Title: We Are Lost and FoundAuthor: Helene DunbarRating: ★★½Summary: Michael is content to live in the shadow of his best friends, James and Becky, and his older brother, Connor, who was kicked out of the house for being gay. To pass the time before graduation, Michael hangs out at The Echo where he can dance … Continue reading Review: We Are Lost and Found by Helene Dunbar
Top Ten: Favorite Tropes
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted at That Artsy Reader Girl. This week's theme was my favorite tropes. Tropes can be SO fun, y'all. I know that they have the (very real) possibility of making a book come off as cringey or the plot bland and paint-by-numbers, but, when done correctly, they make … Continue reading Top Ten: Favorite Tropes
Review: A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
Title: A Tale for the Time BeingAuthor: Ruth OzekiRating: ★Summary: In Tokyo, sixteen-year-old Nao has decided there’s only one escape from her aching loneliness and classmates’ bullying, but before she ends it all, Nao plans to document the life of her great-grandmother, a Buddhist nun who’s lived more than a century, in a diary that … Continue reading Review: A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
Top Ten: Characters with Whom I’d Like to Be Friends
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted at That Artsy Reader Girl. This week's theme was characters with whom I'd like to be friends. ♥ Stacey from Blue Is For Nightmares♥ Elle from Geekerella♥ Susan, Esther, and Daisy from Giant Days♥ Cameron from If I'm Being Honest♥ Cal from Middlesex ♥ Bex from The … Continue reading Top Ten: Characters with Whom I’d Like to Be Friends
Review: Waiting for Tom Hanks by Kerry Winfrey
Title: Waiting for Tom HanksAuthor: Kerry WinfreyRating: ★★★★Summary: Annie is twenty-seven years old, single, and obsessed with romantic comedies, her dating life limited by the expectations she’s formed from the movies. With high hopes of finding her own Tom Hanks in the perfect, meet-cute romantic comedy kind of way, Annie avoids new experiences. But when … Continue reading Review: Waiting for Tom Hanks by Kerry Winfrey
Month in Review: July 2019
Favorite Media Very few albums have 100% bops, but guess what? Cuz I Love You does. I don't know what I was doing with my life in the first three months this album was out in the world, but I picked it up at exactly the right time. "Juice" and "Truth Hurts" are my favorites, … Continue reading Month in Review: July 2019
Review: Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe
Title: Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern IrelandAuthor: Patrick Radden KeefeRating: ★★★Summary: In December 1972, Jean McConville was dragged from her Belfast home by masked intruders; her ten children never saw her again until her body was found in 2003, five years after an accord brought an uneasy peace to … Continue reading Review: Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe
