The Weekly Wrap: March 29th to April 4th

Weekly Review

1. What I’ve Read This Week
2. My Reading Progress
3. Want to Read Updates

Upcoming

4. TBR for the Upcoming Week
5. Looking Forward

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The two books imaged in this section (Blindly Acquitted and All Rhodes Lead Here) are actually two of my three 5-star reads from last week!

I talked about Blindly Acquitted by Katie May in last week’s Weekly Wrap (see here), and I’m happy to report my expectations were exceeded! I felt like Katie finally found her rhythm with these characters in the finale to the duology (the first book is Blindly Indicted, btw). You can read my review here, but I’m thinking of also posting a series review ASAP.

Finding out Mariana Zapata (the QUEEN of slow-burn romances) was coming out with a new book this April was the best news. Then, yesterday, it came across my Goodreads feed; low-and-behold it released on April 1st, and I had no clue! I seriously need to work on how I keep track of anticipated releases; so many of them fall through the cracks (the worst was Finding Unity by Ripley Proserpina, which released in July 2020… and I thought it was still yet to be released *facepalm*).

Anyways, All Rhodes Lead Here is THE perfect slow-burn romance read for 2021. Since everyone is living in uncertainty, I LOVED how there was no unnecessary angst or drama. But, this book delivered with the feels, the slow-burn romance, the emotions and the characters! Ugh, It was just so amazing. I seriously had a grin on my face all day while reading it. I’m going to post an in-depth review very soon .

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You will like Here the Whole Time by Vitor Martins if you appreciate:
Young adult romance
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before meets Dumplin’
Body positive and challenges fatphobia
mlm (men who love men) romance

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You will like To Exist is To Resist: Black Feminism in Europe Edited by Akwugo Emejulu and Francesca Sobande if you appreciate:
Collection of essays
How Black feminism and Afrofeminism are practiced in Europe c. 2019
“Explore[s] gender, class, sexuality, and legal status to show that they are both invisible—presumed to be absent from and irrelevant to European societies—and hyper-visible, assumed to be passive and sexualized, angry and irrational.”

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You will like Unchosen by Katharyn Blair if you appreciate:
Post-Apocalyptic, including zombies!
Young Adult Fantasy
Sisterhood
Pirates
A feminist twist on the Chosen One trope

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I’m still working my way through Rules for Being a Girl by Candace Bushnell! I have yet to start From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout, but my goal is to have it and the series’ next book, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire, read before the release of the final book in the trilogy on April 20th. I promised my friend we’re going to buddy read the finale .

I’m adding to my #tbr list because I like having options! So, I also wanted to read The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi this week (or soon). I have a lot going on with school now, so this list is strictly a wish list, but I’m also a stress reader, so it’s more than likely all of these will be read this coming week.