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    Magic Dark and Strange by Kelly Powell: Book Tour

    November 3, 2020 / No Comments

    Title: Magic Dark and StrangeAuthor: Kelly PowellPublisher: Margaret K. McElderry BooksPub Date: 10/27/20Genre: YA Historical FantasyEdition: Advanced Reader’s Copy (ARC) Summary The Bone Witch meets Sherlock Holmes in this thrilling historical fantasy about a girl with the ability to raise the dead who must delve into her city’s dangerous magical underworld to stop a series of murders. Catherine Daly has an unusual talent. By day she works for a printer. But…

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    Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds, Danica Novgorodoff: Book Tour

    October 7, 2020 / No Comments

    Title: Long Way Down: The Graphic NovelAuthor: Jason ReynoldsArtist: Danica NovgorodoffPublisher: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books Pub Date: 10/13/20Genre: YA Graphic NovelEdition: Advanced Reader’s Copy (ARC) Summary Jason Reynolds’s Newbery Honor, Printz Honor, and Coretta Scott King Honor–winning, #1 New York Times bestselling novel Long Way Down is now a gripping, galvanizing graphic novel, with haunting artwork by Danica Novgorodoff. Will’s older brother, Shawn, has been shot.Dead.Will feels a sadness so great, he can’t explain it. But…

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    Legendborn by Tracy Deonn: Book Tour

    September 12, 2020 / No Comments

    Title: LegendbornAuthor: Tracy DeonnPublisher: Margaret K. McElderry BooksPub Date: 09/15/20Genre: YA FantasyEdition: Advanced Reader’s Copy (ARC)Rating: ????? Summary Filled with mystery and an intriguingly rich magic system, Tracy Deonn’s YA contemporary fantasy Legendborn offers the dark allure of City of Bones with a modern-day twist on a classic legend and a lot of Southern Black Girl Magic. After her mother dies in an accident, sixteen-year-old Bree Matthews wants nothing to do with her family…

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    None Shall Sleep by Ellie Marney: Review

    September 2, 2020 / No Comments

    Title: None Shall SleepAuthor: Ellie MarneyPublisher: Little, Brown Books for Young ReadersPub Date: 09/01/20Genre: YA Psychological ThrillerEdition: Advanced Reader’s Copy (ARC)Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Summary The Silence of the Lambs meets Sadie in this riveting psychological thriller about two teenagers teaming up with the FBI to track down juvenile serial killers. In 1982, two teenagers—serial killer survivor Emma Lewis and US Marshal candidate Travis Bell—are recruited by the FBI to interview convicted juvenile killers and…

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    Wild Sky by Zaya Feli: Review

    August 28, 2020 / No Comments

    Title: Wild SkyAuthor: Zaya FeliPublisher: Self-publishedPub Date: 08/24/20Genre: FantasyEdition: Advanced Reader’s Copy (ARC)Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 Summary A new, LGBT+ fantasy story from Zaya Feli, featuring dragons, aerial battles and epic journeys through dangerous wilderness Tauran Darrica has been retired from the Valreus Sky Guard for four years following the Battle of the Broken Wings that resulted in the death of his dragon. Now, all Tauran wants to do is spend his…

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    Rainbow by Verde Azru: Book Tour

    August 21, 2020 / No Comments

    Title: RainbowAuthor: Verde ArzuPublisher: Self-publishedPub Date: 12/10/19Genre: Romance/LGBTQ+Edition: eBookRating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Welcome to my stop on the Rainbow blog tour. Read on for book details, an excerpt, AND a chance to win a signed copy of the book! Summary Taylor has room for exactly two things in her life: improving her performance as a college basketball player and maintaining the grades she needs to stay on the team and someday play in…

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    Now That I’ve Found You by Kristina Forest: Book Tour

    August 18, 2020 / 2 Comments

    Title: Now That I’ve Found YouAuthor: Kristina ForestPublisher: Roaring Brook PressPub Date: 08/25/20Genre: YA ContemporaryEdition: Advanced Reader’s Copy (ARC)Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 Summary Now That I’ve Found You is a YA novel about searching for answers, love, and your eccentric grandma in all the wrong places. Following in the footsteps of her überfamous grandma, eighteen-year-old Evie Jones is poised to be Hollywood’s next big star. That is until a close friend’s betrayal leads…

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    August 13, 2020 / No Comments

    Title: RaybearerAuthor: Jordan IfuekoPublisher: Abrams BooksPub Date: 08/18/20Genre: YA FantasyEdition: Advanced Reader’s Copy (ARC)Rating: ????? Summary Nothing is more important than loyalty. But what if you’ve sworn to protect the one you were born to destroy? Tarisai has always longed for the warmth of a family. She was raised in isolation by a mysterious, often absent mother known only as The Lady. The Lady sends her to the capital of…

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    The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed: Book Tour

