final draft review

I received Final Draft by Riley Redgate via Netgalley from the publisher. All views are my own. The only sort of risk 18-year-old Laila Piedra enjoys is the peril she writes for the characters in her stories: epic sci-fi worlds full of quests, forbidden love, and robots. Her creative writing teacher has always told her …

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top 5 recommendation | books on my kindle

If you think I've got a lot of hardcopy books, you've got another thing coming - I have infinitely more Kindle books. I'm a bit of a guru for finding deals and sales for diverse books that I want to read. So here's a list of my top 5 books on my Kindle! The Astonishing …

focus on: less than three press

Today I am delighted to have an interview with Less Than Three press, a queer romance press! Tell me a little bit about Less Than Three Press! What are your guiding principles/ideas? We are a queer romance press run by, fittingly enough, three people. Our focus is on happy endings for EVERYONE. Not just the …

all out review

It is very apt for me to talk about All Out during June, which is Pride Month! All Out is a collection of queer YA short stories which I received for my birthday back in April. From a retelling of Little Red Riding Hood set in war-torn 1870s Mexico featuring a transgender soldier, to two …

pride book recommendations

Happy pride month everyone! I've been celebrating hard this month - listening to Hayley Kiyoko and reading queer books! So today I thought I would give some recommendations for queer books! I've tried to stick to under-hyped books that you may not have heard of, to support smaller (often queer) authors! Lesbian - Kissing the Witch …

her body and other parties review

Her Body and Other Parties is a short story collection by Carmen Maria Machado and I bloody adored it. (Emphasis on the bloody). A wife refuses her husband's entreaties to remove the green ribbon from around her neck. A woman recounts her sexual encounters as a plague slowly consumes humanity. A salesclerk in a mall …

diverse book blogger spotlight: book deviant

Hey folks! Another Wednesday, and that means one thing - another Diverse Book Blogger Spotlight! Today I'm joined by the marvellous Avery from Book Deviant! 1. Who are you and where do you blog?  My name is Avery, and I blog at Book Deviant (https://bookdeviant.wordpress.com/). I'm 17 (almost 18!) and I use they/them or he/him …

the space between review

I read The Space Between by Meg Grehan during the Mental Health Book Bingo - I can't believe it took me this long to review it! It is published by Little Island Books, which is an Irish publisher. It’s New Year’s Eve, and Beth plans to spend a whole year alone, in her snug, safe …

she called me woman cover reveal

Today I am very happy to announce that I've partnered with Cassava Republic Press to bring you an exclusive cover reveal of one of my most anticipated books of 2018 - She Called Me Woman. “We decided to put together this collection of thirty narratives to correct the invisibility, the confusion, the caricaturising and the writing …

diverse book blogger spotlight: biblionyan

I am so pleased to continue this Diverse Book Blogger Spotlight series! Today I'm joined by Neha, one of my favourite bloggers! Other interviews I've done are with InToriLex and RedRocketPanda. 1. Introduce yourself! Who are you and where do you blog? My name is Neha. I’m a gender neutral Queer blogger, who’s also Asian-Polynesian. I run …