Publication Date: September 5, 2017 Publisher: Graywolf Press Pages: 96 Genre: Poetry Rating: 5/5 Don't Call Us Dead is a powerful collection of poetry by Danez Smith that deals with police brutality on Black people, sexuality, and Smith's HIV diagnosis. This collection of mostly short poems are brilliant and evocatively told. Smith's anger, despair, and… Continue reading Don’t Call Us Dead by Danez Smith

The final book in the Juniper Holiday series was released on Saturday and like every other book in this series I flew through it in less than a day. Which is a testament to how easy and engaging they are to read but also because they are all novella length stories. But that is the… Continue reading Juniper Holiday Cozy Mystery Series Review

Publication Date: July 4, 2019 Publisher: Biblioasis Pages: 1020 Genre: Literary Fiction Rating: 4/5 Content Warning: click here Ducks, Newburyport is a thousand page odyssey that firmly entrenches the reader into the mind of our nameless protagonist who is a stay at home baker, mom of four, and is dealing with the anxieties and stresses… Continue reading Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann

Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for providing me with a review copy in exchange for my honest review. Publication Date: August 4, 2020 Publisher: Riverhead Books Pages: 248 Genre: Literary Fiction Rating: 4.5/5 Content Warning: homophobia, incest, domestic abuse, rape The Death of Vivek Oji predictably tells the story of the life and… Continue reading The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi

Thank you to the publishers for providing me with a review copy in exchange for my honest opinion. Publication Date: November 29, 2022 Publisher: Delacorte Press Pages:389 Genre: YA Thriller Rating: 1/5 This is the last book that I read last year and I'm so disappointed to say that it didn't work for me. The… Continue reading Five Survive by Holly Jackson