Two books read (both from my Up Next shelf), three new books I want to read, including a nonfiction novel that delineates the LGBT+ world-wide rights movement and analyzes its impact, a moving fictional story that explores familial relationships and the desire to belong and an entertaining nonfiction book about the highs and lows of dating, and one new book releasing this week!
Seven books read (one from my Up Next shelf and one DNF), three new books I want to read, including a winner of the JCB Prize (an Indian literature award), a novel in verse, destigmatizing periods and a memoir on the intersections of sexuality, immigration status and the Muslim religion and three books releasing this week!
Three books read (one from my Up Next shelf), three new books I want to read, including a sweet-AF high school romance, a nonfiction novel analyzing the USA empire from a non-US centric perspective and a memoir on being a Black man in the US that also unpacks masculinity, and all the books releasing this week – there are SEVEN!
Nine books read (two from my Up Next shelf and three re-reads), three new books I want to read, including a young adult novel that addresses the adultification of Black girls, a classical historical fiction novel exploring a Black man's family history and a compilation of essays on racial injustice challenging Canada's politeness stereotype and my thoughts on re-starting my Up Next progress and a new release featuring a gender-swapped retelling of Beauty and the Beast!
37 books read, two DNFs, five books knocked off my Up Next shelf, 12 new books at the top of my want to read list–two of which I’ve already purchased–and four new book reviews all under the shared theme of standalone fantasy novels.
Seven books read and two books I want to read including Fannie Lou Hamer's speeches and a Bachelorette-style contemporary romance!
I read 327 books in 2020! In this post I breakdown my reading habits, including my favourite reads, reviews by theme and my plans for 2021!
A standalone epic fantasy loosely based on the mythology of Hades and Persephone, and while an enemies-to-lovers romance that has its sweet parts, the lack of world-building, endearing characterizations and number of plot holes made the novel quite anti-climatic.
Nine books read, three new books I want to read, including an epic fantasy inspired by West-African mythology and two anticipated releases!
A beautifully rich high fantasy that incorporates all the best parts of mythology–magic, the ancestry of gods, and a save-the-world quest–made all the more gripping by its earnest exploration of two sisters who would go through hell for each other. However, the plot’s climax revealed my apathy towards the quest’s fulfillment–saving the Queen didn’t feel like much of a success, given everyone I connected to had to suffer for it–making the novel not as enjoyable.
