Beating Heart BabyLio MinFlatiron BooksPublished July 26, 2022 Amazon | Bookshop | Goodreads About Beating Heart Baby Lio Min’s Beating Heart Baby is an “achingly romantic” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) love letter to internet friendships, anime, and indie rock.When artistic and sensitive Santi arrives at his new high school, everyone in the wildly talented marching band welcomes him with open arms. … Continue reading Review: Beating Heart Baby by Lio Min →
The LoopholeNaz KutubBloomsbury YAPublished June 21, 2022 Amazon | Bookshop | Goodreads About The Loophole Your wish is granted! This YA debut is equal parts broken-hearted love story, epic myth retelling, and a world-journey romp to find home. Sy is a timid seventeen-year-old queer Indian-Muslim boy who placed all his bets at happiness on his boyfriend Farouk…who then left … Continue reading Review: The Loophole by Naz Kutub →
15 Books I’ve Reviewed on the Krause Banned Books List What happened: Recently a Texas congressman compiled a list of hundreds of books he feels could cause students distress based on their race or sex and has asked school libraries to alert him about how many titles they have on their shelves. The governor has … Continue reading Banned Books Giveaway: 15 Books I’ve Reviewed on the Krause Banned Books List →
2022 Reading List Here are the books I’m planning to read in 2022. Check back as I update this list often! Just about every week, I add new books I’ve accepted for review or titles I can’t resist as well as squeezing in a few backlist titles where I can. Update 10/20/22: This list has … Continue reading 2022 Reading List →
Where We Go From HereLucas RochaTranslated by Larissa HelenaPushPublished June 2, 2020 Amazon | Bookshop | Goodreads About Where We Go From Here Ian has just been diagnosed with HIV. Victor, to his great relief, has tested negative. Henrique has been living with HIV for the past three years. When Victor finds himself getting tested for HIV … Continue reading Review: Where We Go From Here by Luca Rocha →
The other morning, I was browsing Twitter and saw a blogger talking about how hard it is when someone asks you your favorite book. She asked, “Do you have an answer?” So predictably, the responses were all over the place from some people easily listing one top favorite to others totally (but understandably) cheating and … Continue reading Top Ten Potential New Favorite Books →
