Month: July 2017

Miles Morales by Jason Reynolds

Posted July 31, 2017 by shooting in Book Review / 13 Comments

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 […]

Weekend Trip to Chicago + ALA 2017

Posted July 28, 2017 by shooting in Travel / 28 Comments

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 […]

By the time you read this, I’ll be in surgery…

Posted July 22, 2017 by shooting in Personal / 25 Comments

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, […]

Book Review: Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay

Posted July 20, 2017 by shooting in Book Review / 14 Comments

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 […]

Movie Review of Spider-Man: Homecoming

Posted July 19, 2017 by shooting in TV/Movies / 18 Comments

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

Posted July 18, 2017 by shooting in Book Review / 12 Comments

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 […]