Content Tags: Middle Grade Historical Civil Rights Family Bonds Diversity Disability Rep Racism Child Abuse Slavery/Jim Crow Perfect for readers who want: Historical fiction about sharecropping. Stories based on real accounts under Jim Crow. The ugly truth […]
I’m back with some more mini reviews, and this time the theme is bite-sized adventures. For those who want a sense of danger, but are still on the lower end of middle-grade reads. Today’s reviews are a little different in that I picked these books up because I thought they might be good additions to […]
Young Adult Historical Fiction World War II PTSD Death Many thanks to the Fantastic Flying Book Club and Little, Brown Books for Young Readers for an eARC in exchange for an honest, unbiased review and for including me on this blog tour. Quotes are taken from […]
Two of my goals this year were to read more graphic novels and to read more middle grade … so here I am, killing two birds with one stone.* * No actual birds were hurt in the making of this blog post. I always struggle to write reviews for graphic novels, because it feels like […]
Fantasy Historical Gothic Unreliable Narrator Many thanks to Titan Books for a finished copy in exchange for an honest, unbiased opinion. I’m a very simple woman. I see Gothic and a hint of the supernatural and I am there. The Golden Key sounds like a perfect combination […]
Today’s theme is strong leading ladies in YA, and I come to you with three different selections to enjoy. I like all sorts of protagonists, but think I’ll always be particularly partial to strong leading ladies. There’s just something about them that I can admire and really get behind and appreciate. You know the type […]
Title: Deathless DivideAuthor: Justina IrelandSeries: Dread Nation #2Previous Series Reviews: Dread NationPublication Date: February 4, 2020Publisher: Balzer + BrayFormat: Edelweiss eARC Goodreads Amazon Book Depository I am so glad I read this and Dread Nation back to back, because I’m pretty sure the wait would have killed me otherwise. Straight up deceased. I loved Dread […]
Title: Dread NationAuthor: Justina IrelandSeries: Dread Nation #1Publication Date: April 3, 2018Publisher: Balzer + BrayFormat: Kindle Goodreads Amazon Book Depository I bought this shortly after it came out, and for some reason, it took me until now to read it … and I have no excuses? There sort of seems to be a theme in […]
Title: The Lady RogueAuthor: Jenn BennettPublication Date: September 3, 2019Publisher: Simon PulseFormat: NetGalley eARC Goodreads Amazon Book Depository This book had me at Vlad the Impaler. Everything else after that was irrelevant. To be fair, the rest sounded pretty dang good, too. Great comp titles. Female treasure-seeker. Indiana Jones vibes. A magical artifact. Mystery wrapped […]
Title: The Doll FactoryAuthor: Elizabeth MacnealPublication Date: August 13, 2019Publisher: Atria/Emily BestlerFormat: NetGalley eARC Goodreads Amazon Book Depository I will always show up for dark, scheming, less-than-sane characters who I would never want to meet in real life, thank you. Because they’re fun. You know, from a distance. Like a tiger. Sure, it’s cute and […]