Why Did I Read This Book? Gene Luen Yang is one of my favorite graphic novel writers and artists. I feel like his stories have deeper meaning and just really resonate with me, even if the symbolism maybe goes over my head. Recently, I read Saints and so, because I am a bit obsessive, I absolutely […]
Saints | Gene Luen Yang | Book Review
September 5, 2013
Why Did I Read This Book? I think the thing that keeps reading fresh for me is reading from a variety of genres. One of my favorite literary mediums is the graphic novel, and so when I saw Gene Luen Yang’s Boxers and his Saints companion graphic novel books on Netgalley I knew I had to read […]
Allison: All The Right Stuff | Walter Dean Myers | Book Review
July 30, 2013
All The Right Stuff by Walter Dean Myers is a really well written book that discusses the idea of the social contract and the implications that it has on different parts of society. For me, this was right up my alleyway as someone with a background in both psychology and women’s studies. All the themes […]
If You Could Be Mine | Sara Farizan | Book Review
July 24, 2013
Reading books with unique concepts is kind of my favorite thing ever, especially when said book is a young adult contemporary with a situation that I have never encountered before. Y’all, the publisher Algonquin has this new house called Algonquin Young Readers, which publishes you guessed it YA. Friends, I was so freakin pumped up […]
When I Was The Greatest | Jason Reynolds | Book Review
July 19, 2013
I had the very fortunate privilege of attending the Simon Teen Blogger Preview during BEA 2013. At the event, authors were interviewed on stage, but were actually asked interesting questions. We got cocktails and learned about awesome new books. At that event, one author left more of an impression on me and had me immediately […]
Orleans | Sherri L. Smith | Book Review
June 10, 2013
Sometimes I am an idiot and read mediocre books with fast approaching release dates while letting the good ones languish in a pile. YOU GUYS, I let Orleans by Sherri L. Smith languish, like a total idiot, and let me tell you I have all of the regrets, because this book was AMAZING. Yes, all caps […]