Genre: YA Romancy? Basic Summary: Willowdean fakes it until she makes it. She joins a beauty pageant as a type of f you to people.There’s also two boys who like her and she has a fight with her best friend. Rating: 4/5 Warnings: None that I can think of? There is a guy who bullies Read More …
Read this book off the Libby app. Genre: YA Contemporary – Tackling social issues mostly involving police shootings of black people. Book Summary: Starr Carter sees her childhood best friend, Khalil, get shot by police after they were pulled over. Full summary here. Warnings: Police shootings, gang violence, domestic violence, riots, and police responding to Read More …
Got this book from the library! Genre: Cyberpunk with voting? Book Summary: Information is kind of the one government to rule all the other government except it’s not really a government. There’s also an election and people are still pretty greedy. Better summary here. Rating: 4/5 Review: The idea that there could be multiple governments Read More …
The author gave me a copy of this book for an honest review. Genre: YA fantasy/horror/romancy/being older doesn’t mean being smart Basic Summary: Aislinn just wants to be a normal teenage girl instead of turning into a monster at night. Stealing other people’s life stream helps a little. Here is a better summary. Rating: 3/5 Read More …
I received this book from the author for an honest review. Genre: Aliens like to keep human women as pets and no one likes to talk about the men. Brief Summary: Maria gets abducted by aliens. They try to teach her manners while stripping away human rights! Here is a link if you are interested. Read More …
Genre: Fairytales are real and horrifying to those who don’t go through them. Basic Summary: Nancy just wants to go back to the fairytale she found. Instead, she is sent to rehab. Rating: 5/5 Warnings: Murders. Violence. Review: Seanan McGuire paints a world where people can go through doorways to enter a world that suits them. Mainly, Read More …
I recieved a copy of Schmuck the Buck from EXO Books for an honest review. Genre: Multi-Holiday Book. Brief Summary: Rating: Review: Okay. Let’s be real here. Who doesn’t like funny picture books with rhymes? I mean, really? Larry is a Jewish reindeer who works at the North Pole. That sentence alone just caused me to Read More …
Genre: Victorian Detective That Is Not Sherlock Basic Summary: Main Character gets hired by Detective Cyrus who also unlocks the Tragic Backstory ™. Rating: 3/5 Warnings: The Racists. Also, descriptions of violence but not very graphic. Maybe a C minus in graphic violence. Probably lower than that. Also, religion is brought up – not in Read More …
Genre: Monsters do have a heart! You just have to smack them in the nose with a newspaper…if you can find a nose. Basic Summary: Diana just wanted an apartment. She gets one…that happens to overlap with other worlds/dimensions and monsters happen to be part of the deal. Well…one monster…initially. SHE DIDN’T READ THE FINE PRINT. Rating: Read More …
Genre: Robots and demigods/goddesses are just trying to be! Except the one who wants world domination. Except that one. Basic Summary: (This is the hardest basic summary to write…) Multiple people are connected to each other and find their god/goddess powers. There are the good ones and then there is Sydney. Rating: 4/5 Warnings: Mentions Read More …
