One Last Stop

This post does contain some spoilers for the Novel This post does contain some spoilers for the Novel One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston When I picked up One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston, I knew I was going to like it. I knew I liked McQuiston's writing because I loved Red White and Royal …

Figuring this out.

A couple weeks ago, I rather spontaneously logged into WordPress and said "hey I'm back!" I didn't really have a plan or anything, I just knew I wanted to start talking about books again. I want to do this differently that I did last time. I was never reading the latest books and I didn't …

It’s been a bit

Hello, It's been a while-- over a year actually-- since I've been active on this blog. I wasn't reading enough keep up with everything, and my writing wasn't going as well as I hoped. 2020/2021 haven't been easy for anyone really. However, I'm going to get back into it. I'm going to restart this up …

The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper

The Details Publisher: Bloomsbury YAPublished: February 4th, 2020Genres: YA, LGBTQIA+ romance, contemporary My Rating: 4 Stars Goodreads Blurb As a successful social media journalist with half a million followers, seventeen-year-old Cal is used to sharing his life online. But when his pilot father is selected for a highly publicized NASA mission to Mars, Cal and …

Sharing a little bit of my WIP

Oh man, So looking at my twitter feed, I noticed my pinned tweet is the last time I shared any of my current WIP with y'all. In that year I've finished writing the thing and started making it better as I work on the second draft so hopefully I'll feel good enough about it to …

Calendar Girls July 2020

Welcome back, I hope everyone enjoyed Hamilton weekend. We have reached the halfway point of 2020 (finally but also already). And with a new month comes a new Calendar Girls post! The theme for July is Embrace Your Geekness Day: Favorite Book with Geeky Characters. I think we are currently living an age of geeky …

How have I been doing?

Well, honestly, not bad. This evening at 8 eastern on the Harry Potter Alliance twitter page (@thehpalliance) I will be live tweeting the Hamilton Movie. So if you happen to be watching the Hamilton Movie on Disney+ and want along, please do! I would love it! As for writing, I'm doing pretty go. I've gotten …

Pride by Ibi Zoboi

The Details Publisher: Balzer + BrayPublished: September 18th 2018Genres: YA, retelling, romance, contemporary My Rating: 5 Stars Goodreads Blurb Zuri Benitez has pride. Brooklyn pride, family pride, and pride in her Afro-Latino roots. But pride might not be enough to save her rapidly gentrifying neighborhood from becoming unrecognizable. When the wealthy Darcy family moves in across …

My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand, Jodi Meadows, & Brodi Ashton

The Details Publisher: HaperTeenPublished: June 26th 2018Genres: YA, historical fiction, retelling, romance, paranormalMy Rating: 4.5 Stars Goodreads Blub You may think you know the story. After a miserable childhood, penniless orphan Jane Eyre embarks on a new life as a governess at Thornfield Hall. There, she meets one dark, brooding Mr. Rochester. Despite their significant …

Dear Martin by Nic Stone

The Details Publisher:  Crown Books for Young ReaderPublished: October 17th, 2017Genres: YA, contemporary, realistic fictionMy Rating: 5 Stars Goodreads Blurb Justyce McAllister is top of his class and set for the Ivy League—but none of that matters to the police officer who just put him in handcuffs. And despite leaving his rough neighborhood behind, he …