mid-year book freak out tag

This is terrible, but I can't for the life of me remember who tagged me in this - I AM SO SORRY! But thank you! 1. BEST BOOKS YOU’VE READ SO FAR IN 2017? I absolutely adored The Good Immigrant, Juliet Takes a Breath and A Safe Girl to Love. 2. BEST SEQUEL OF 2017 SO …

discussion: ARCs

Everyone's gotta love an Advance Reader Copy, right?! I'm a bit on the fence with them, if I'm honest. I love how they help with my blog stats, and how I feel up-to-date in the bookish community. It's always annoying when everyone is talking about a certain book, and you haven't read it yet! But I …

knit one girl two review

Knit One Girl Two by Shira Glassman is a novella featuring ladies who love ladies, knitting, and cats! What more could a girl ask for? Small-batch independent yarn dyer Clara Ziegler is eager to brainstorm new color combinations--if only she could come up with ideas she likes as much as last time! When she sees …

how to survive a summer review

I've been seeing bits and pieces about this book, so I thought I would bite the bullet and ask for it on Netgalley. The opinions expressed are all my own. A note: this review will contain some spoilers. Camp Levi nestled in the Mississippi countryside is designed to "cure" young teenage boys of their budding …

juliet takes a breath review

Juliet Milagros Palante is leaving the Bronx and headed to Portland, Oregon. She just came out to her family and isn’t sure if her mom will ever speak to her again. But Juliet has a plan, sort of, one that’s going to help her figure out this whole “Puerto Rican lesbian” thing. She’s interning with …

#mental health monday: haldol and hyacinths

Another Monday, another post about mental health! This week I'm intersecting Mental Health Monday and the Ramadan Readathon to bring you a review of Melody Moezzi's autobiography Haldol and Hyacinths. Melody Moezzi was born to Persian parents at the height of the Islamic Revolution and raised amid a vibrant, loving, and gossipy Iranian diaspora in …

book buying habits tag

I wasn't tagged in this, but I personally love being nosy about people's books and collections so I thought I would give it a go! Please consider yourself tagged if you're interested 🙂 Where do you buy your books from? I'm ashamed to say it, but - Amazon. I'm a student, I don't have the …

future leaders of nowhere

I was kindly provided Future Leaders of Nowhere by Netgalley. All of the opinions expressed are my own. Finn and Willa have been picked as team leaders in the future leader camp game. The usually confident Finn doesn’t know what’s throwing her more, the fact she’s leading a team of highly unenthusiastic overachievers or coming …

diverse summer releases

For me, summer = more time to read. I thought I would put together a huge list of some of the diverse books being released this June, July, and August - I know my TBR has suffered because of it! Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue - Makenzi Lee (bisexual) Saints and Misfits - S.K. Ali …

the things i would tell you review

The Things I Would Tell You: British Muslim Women Write is an anthology of poetry, short stories and plays about Muslim women all over the world. This is also my first read for the Ramadan Readathon! From established literary heavyweights to emerging spoken word artists, the writers in this ground-breaking collection blow away the narrow image …