Wild Swans by Jessica Spotswood is one of those stories that is much needed in the YA world. With vibrant, strong female characters it delves into issues of acceptance, loss, obsession, sexuality, gender, and love giving equal opportunity to each topic. I was left reeling by this book and the story within its pages. And […]
It’s Okay To Laugh by Nora McInerny Purmort | Book Review
May 16, 2016
It’s Okay To Laugh: (Crying Is Cool Too) by Nora McInerny Purmort is a memoir that I basically decided to pick up because of the comparison to Let’s Pretend This Never Happened which is this hilarious memoir that embraces your inner weird. Alas, this book, It’s Okay To Laugh was not really all that similar to Let’s Pretend […]
Allison: Christmas With The Billionaire Rancher | Mandy Baxter | Novella Review
December 24, 2015
If you are looking for a quick novella that brings the heat, Christmas With The Billionaire Rancher by Mandy Baxter, is the one for you. From their first meeting, you can tell that there is a magnetic connection between Nate and Chloe, and after they hook up for the first time, you know that there […]
Allison: George | Alex Gino | Book Review
August 28, 2015
As a feminist and a women’s studies major, I’ve read stories about adults who are transgender and who struggled who reach a point in their lives where they are truly happy with themselves. In fact, I have a very close friend from graduate school who is transgender, and who is still leaning to accept himself […]
Rapture Practice: A True Story About Growing Up Gay in an Evangelical Family by Aaron Hartzler | Book Review
August 18, 2015
I have literally had Rapture Practice by Aaron Hartzler on my TBR for over a year. I mean, my actual write it in the composition this is serious I mean business TBR. What is not to intrigue me? Hartzler’s memoir promises to be about a person growing up in an evangelical family who happens to be […]
Allison: Four Weeks Till Forever | Nadia Lee | Book Review
April 23, 2015
In many ways, Four Weeks Till Forever by Nadia Lee is a modern day Cinderella. You’ve got a woman with a horrible past and a man who is a billionaire and who has yet to find the right woman to settle down with. There is also a very uncinderella fact though and that is that […]