Rating: 3/5 This history novel mainly follows the story of five brave women and their journeys with flying in the early to mid-1900’s. Included is Amelia Earhart’s story, one of the most famous female pilots to date. Surprisingly, I found their story more interesting than I’d anticipated. O’Brien’s writing style lends itself well to this … Continue reading Fly Girls ~ Keith O’Brien
Rating: 5/5 CBB was exactly what I hoped it would be! YA fantasy is one of my favorite things to read, as it gives me the most reliably pleasurable and simple reading experience. However, my main critique is that it is often too white. Recently, there have been a lot more authors of color writing … Continue reading Children of Blood and Bone ~ Tomi Adeyemi
Rating: 5/5 Orange's book is prolific. Very in your face in the best way possible. Orange's novel is dark and depressing, but such an important read. There There is fast paced and covers a multi-generational family tied together through various threads and told in many points of view. These twelve characters are brought together at … Continue reading There There ~ Tommy Orange
Rating: 5/5 Lewis picks up where he left off in Book One, and I think this sequel was even more powerful than the first. Lewis' story ramps up as the protesting gets serious, and a more prestigious cast of characters come to the forefront of the story. Lewis comes across as incredibly genuine in his … Continue reading March Book Two ~ John Lewis
Rating: 3.5/5 I read Crazy Rich Asians as part of a buddy read with some friends on Instagram. I feel like our group is a good mix of fun and analysis, and books like these, although they may be lighter reads, still have plenty of heavy conversation to spark. Nick and Rachel travel to Singapore … Continue reading Crazy Rich Asians ~ Kevin Kwan
Happy Almost Book Birthday to Okay Fine Whatever! Rating: 3.5/5 Courtenay Hameister was a talk show host for Live Wire! for 12 years. Despite being a talk show host, she lived with generalized anxiety order that comes out in a myriad of ways and basically made her feel like poop before and after every show. … Continue reading Okay Fine Whatever ~ Courtenay Hameister
Rating: 1/5 I did not finish this book. This one was not for me, and after reading another work of his, This is How You Lose Her, I think I'm just going to have to admit to myself that I don't enjoy Diaz's writing style. I don't think it was a terrible book, but I … Continue reading The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao ~ Junot Diaz
