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Tristan Strong Punches A Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia || Black Gods and Legends

Tristan Strong Punches A Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia || Black Gods and Legends

Middle Grade     Fantasy     Adventure     Mythology     Folklore     Diversity     African American     Grief     I had been waiting for this book ever since it was announced in, what, 2018? It’s been a long, harrowing wait. I’m not the person I once was. Okay, […]

Dread Nation by Justina Ireland || Black Girl (Zombie) Slaying

Dread Nation by Justina Ireland || Black Girl (Zombie) Slaying

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 […]

The Toll by Neal Shusterman || The Fall of a Utopia

The Toll by Neal Shusterman || The Fall of a Utopia

Title: The TollAuthor: Neal ShustermanSeries: Arc of a Scythe #3Previous Reviews: Scythe || ThunderheadPublication Date: November 5, 2019Publisher: Simon & SchusterFormat: Hardcover Goodreads Amazon Book Depository I waited a very long, agonizingly slow year for this to release, so obviously the burning question is: was it worth it? Well, yes and no. This was definitely […]

A Thousand Perfect Notes by C.G. Drews || Delicious in So Many Ways

A Thousand Perfect Notes by C.G. Drews || Delicious in So Many Ways

Let’s be honest: everyone knows Cait, a.k.a. PaperFury, a.k.a. C.G. Drews (she needs a lot of aliases because only boring people have just one). But did you know she did this really crazy thing called writing a book? It’s basically pulling a story out of thin air. Almost like magic, but with 100% less glitz and […]

Thunderhead By Neal Shusterman || Featuring All My Broken Feels

Thunderhead By Neal Shusterman || Featuring All My Broken Feels

We’re going to pretend this is a review and not 1,000 words of mindless fangirl babble as my brain dissolves, okay? Glad we got that out of the way. Thunderhead is book two in the Arc of a Scythe series by Neal Shusterman. This will probably have spoilers for book one because, well, that’s sort of how […]

Scythe by Neal Shusterman || Immortality But Also Humanity’s Probable Demise

Scythe by Neal Shusterman || Immortality But Also Humanity’s Probable Demise

I had so many people recommend I read this that I really couldn’t put it off anymore. Well, I mean, I suppose I could, but these people are writers and readers, which means not only are they creative, but they probably already know the best ways to make me disappear and get away with it, so […]