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February 16, 2023

Is Reading Spare by Prince Harry Worth Your Time?

February 16, 2023

Book cover & 3.5-star rating - Spare by Prince Harry

Wow. That was something. Besides the Queen’s funeral last year, I’ve largely ignored any news surrounding the monarchy. And so, Spare by Prince Harry wasn’t exactly on my radar. That is, until I saw the audiobook pop up on Libby and noticed that Prince Harry himself was the narrator. Quick glance at the holds queue told me I would be third. Alright, I figured, might as well find out what all the controversy is about.

· Categories: Non-Fiction Keywords: anxiety, army-life, brothers, car-accidents, death, drugs, familial-ties, family-feuds family-problems, grief, media, mental health, miscarriage, monarchy, panic-attacks, paparazzi, post-traumatic stress disorder, privacy, private-school, racism, relationships, royalty, sibling rivalry, traditions, war

October 14, 2021

WITH THE FIRE ON HIGH by Elizabeth Acevedo

October 14, 2021

Book cover & 5-star rating - With the Fire on High by Elizabeth AcevedoWith the Fire on High easily is one of my favourite books that I read this year. Emoni loves to cook and dreams of becoming a chef. That’s all I needed to know in order to borrow the audiobook. With the Fire on High offers so much more than a trope I can’t get enough of, though. It brings to light complicated relationships, the difficulty of balancing responsibilities and ambitions, and a huge dash of heart.

· Categories: Fiction Keywords: ambition, american authors, cooking, dating, diverse authors, diverse books, family life, family myth, fathers and daughters, friendship, grandmothers, high school, identity, inter-generations, relationships, teen mothers, travel

January 13, 2021

A DEADLY EDUCATION by Naomi Novik

January 13, 2021

Book cover & 2-star rating - A Deadly Education by Naomi NovikA Deadly Education left me with very mixed feelings. The opening line held so much promise. It offered conflict and an intriguing dichotomy right from the get-go. Such as, why would anyone want to kill the very person who’d saved their life? What more when they had saved them more than once? I wanted answers but didn’t feel like I got much by the end of the book. Is this one premise supposed to span across the entire series? Evidently, but the opening of the story arc for it didn’t turn out as solidly as I had hoped.

· Categories: Fiction Keywords: american authors, audiobooks, bi- or multiracial characters, boarding school, class struggle, death, discrimination, diverse books, friendship, language, learning process, loyalty, magic, monsters, mothers and daughters, murder, paranormal, romance, rumours, secrets, single parenthood, survival, wealth, witches, wizards

November 5, 2020

TWEET CUTE by Emma Lord

November 5, 2020

Book cover & 4.5-star rating - Tweet Cute by Emma LordTweet Cute was so much more relatable than I had anticipated. Based off the title alone, I probably wouldn’t have picked up the audiobook. But I did remember enjoying Open Road Summer years ago, not realising that Emma Lord wasn’t Emery Lord. Oops. ‘Twas a good mix-up though because I really enjoyed Tweet Cute.

· Categories: Fiction Keywords: alternative perspectives, ambition, american authors, baking, betrayal, brothers, dating, divorced parents, family, family business, family life, family problems, food establishments, high school, interpersonal relations, mothers and daughters, programming, realistic fiction, relationships, romance, secrets, sibling rivalry, siblinghood, single parenthood, sisters, social media, sports, technology, twins, twitter

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.

· 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, poc characters, relatives, selfish characters, sexuality, siblinghood, single parenthood, sisters, summer, whiny characters

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