Book Review: Rose Addams by Margie Taylor

*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.*Title: Rose AddamsAuthor: Margie TaylorPublisher: NeWest PressPublication Date: April 15, 2023ISBN: 9781774390696 Synopsis:Rose Addams is hitting her sixties, but these days it feels like they’re starting to hit back… Her daughter, Morgan, has ditched her thesis program and moved back home to Vancouver,Continue reading “Book Review: Rose Addams by Margie Taylor”

Books Review: Song of Silver, Flame Like Night by Amélie Wen Zhao

*I received this an ARC on NetGalley from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.*Title: Song of Silver, Flame Like NightAuthor: Amélie Wen ZhaoPublisher: Delacorte PressPublication Date: January 3, 3023ISBN: 9780593487501 Synopsis:Once, Lan had a different name. Now she goes by the one the Elantian colonizers gave her when they invaded her kingdom, killedContinue reading “Books Review: Song of Silver, Flame Like Night by Amélie Wen Zhao”

Book Review: Never Vacation with Your Ex by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka

*I received an ARC on Netgalley from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.*Title: Never Vacation with Your ExAuthor: Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-BrokaPublisher: Viking Books for Young ReadersPublication Date: April 3, 2023ISBN: 9780593326909  Synopsis: Seventeen-year-old volleyball star Kaylee Jordan lives a life of player rankings, constant training, and a carefully curated social mediaContinue reading “Book Review: Never Vacation with Your Ex by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka”

Book Review: Spare by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex

Title: SpareAuthor: Prince Harry, Duke of SussexPublisher: Random House of CanadaPublication Date: January 10, 2023ISBN: 9781039003750 Synopsis:Before losing his mother, twelve-year-old Prince Harry was known as the carefree one, the happy-go-lucky Spare to the more serious Heir. Grief changed everything. He struggled at school, struggled with anger, with loneliness—and, because he blamed the press forContinue reading “Book Review: Spare by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex”

Book Review: Imposter Syndrome and Other Confessions of Alejandra Kim by Patricia Park

*I received a digital ARC on NetGalley from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.*Title: Imposter Syndrome and Other Confessions of Alejandra KimAuthor: Patricia ParkPublisher: Crown Books for Young ReadersPublication Date: February 21, 2023ISBN: 9780593563373 Synopsis:Alejandra Kim doesn’t feel like she belongs anywhere. At her wealthy Manhattan high school, her súper Spanish name andContinue reading “Book Review: Imposter Syndrome and Other Confessions of Alejandra Kim by Patricia Park”

Book Review: When You Wish Upon A Lantern by Gloria Chao

*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.*Title: When You Wish Upon A LanternAuthor: Gloria ChaoPublisher: Viking Books for Young ReadersPublication Date: February 14, 2023ISBN: 9780593464359 Synopsis:Liya and Kai had been best friends since they were little kids, but all that changed when a humiliating incident sparked The Biggest MisunderstandingContinue reading “Book Review: When You Wish Upon A Lantern by Gloria Chao”

Book Review: Chloe and the Kaishao Boys by Mae Coyiuto

*I received an e-galley from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.*Title: Chloe and the Kaishao BoysAuthor: Mae CoyiutoPublisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young ReadersPublication Date: March 7, 2023ISBN: 9780593461631 Synopsis:Chloe knows what it takes to be the perfect Liang daughter—stay in Manila, study business management, and join the family company. But whenContinue reading “Book Review: Chloe and the Kaishao Boys by Mae Coyiuto”

Book Review: The Summer of Bitter and Sweet by Jen Ferguson

*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.*Title: The Summer of Bitter and SweetAuthor: Jen FergusonPublisher: Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollins PublishersPublication Date: May 10, 2022ISBN: 978-63086180 Synopsis: Lou has enough confusion in front of her this summer. She’ll be working in her family’s ice-cream shack with her newly ex-boyfriend—whoseContinue reading “Book Review: The Summer of Bitter and Sweet by Jen Ferguson”

Book Review: The Broken Places by Frances Peck

*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.*Title: The Broken PlacesAuthor: Frances PeckPublisher: NeWest PressPublication Date: April 2022ISBN: 9781774390450 ——— Synopsis:Vancouver. A day like any other. Kyle, a successful cosmetic surgeon, is punishing himself with a sprint up a mountain. Charlotte, wife of a tech tycoon, is combing the farmContinue reading “Book Review: The Broken Places by Frances Peck”

Book Review: Tracking the Caribou Queen by Margaret Macpherson

*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.*Title: Tracking the Caribou QueenAuthor: Margaret MacphersonPublisher: NeWest PressPublication Date: October 15, 2022ISBN: 9781774390610 ——- Synopsis:In this challenging memoir about her formative years in Yellowknife in the ’60s and ’70s, author Margaret Macpherson lays bare her own white privilege, her multitude of unexaminedContinue reading “Book Review: Tracking the Caribou Queen by Margaret Macpherson”