | Wordery Violet is a smart, funny, brown-eyed, brown-haired girl in a […]

The Inevitable Disappointment of Trilogies? (Thoughts on A Conjuring of Light)

11 June 2017 / discussion, review / 4 Comments
The Inevitable Disappointment of Trilogies? (Thoughts on A Conjuring of Light)

I began this post as an ordinary review of A Conjuring of Light, the final book in V.E. Schwab’s Shades of Magic trilogy. I realized most of my thoughts stemmed from the frustration of reading a trilogy’s conclusion, so I’ve structured this post to […]