Boys of Summer by Jessica Brody Trigger warning: death of a parent, alcoholism, parental abuse, slut-shaming After more than a year, no one more surprised than I did when I decided to pick this back up on a whim and ended up enjoying it. I always love stories set in the summers, especially if our … More Mini Reviews #25: April 2022 Reads
I was scrolling through goodreads a few days ago when I notice a book called Scion by Josephine Angelini and it’s labelled as ‘Starcrossed #4’. In case you don’t know, Starcrossed is a YA retelling of the Trojan War where the descendants of the original characters of the myth have to repeat the cycle of … More Why I Rarely Pick Up Sequels of My Favorite Series
Another month has ended and with it, we’re getting closer to the halfway mark of 2022! 😨 April was a surprisingly great month- work and life have been amazing, I talked with a lot of friends, I went out, but also I got back into reading and watching stuff! While work most definitely didn’t ease … More April Wrap Up & May TBR 🌼
With The Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo I’ve been wanting to pick this book up for a while now, with its vibrant cover, mouth-watering description of food, and glowing reviews from people in the book community. I especially keep hearing praises about its audiobook, so I decided to listen to it and immediately blown … More Mini Reviews #24: March 2022 Reads
Okay wow I didn’t realize it’s been sooo long since my last screen rambles post 😬 I think I just didn’t have much luck with the things I watched in the second half of 2021 that I just wasn’t interested in doing a post about them. Looking at my list, I realized that there are … More Screen Rambles: Second half of 2021
Queen of the Tiles by Hanna Alkaf e-ARC, 304 pages Expected publication: April 19th 2022 by Salaam Reads / Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers They Wish They Were Us meets The Queen’s Gambit in the world of competitive Scrabble when a teen girl is forced to investigate the mysterious death of her best friend a year after … More Queen of the Tiles by Hanna Alkaf
Boys I Know by Anna Gracia Hardcover, 352 pages Expected publication: July 5th 2022 by Peachtree Teen A high school senior navigates messy boys and messier relationships in this bitingly funny and much-needed look into the overlap of Asian American identity and teen sexuality. June Chu is the “just good enough” girl. Good enough to … More Boys I Know by Anna Gracia
Oh wow, guess who’s back with another t5w entry after A YEAR? 🙋♀️ I didn’t realize I haven’t post anything for so long until I am writing this post. I mean, I thought I only skipped a couple of weeks lol. It’s not that I didn’t enjoy any of the prompts, it’s just I kinda … More Top 5 Wednesday #58: YA Books with Sports
March seems to be the beginning of spring; a new season for fresh start and spring cleaning 🌱 And that’s exactly what I did this month: cleaning my place because I’m moving out, then move quite far away for a new job… WITH THE FIRE ON HIGH by Elizabeth Acevedo // 🌟🌟🌟🌟 THE DESCENT OF MONSTERS by … More March 2022 Reads & April TBR – Endings and New Beginnings 🌱
The Heartless Divine by Varsha Ravi Soulmates who keep finding each other in a different life is one of my favorite tropes, but sadly, there’s not a lot of book with this trope. So when I heard about The Heartless Divine, I was immediately excited because other than the soulmates trope, it’s a romance between … More Mini Reviews #23: More February 2022 Reads
The Literary Huntress 