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Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
The story exposed some of the tricks and techniques of the publishing world and how small and sometimes brutal the industry can be.
Promise Boys by Nick Brooks
While reading, you’ll see life inside Promise Prep through their eyes, drawing open the shiny curtain of perfection Principal Moore has put up
Unashamed by Lecrae Moore
Here, a young man throws everything about himself up to the world, and I mean everything; the good, the bad, the ugly, and the very ugly
Olga Dies Dreaming by Xóchitl González
This book packs a lot into a few hundred pages, with trauma, sexuality, family, identity, political and racial themes threaded throughout the story
Witch Hunt by Ian Rankin
I absolutely love the portrayal of Witch: she is the all badass, no apologies given-none expected, a professional killer
Love At First Sound
The clergyman sounded solemn. His words would certainly cut deep, spoken in a slow, grating baritone that punctuated every consonant and elaborated every vowel.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Their steadfast acceptance of Charlie, with all his oddities, served as a reminder that true friendship is a safe place to be and a beautiful thing to experience.
The Wish by Nicholas Sparks
Nicolas Sparks illustrates the beauty of nature, and some are landmarks in the characters’ lives, all of them adding color to the story.
Movies vs Books: Around the World in Eighty Days
I would advise you to watch the movie separately and enjoy it because it’s quite good but not an accurate rendition of the book.
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
I was heartbroken by how much misery the Jews experienced during the time of Adolf Hilter in the late 1930s. It was extreme misery.
Before I Let Go (Skyland #1) by Kennedy Ryan
This book explores difficult themes such as complex mother-daughter relationships, death, loss, miscarriage, and depression.
My Sister, the Serial Killer By Oyinkan Braithwaite
This book is awesome, and I finished it within a day, which was quite impressive by my standards, given that books usually take me a while to finish
Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami
I was nodding my way throughout because what I often thought and had trouble explaining to others, Kawakami did in a story.
A Lady’s Guide To Fortune-Hunting by Sophie Irwin
I found A Lady’s Guide To Fortune Hunting quite the delectable read because it checked all the right boxes of what I would typically expect from a historical romance novel set in England
I Am Because We Are By Chidiogo Akunyili-Parr
I’m not sure this review can do justice to how I feel about this book but I really want more people to add it to their tbr list and read it.
The Bread the Devil Knead by Lisa Allen-Agostini
If you know someone with an abusive partner, please don’t constantly judge them by asking why they can’t just leave because it’s not as easy as it seems, and Stockholm’s syndrome is really a thing
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The grim realities of the Afghan War are perfectly captured in the individual stories of the characters who are forced to start their lives over in different ways.
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
When death starts to hover around, how do we fully explain life’s transient nature? And how would it alter our priorities, goals, and ambitions?