2019 · Bookish · Bradley W. Wright · Diversity · Neurodiversity · Own Voices · Why I Write??? · YA

WHY I WRITE??? #7 ft Bradley W. Wright

I write because I have a strong need to make art. I’ve always felt it. My first career was as a professional ballet dancer. Later I took up photography, printmaking, and painting. I began writing after my son was born. When you have a kid and a full-time job you don’t have long stretches of…… Continue reading WHY I WRITE??? #7 ft Bradley W. Wright

2019 · Book Review · Bookish · Children's Book · Diversity · Hena Khan · Islam · Muslim · Own Voices

Book Review of Under My Hijab: We need more beautiful stories like this!

Blurb Grandma wears it clasped under her chin. Aunty pins hers up with a beautiful brooch. Jenna puts it under a sun hat when she hikes. Zara styles hers to match her outfit. As a young girl observes six very different women in her life who each wear the hijab in a unique way, she…… Continue reading Book Review of Under My Hijab: We need more beautiful stories like this!

Book Review · Bookish · Diversity · Neurodiversity · Own Voices · YA

Book Review of The Place Inside the Storm: A coming of age, dystopian story of a girl named Tara, who goes on a journey of self-discovery and learns more about neurodiversity.

The Place Inside the Storm takes place in the near future, 2038, where the word Autism has been deleted from dictionaries and published papers. Tara is a 14 years old girl who is extremely intelligent and struggles to make friendships. Her only current friend is Xel, an AI that looks like a cat. Her parents…… Continue reading Book Review of The Place Inside the Storm: A coming of age, dystopian story of a girl named Tara, who goes on a journey of self-discovery and learns more about neurodiversity.

2018 · Adult · African Literature · Book Tag · Bookish · Children's Book · Chronic Pain Rep · Contemporary · Curiosity-Quills · Diversity · Entangled Teen · Eric smith · Farrar, Straus, and Giroux ( FSG) · HMH Books for Young Readers · Kim Savage · LGBTQIA · Lisa Brown Roberts · Lydia Kang · magic · Mental Illness · New Adult · Own Voices · Pintip Dunn · Rachel Hartman · Retellings · Sci-Fi · SFF · Steam Punk · Top # in # · Top 18 in 2018 · Tyrolin Puxty · WOC · YA

Top 18 in 2018: Awesome Books I Read in 2018

I really enjoyed working on this annual series last year, so I have decided to do it again for 2018. Today, I will be sharing with you my favorite 18 books that I have read this year. If you want to check my review for any specific title, then feel free to click on its…… Continue reading Top 18 in 2018: Awesome Books I Read in 2018

2018 · 2019 · Book Review · Bookish · Debut Novel · Drug addiction Rep · Eric smith · Flux · Flux Books · Kati Gardner · Own Voices · YA

Book Review of Brave Enough- A raw, honest, heartbreaking, and beautiful story.

Blurb Teenager Cason Martin is the youngest ballerina in the Atlanta Ballet Conservatory. She never really had a choice of whether she learned to dance or not. Her mother, the conservatory’s artistic director, has made all the decisions in Cason’s life. But that’s about to change. Cason has been hiding an injury, and it’s much…… Continue reading Book Review of Brave Enough- A raw, honest, heartbreaking, and beautiful story.

2018 · 2019 · Asian Rep · Book Review · Bookish · Diversity · Entangled Teen · Lydia Kang · Own Voices · Romance · Sci-Fi · YA

Book Review Of Toxic- A very unique Sci-Fi thriller that dwells on one’s troubling cogitations & showcases brilliancy when it comes to world-building.

Blurb Hana isn’t supposed to exist. She’s grown up hidden by her mother in a secret room of the bioship Cyclo until the day her mother is simply gone – along with the entire crew. Cyclo tells her she was abandoned, but she’s certain her mother wouldn’t leave her there to die. And Hana isn’t…… Continue reading Book Review Of Toxic- A very unique Sci-Fi thriller that dwells on one’s troubling cogitations & showcases brilliancy when it comes to world-building.

2019 · Book Review · Bookish · Contemporary · Diversity · Eric smith · Fantasy · Fiction · Flux · Flux Books · Own Voices · YA

Book Review of The Girl and the Grove- A heartfelt Urban Fantasy that explores environmental activism, acceptance, family, and friendship!

Blurb Teenager Leila’s life is full of challenges. From bouncing around the foster care system to living with seasonal affective disorder, she’s never had an easy road. Leila keeps herself busy with her passion for environmental advocacy, monitoring the Urban Ecovists message board and joining a local environmental club with her best friend Sarika. And…… Continue reading Book Review of The Girl and the Grove- A heartfelt Urban Fantasy that explores environmental activism, acceptance, family, and friendship!

Book Writing... · Creative Writing · Dystopian · Fantasy · Greek Mythology · Mental Illness · Own Voices · Sci-Fi · SFF · YA

Book Writing #1: Camp NanoWrimo Week 1 Wrap Up!

What is Book Writing…? Click here to read all about this new blog series. I will be honest with you all. I have done Camp NanoWrimo before, but I never managed to stick to it throughout the entire month, writing a max of 7K words in total. This time though, things have changed. I rediscovered…… Continue reading Book Writing #1: Camp NanoWrimo Week 1 Wrap Up!

Book Writing... · Bookish · Camp NanoWrimo · Creative Writing · Introduction · Mental Illness · NanoWrimo · Own Voices · SFF · YA

Introducing: Book Writing…

  In January 2016, Christine from PolandBananasBooks started a series on Youtube called Book Writing, where she documented her book writing journey. The idea might be simple, but it is genius! Imagine having a place where all of the thoughts, emotions, and issues that you went through while writing a book, were documented and saved. I…… Continue reading Introducing: Book Writing…