Family Reads: Borne by Jeff VanderMeer

30 June 2017 / family reads / 2 Comments
Family Reads: Borne by Jeff VanderMeer

Born out of a desire to get a family of book lovers to connect more over what they’re reading, Family Reads is an occasional feature where my mom, dad or sister and I read and discuss a book. Why we chose […]

Diversity Spotlight Thursday #2

29 June 2017 / brief reviews, meme / 2 Comments
Diversity Spotlight Thursday #2

Read and Enjoyed: Star-Crossed by Barbara Dee Mattie, a star student and passionate reader, is delighted when her English teacher announces the eighth grade will be staging Romeo and Juliet. And she is even more excited when, after a series of […]

Spring 2017 Diverse Reads

26 June 2017 / brief reviews / 0 Comments
Spring 2017 Diverse Reads

March (disability – club foot) – Handbook for Dragon Slayers by Merrie Haskell April (mental health – depression) – More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera June (sexuality and gender identity – transboy) When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore Handbook for Dragon Slayers by Merrie Haskell […]

Defining My Personal Canon

14 June 2017 / thoughts / 16 Comments
Defining My Personal Canon

I have read a lot of books. So many excellent, wonderful, marvelous books. But how many of them have had a lasting impact on me? This is the question I began to ponder after reading Lory @ Emerald City Book […]

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 […]