December Update | Wrap-Up & 2021 Goals
I’ve been deliberating about what to write in my final post of this year (see my other posts this year from April and from June). I mean, 2020 has been…
Devil’s Road by Gary Gibson
Devil’s Road is a Sci-Fi car race with alien monsters, assassins and guns, deception against the backdrop of a post-apocalyptic city with more secrets than meets the eye. Dutch McGuire…
The Girl Who Smiled Beads by Clemantine Wamariya
“I’ve seen enough to know that you can be a human with a mountain of resources and you can be a human with nothing, and you can be a monster…
Unveiled by Jacklyn Daher
“Stars. Bright and shiny. Falling from above to crash and burn” Unveiled is a YA Fantasy filled with mystery, deception and has that eerie small town quality throughout. This is…
What Makes You A Reader?
Looking back, I don’t come from a family of readers. My parents don’t own a lot of books. Growing up, I occasionally saw my Mum with a book in her…
The Girl From Aleppo by Nujeen Mustafa with Christina Lamb
“Your homeland is not a hotel you can check out of if the service is bad” The Girl from Aleppo is a memoir about a teenager with a disability, and…
Fire Within by Ella M. Lee
“Your heartbeat calls to me like lightning calls to distant thunder” Being a skeptic of finding well-written fantasy, I become a complete sucker when I find a good one. I…
Master of Crows by Grace Draven
“A man with clear sight into his own soul will always make a wise decision.” When Martise of Asher is given the opportunity to free herself from slavery in exchange…
June/July Update
Time passes pretty quickly, and I feel like the past 2 months have been especially fast! (see my previous April/May update post to catch up) I’d have thought living in…
Say Hello by Carly Findlay
“Why is it more important to defend yourself from accusations of ableism than to listen to my story of experiencing it?” Say Hello is an important book if you’re going…