    August 3, 2020 / No Comments

    Title: The Black KidsAuthor: Christina Hammonds ReedPublisher: Simon & SchusterPub Date: 08/04/20Genre: YA Historical Fiction/ Coming-of-AgeEdition: Advanced Reader’s Copy (ARC)Rating: ⭐⭐⭐.5 Summary Perfect for fans of The Hate U Give, this unforgettable coming-of-age debut novel explores issues of race, class, and violence through the eyes of a wealthy black teenager whose family gets caught in the vortex of the 1992 Rodney King Riots. Los Angeles, 1992 Ashley Bennett and her friends…

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    July 29, 2020 / No Comments

    Title: How to Live on the EdgeAuthor: Sarah Lynn ScheergerPublisher: LernerPub Date: 08/04/2020Genre: Young AdultEdition: eBookRating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Summary Eighteen-year-old Cayenne barely remembers her mother, who died of breast cancer when Cayenne was four. The women in her family have a history of dying young. Cayenne figures she’ll meet the same fate, so she might as well enjoy life now, engaging in death-defying risks like dodging trains and jumping off cliffs…

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✨There Goes the Neighborhood by Jade Adia 03/07/ ✨There Goes the Neighborhood by Jade Adia 03/07/23 ✨
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Thank you to @DisneyBooks @LetsTalkYA and @BigHonchoMedia for this free package 🫶🏼
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Teens pushing back against gentrification has become a favorite book topic of mine, and this one sounds like it has a great twist in it 👀, so I can’t wait to dive in. I also love the cover design of the book, and these fake spray cans that came with the package are so cute 🤩 (I already ate all the Sour Patch Kids oops). 
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The gang is fake, but the fear is real.
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Rhea’s neighborhood is fading away―the mom-and-pop shops of her childhood forced out to make space for an artisanal kombucha brewery here, a hot yoga studio there. And everywhere, the feeling that this place is no longer meant for her. Because while their little corner of South L.A. isn’t perfect, to Rhea and her two best friends, it’s something even more important―it’s home. And it’s worth protecting.
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But as more white people flock to their latest edgy, urban paradise for its cheap rent and sparkling new Whole Foods, more of Rhea’s friends and family are pushed out. Until Rhea decides it’s time to push back. Armed with their cellphones and a bag of firecrackers, the friends manipulate social media to create the illusion of gang violence in their neighborhood. All Rhea wanted to do was protect her community. Her friends. Herself. No one was supposed to get hurt. No one was supposed to die. 
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But is anyone ever really safe when you’re fighting power with fear?
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I had the pleasure of going to the Decatur stop on I had the pleasure of going to the Decatur stop on the Promise Boys tour, and it was such a great time. I loved getting to hear Nick talk about the book, and his insights into the craft of writing were so helpful. 

S/O @braveandkindbooks for hosting. It was my first time there, and the store is so cute and welcoming. And s/o to @fiercereads for my Promise Boys hoodie. I felt extra fly 💁🏽‍♀️

I’ll never get enough of murder mystery books set in high schools, and this book surely didn’t disappoint. It’s a great option for young readers who’ll be able to see themselves or their experiences in these boys and the friends that loved them enough to fight for them. 

Also long time no see 🫣 I’ve been working two jobs for a year tomorrow, and I still haven’t found out how to balance my life. I’ma get it together and start posting more eventually though. Just bear with me y’all 🤣🤣

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✨ Happy New Year ✨ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ✨ Happy New Year ✨
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2023 is going to be my year of sequels and sophomore novels. I’m always on top of reading a debut, but by the time the second book comes out I’m nowhere to be found. I’m excited to crack open more of these amazing authors’ writing.
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⭐️ One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
⭐️ Tokyo Dreaming by Emiko Jean
⭐️ The Seventh Queen by Greta Kelly
⭐️ Redemptor by Jordan Ifueko
⭐️ Blood of Troy by Claire M. Andrews
⭐️ Ashes of Gold by J. Elle
⭐️ Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn
⭐️ Elektra by Jennifer Saint
⭐️ People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
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These are just the ones that I have physical copies of, but there are plenty more that I want to read on Libby. Trying to actually start with the books I have so I can work my physical TBR down some 😅 (I know, an impossible task, but I will try nevertheless).
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Do you have a theme for your 2023 reading? What book are you starting the year with? I already finished my first book of the year (If Tomorrow Doesn’t Come) and it was so 🥹🥰.
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✨YALLfest 2022✨ It was my second year at YALL ✨YALLfest 2022✨

It was my second year at YALLfest, but my first with publishers being there, and I had the best time. It all goes by so quickly, but here’s a small recap of the fun I had in those two days.

I got to meet Angeline Boulley, Jas Hammonds, Lindsay Puckett, Casey McQuiston and more people I love. I also randomly saw Chloe Gong at an intersection and joined her conversation very briefly 🤣

My favorite panel was Allowing for Anger. I love an angry MC, so it was great listening to writers talk about their experiences with anger.

I got more ARCs than I could imagine, and spent way too much of my own money on books (the Addie Larue special edition was $$)

I cannot wait until next year’s 🤩 And hopefully I’ll have a partner next year cause there were not enough me’s to do everything I wanted 😂

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