I don’t know what it is about this pandemic, but I am really ripping through short story anthologies. Maybe because there’s a feeling of accomplishment when reading one or two short stories per day. A Phoenix First Must Burn edited by Patrice Caldwell is a spectacular anthology that’s essentially a celebration of Black Girl Magic. There […]
Promise Of Shadows by Justina Ireland | Book Review
January 9, 2017
Promise Of Shadows by Justina Ireland is SUCH a cool book. I mean, seriously there’s blood, there’s identity/soul searching, there’s romance. There is even a twist on the Greek mythology that makes this feel like Percy Jackson for the older set. I put this book on hold at the library after spending a little bit […]
A Week Of Mondays | Kissing Ted Callahan | Read Bottom Up MINI-REVIEWS
September 5, 2016
Hello reader friends — I feel like it has been such a long time since I’ve really put effort into blogging. Let me tell you, they were not kidding when they said the first trimester is exhausting. I am finally coming out of the first with only a few short weeks to go. It is […]
Three Truths and a Lie by Brent Hartinger | Book Review
August 1, 2016
Three Truths And A Lie by Brent Hartinger is absolutely an unexpected book. I mean, I had accepted the Netgalley eARC for review on the premise that there would be lies and murder. Certain parts are hard to see coming. I will leave it at that. Readers, this is the book for you if you want […]
We’ll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han | Book Review
July 20, 2016
We’ll Always Have Summer has me asking myself if Jenny Han is actually a wizard. I mean, she has yet to write a book that I do not like. Of course, the end of a series typically is cause for a little bit of anxiety. We all want the ending that we think a series […]
It’s Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han | Book Review
July 18, 2016
It’s Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han is the second in her summer series, so if you have not yet read the first book which is The Summer I Turned Pretty, check out this review and read the first book and then come back. So you know how you get a shiny library card and […]