Rating: 5/5 Jesmyn Ward's writing is poetic and incredible. In Where the Line Bleeds, Ward uses a narrative style that struck me with how incredibly it fit into the story. It's almost a journalistic tone, as though she were recording factual evidence from a story that had already occurred. Her descriptions took me back into … Continue reading Where the Line Bleeds ~ Jesmyn Ward
Rating: 5/5 While the language Stiefvater uses is not my favorite, by about halfway through this book I found myself jazzed up to see the ending through. Blue Sargent is the daughter of a psychic, and she's grown up in a house full of psychics, offering her energy as a conduit for psychic information. She … Continue reading The Raven Boys ~ Maggie Steifvater
Rating: 5/5 Trail of Lightning wasn't quite everything I was looking for after I had initially heard about this book, but it was close. I wasn't a big fan of Roanhorse's writing style, but I was a huge fan of her storyline and the characters she presents in Trail of Lightning. Dinetah, formerly known as … Continue reading Trail of Lightning ~ Rebecca Roanhorse
Rating: 5/5 Volume 7 just gets better and better. This is perhaps my favorite installment, filled with a great sense of humor and drama between friends. I love that new drama begins to unfold with Daisy's relationship with her girlfriend living in their house. I love that Susan begins secretly sneaking around with McGraw again. … Continue reading Giant Days Vol. 7 ~ John Allison
Rating: 2/5 This is the kind of book that you read entirely for the last two lines. I"m not sure this book is worth it. A lot of the story is pretty dry, and I was unable to follow a good chunk of the storyline without 100% focus. This book is definitely an exercise in … Continue reading One Hundred Years of Solitude ~ Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Rating: 5/5 Surprisingly I love On the Come Up even better than The Hate U Give. Bri is a young rapper, and she's trying to make her way in the world. Unfortunately, her temper can often get the best of her, and she's trying to fight stereotypes, but having a hard time when the odds … Continue reading On the Come Up ~ Angie Thomas
Rating: 4/5 Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows had a surprising number of elements running through the plot considering what a short novel it was. Nikki, our protagonist, lives in West London, where she works at a pub and wants to explore a career in writing. She has intentionally put distance between herself and her rather … Continue reading Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows ~ Balli Kaur Jaswall
