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January 28, 2019

Summer Bird Blue by Akemi Dawn Bowman

January 28, 2019

Book cover & 3-star rating - SUMMER BIRD BLUE by Akemi Dawn BowmanI was pretty excited when my hold on the audiobook of Summer Bird Blue came through on Overdrive. I knew that the main character was biracial, and since I am too, I’m constantly seeking out out such identities in book.

Leave a Comment · Categories: Fiction Keywords: accidents, ace characters, bi- or multiracial characters, car accident, death, diverse authors, diverse books, friendship, grief, lgbtq characters, memories, mothers and daughters, music, relatives, selfish characters, sexuality, siblinghood, single parenthood, sisters, summer, whiny characters

August 3, 2016

THE GIRL AT MIDNIGHT by Melissa Grey

August 3, 2016

Book cover & rating - THE GIRL AT MIDNIGHT by Melissa GreyThe overlapping elements between The Girl at Midnight and Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor is uncanny. If you’ve read and loved DoSaB, you may be overjoyed that there’s another book out there with similar tropes. On the flip side, you may not like it at all because DoSaB was built with much more lyrical prose.

3 Comments · Categories: Fiction Keywords: american authors, death, libraries, magic, on books, romance, war

July 27, 2016

ARISTOTLE AND DANTE DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

July 27, 2016

Book cover & rating - ARISTOTLE AND DANTE DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSEAristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe was beautiful! I’ve had the hardcover on my bookshelves for over two years. I also knew that Lin-Manuel Miranda was an excellent narrator. But the more people told me to read it, the more I put it off. Yes, I blame my irrational brain. I wanted to read it but then I refused because others encouraged me to. Thankfully, Hazel picked it for our June Epic Recs, so I couldn’t deny her pick. I went on to alternate between print and audio.

6 Comments · Categories: Epic Recs, Fiction Keywords: accidents, american authors, culture, ethnicity, family life, friendship, homophobia, letters, lgbtq characters, own-voices, realistic fiction, romance, self perception, violence

March 2, 2016

MORE HAPPY THAN NOT by Adam Silvera

March 2, 2016

Audiobook cover & rating - MORE HAPPY THAN NOT by Adam SilveraFor the month of February Hazel picked More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera as her book recommendation for me to read. What made this round of Epic Recs different was that we specifically chose to go with audiobooks. This also meant that for once we didn’t pick books the other already owned, and so had free rein.

3 Comments · Categories: Epic Recs, Fiction Keywords: audiobooks, ethnicity, family myth, family problems, friendship, memories, multiculturalism, truth

February 16, 2016

MAYBE IN ANOTHER LIFE by Taylor Jenkins Reid

February 16, 2016

Book cover & rating - MAYBE IN ANOTHER LIFE by Taylor Jenkins Reid

After Why?, I’m certain the most popular question is, What if? Second-guessing our choices is human nature. Maybe in Another Life taps precisely on this. What if Hannah chooses to do one thing? What is she goes with the alternative instead? Maybe in Another Life presents two options and how they could possibly turn out differently. These alternative outcomes are told though concurrent storylines.

2 Comments · Categories: Fiction Keywords: accidents, american authors, audiobooks, cheating, choices, divorce, friendship, life, pregnancy, realistic fiction, responsibility, romance, work life

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