A Good House for Children by Kate CollinsJuly 4, 2023 This sounds creepy. It's described as "a feminist gothic mystery spanning decades" and I can totally get behind that. As long as nothing tragic happens to the kids. The Beast You Are: Stories by Paul TremblayJuly 11, 2023 I enjoyed Paul Tremblay's A Head Full... Continue Reading →
Let’s Talk Bookish: Which kind of narration I prefer
Let’s Talk Bookish is a weekly meme hosted by Aria @ Book Nook Bits. What kinds of narration do you prefer? First person? Third person objective? Third person omniscient? Third person limited? When I'm reading I usually prefer first person or third person limited narration. When I'm writing I always go with third person limited. I think... Continue Reading →
Let’s Talk Bookish: How I Track My Reading
Let's Talk Bookish is a weekly meme hosted by Aria @ Book Nook Bits. Do you keep track of the books you read? If so, do you use Goodreads? Storygraph? Another platform? I track my reading using Goodreads and Storygraph. I was initially just using Goodreads, but then a friend posted about Storygraph and I... Continue Reading →
Book Review: The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh
The Girl Who Fell Beneath the SeaAxie OhFeiwel & FriendsPublished February 22, 2022Ages 13-18 Goodreads recommended Axie Oh's The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea because I read Daughter of the Moon Goddess, which also has a cover by the amazing Kuri Huang. The gorgeous cover art and the plot summary convinced me to add... Continue Reading →
Anticipated Books for May
Good Mom on Paper: Writers on Creativity and Motherhood, edited by Stacey May Fowles and Jen Sookfong LeeMay 3, 2022 As someone currently struggling to edit a book while looking after a little one, I think I'm really going to identify with some of the essays in this book. If I weren't still breastfeeding I... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Cold by Mariko Tamaki
ColdMariko TamakiRoaring Book PressPublished February 8, 2022Ages 12-18 I'm a big fan of Mariko Tamaki's comic book writing, from This One Summer with her sister Jillian Tamaki, to her original DC YA graphic novels I Am Not Starfire and Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass with Yoshi Yoshitani and Steve Pugh respectively. But before picking up her... Continue Reading →
Book Review: The Red Palace by June Hur
The Red PalaceJune HurFeiwel & FriendsPublished Jan. 25. 2022Ages 13-18 In the afterward to her latest novel, The Red Palace, June Hur explains that she has wanted to write about Crown Prince Sado, but that she faced some challenges about how best to do that. Her solution was to write a story directly involving the... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan
Daughter of the Moon GoddessSue Lynn TanHarper VoyagerPublished Jan. 11, 2022 Confession: my interest in Sue Lynn Tan's debut novel, Daughter of the Moon Goddess, mostly arose from my enjoyment of the animated feature Over the Moon. The film was the first I had heard of the legend of Chang'e, the Moon Festival, or moon... Continue Reading →
Anticipated Books for April
Memphis by Tara M. StringfellowApril 5, 2022 I honestly can't remember how this book made it onto my reading list (I've never read anything by Stringfellow before) but I think it sounds very compelling. I'm a sucker for stories that span generations, and it also sounds like this will be a novel with strong female... Continue Reading →
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