We Used To Be Friends by Amy Spalding

The Details Publisher: Amulet Published: January 7th, 2020 Genres: YA, LGBT, Contemporary. My Rating: 4 Stars Goodreads Blurb Two best friends grow up—and grow apart—in this innovative contemporary YA novel   Told in dual timelines—half of the chapters moving forward in time and half moving backward—We Used to Be Friends explores the most traumatic breakup of …

Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide by Karen Kilgariff & Georgia Hardstark

The Details Publisher: Forge Books Published: May 28th, 2019 Genres: Memoir, Non-Fiction, Crime adjacent My Rating: 4 Stars Goodreads Blurb Sharing never-before-heard stories ranging from their struggles with depression, eating disorders, and addiction, Karen and Georgia irreverently recount their biggest mistakes and deepest fears, reflecting on the formative life events that shaped them into two …

Self Quarantine week one

I mentioned last week that I was going to see Welcome to Night Vale live on Friday. Going to the show was the second to last thing I've done outside of my home since Friday. The other was going to work on Monday before we set up a work from home situation. I do want …

A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi

The Details Publisher: HarperTeen Published: October 16th, 2018 Genres: YA, contemporary, romance My Rating: 4 Stars Goodreads Blurb It’s 2002, a year after 9/11. It’s an extremely turbulent time politically, but especially so for someone like Shirin, a sixteen-year-old Muslim girl who’s tired of being stereotyped. Shirin is never surprised by how horrible people can …

It’s not good, but it’s done

I did it y'all! After a little over a year and only two weeks behind my self imposed schedule, I have finished writing the first draft of my yet to be title John Laurens/Alexander Hamilton novel! The ending isn't as good as I wanted it to be, but that's why the first drafts of books …

They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

The Details Publisher: HarperTeen Published: September 5th, 2017 Genres: YA, Contemporary, LGBTQ+, My Rating: 5 Stars Goodreads Blurb Adam Silvera reminds us that there’s no life without death and no love without loss in this devastating yet uplifting story about two people whose lives change over the course of one unforgettable day. On September 5, …