Happy April! I am pretty excited for my TBR this month because I have been wanting to read several of these books for a while now... China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan The Hundred Foot Journey by Richard C. Morais Kids Like Us by Hilary Reyl My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh... Continue Reading →
March was another great reading month for me. I managed to complete all but one book off my intended TBR which was nice - some of these have been hoarded from the library for way too long now and it was time to send them back on their way into the hands of another lucky... Continue Reading →
Synopsis "WELCOME TO MANHATTAN, 2118. A hundred years in the future, New York is a city of innovation and dreams. Everyone there wants something…and everyone has something to lose. LEDA COLE’s flawless exterior belies a secret addiction—to a drug she never should have tried and a boy she never should have touched. ERIS DODD-RADSON’s beautiful,... Continue Reading →
Synopsis Lara Jean Covey writes secret letters to her crushes and hides them in a box under her bed. One day, the box goes missing and all the letters get sent out. Sure enough, all of her crushes come to confront her. Not only did the letters express her love for each individual guy, but... Continue Reading →
Review I first read The Giver in seventh grade. Like most people, I was mystified by the ending and it is one I have mulled over for years. While there are four more companion books to this story that supposedly shed light on that infamous ending, I have yet to read them. The graphic novel... Continue Reading →
*spoilers ahead* Synopsis Sixteen-year-old Bri is the daughter of underground rap legend, Lawless. She dreams of making it big as a rapper one day, not just because she knows it's her calling but because she knows it could get herself and her family out of Garden Heights. After an incident at her school, she writes... Continue Reading →
What do we love more than books? Miniature books! I saw this in the New York Times last week and I couldn't help but share. There are 950 mini volumes on display right now at the Grolier Club in New York City. Most of the books are one to three inches high, and can be... Continue Reading →
Synopsis In Firebird, ballerina Misty Copeland shows a young girl how to dance like the firebird. Copeland, who is an American Ballet Theatre soloist, writes to a young dance with fragile confidence. She encourages the young girl that through hard work and determination, she too can reach the same highs Copeland has in her career.... Continue Reading →
Synopsis Seventeen-year-old Mei has just started at MIT as a premed student. Her Taiwanese parents have pressured her all her life to do well in school so that she can become a doctor one day, but weeks into her first semester Mei decides it's not what she wants. She hates studying biology, is terrified of... Continue Reading →
