Miles Morales by Jason Reynolds Review by Lauren source: copy from publisher; all opinions are my own Official Summary (Add on Goodreads): Miles Morales is just your average teenager. Dinner every Sunday with his parents, chilling out playing old-school video games with his best friend, Ganke, crushing on brainy, beautiful poet Alicia. He’s even got a […]
I’ve been lucky to attend BEA (Book Expo America) a few times, but back in June, this was the first time I went to the ALA conference (ALA is American Library Association). Since it was in Chicago, that meant that my sister could drive us there and we didn’t have to worry about flights. For […]
Refugee by Alan Gratz Review by Lauren source: copy from ALA 17; all opinions are my own Official Summary: JOSEF is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the threat of concentration camps looming, he and his family board a ship bound for the other side of the world . . . ISABEL is […]
This is a sponsored post. All opinions are mine Divatress: Feel Like a Diva. Be a Diva. Post by Lauren Do you ever wish you could be someone else, even for just a day? I think events like comic cons are a great way to experience this as almost everyone there is dressed up in […]
Health update: Thanks for all the well wishes. I do appreciate it! I’m definitely on the road to recovery. One of my incisions is a bit bigger than originally planned; I guess I had way more gall stones than they even realized. At any rate, I’m resting a lot – but I’m also trying to […]
One for Sorrow by Mary Downing Hahn Guest review by Kari source: copy from ALA17; all opinions are always our own Official Summary (Add on Goodreads): Annie Browne is new at school in September 1918. Before Annie has a chance to meet the other girls in her class, clingy Elsie Schneider claims Annie as her […]
Actually, you might be reading this before or after my surgery, but that doesn’t make a very catchy title, does it? I’m having my gallbladder removed and it should only be about a 15 minute surgery. I’ve had surgeries before so I’m not terribly nervous about the going to sleep aspect, or the actual surgery, […]
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay Review by Lauren source: copy from e-library; all opinions are my own Official Summary (add on Goodreads): In these funny and insightful essays, Roxane Gay takes us through the journey of her evolution as a woman of color while also taking readers on a ride through culture of the last few […]
Spider-Man: Homecoming: Learn more on IMDB Review by Lauren paid for my own tickets; all opinions my own If you’ve been reading my blog recently then you know that I tried to see the new Spider-Man film the day it came out, but there was a bad storm and all the power went out at […]
Sovereign by April Daniels Review by Lauren source: copy from Netgalley; all opinions are my own Official Summary (add on Goodreads): Only nine months after her debut as the fourth superhero to fight under the name Dreadnought, Danny Tozer is already a scarred veteran. Protecting a city the size of New Port is a team-sized job […]