Category: #ownvoices

Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire || Breaking the “No Quest” Rule

Posted January 11, 2020 in #ownvoices, book review, diversity, eARC, fantasy, four stars, LGBT, NetGalley, young adult / 12 Comments

Title: Come Tumbling DownAuthor: Seanan McGuirePublication Date: January 7, 2020Series: Wayward Children #5Previous Reviews: Every Heart a DoorwayDown Among the Sticks and BonesBeneath the Sugar SkyIn An Absent DreamPublisher: TorFormat: NetGalley eARC [expand title=”Click For Goodreads Summary”] The fifth installment in Seanan McGuire’s award-winning, bestselling Wayward Children series, Come Tumbling Down picks up the threads […]

F*ck Your Diet by Chloé Hilliard || Society and Sass

Posted January 4, 2020 in #ownvoices, autobiography, book review, comedy, diversity, eARC, humor, NetGalley, nonfiction, three stars / 3 Comments

Title: F*ck Your Diet: And Other Things My Thighs Tell Me Author: Chloé HilliardPublication Date: January 7, 2020Publisher: Gallery BooksFormat: NetGalley eARC [expand title=”Click For Goodreads Summary”] Fans of Issa Rae and Phoebe Robinson will love this collection of laugh-out-loud funny and insightful essays that explore race, feminism, pop culture, and how society reinforces the […]

David Mogo, Godhunter by Suyi Davies Okungbowa

Posted July 11, 2019 in #20BooksofSummer, #ownvoices, book review, Coming of Age, diversity, dystopian, fantasy, three stars, urban fantasy / 9 Comments

Title: David Mogo, GodhunterAuthor: Suyi Davies OkungbowaPublication Date: July 9, 2019Publisher: Abaddon BooksFormat: NetGalley eARC Goodreads Amazon Book Depository I have been dying for a book in which the pantheon of Orisha gods get to run amok in all their glory, and this didn’t disappoint. I first learned about the Orisha years ago from James […]