Making a breakfast sandwich and talking about One Last Stop

Good morning, everyone. How did you sleep? Here, take this cup of coffee and join me in the kitchen, because today we're making a breakfast sandwich together. No, not just any breakfast sandwich. We're making the Su Special from One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston. What's the Su Special, you ask? I'll let my good …

ARC Review: The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow | let’s go burn down the patriarchy

The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow "A girl is such an easy thing to break: weak and fragile, all alone, all yours. But they aren't girls anymore, and they don't belong to anyone. And they aren't alone." Published Oct. 13, 2020 by Orbit 528 pages Genre: historical fantasy Date finished: Oct. 15, …

Review: Loveless by Alice Oseman | be prepared for A Lot Of Emotions

Loveless by Alice Oseman “All I had to do was wait, and my big love story would come. I would find the one. We would fall in love. And I'd get my happily ever after.” Published July 9, 2020 by HarperCollins Children's Books 435 pages Genre: YA contemporary Date finished: July 22, 2020 Content warnings: …

Review: If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio | shall I compare thee to a Shakespearean tragedy?

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio “You can justify anything if you do it poetically enough.” Published April 11, 2017 by Flatiron Books 368 pages Genre: mystery Date finished: May 31, 2020 Content warnings: drug and alcohol abuse, mentions of suicide, mentions of eating disorder, homophobia goodreads Summary: Oliver Marks has just served ten …

Review: The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune | my new favorite family of monster kids

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune “Humanity is so weird. If we’re not laughing, we’re crying or running for our lives because monsters are trying to eat us. And they don’t even have to be real monsters. They could be the ones we make up in our heads. Don’t you think that’s …

Review: The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow | stunning in every possible way

The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow “I hope you will find the cracks in the world and wedge them wider, so the light of other suns shines through; I hope you will keep the world unruly, messy, full of strange magics; I hope you will run through every open Door and …

Blog Tour Review: Tweet Cute by Emma Lord | the cheesiest (and cutest) love story ever

Tweet Cute by Emma Lord “Sometimes it feels as if I've been interacting with everyone here from behind some kind of veil - as though I'm allowed to be here, but not engage. To look, but not touch.” Published Jan. 21, 2020 by Wednesday Books 368 pages Genre: YA contemporary Date finished: Jan. 8, 2020 …

Review: In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan | I love one (1) snarky disaster boy and his found family

In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan “I don’t need you to explain to me the concept of a magical land filled with fantastic creatures that only certain special children can enter. I am acquainted with the last several centuries of popular culture. There are books. And cartoons, for the illiterate.” Published August 2017 by …

Review: Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater | have you heard? I would die for Ronan Lynch

Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater "You are made of dreams and this world is not for you." Published Nov. 5, 2019 by Scholastic 448 pages Genre: YA urban fantasy Date finished: Nov. 1, 2019 Content warnings: mentions of suicide, violence, gore goodreads | indiebound Summary: Ronan Lynch is a dreamer. He can pull both …

ARC Review: The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern | for anyone who dreams of magical worlds

The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern “Strange, isn't it? To love a book. When the words on the pages become so precious that they feel like part of your own history because they are.” To be published Nov. 5, 2019 by Doubleday Books 498 pages Genre: fantasy Date finished: Oct. 23, 2019 Content warnings: violence, animal …