Title: The Nickel BoysAuthor: Colson WhiteheadPublisher: DoubleDay CanadaPublication Date: July 16, 2019ISBN: 9780385693967 Synopsis from Goodreads:Abandoned by his parents, but kept on the straight and narrow by his grandmother, Elwood is about to enroll in the local black college. But for a black boy in the Jim Crow South in the early 1960s, one innocentContinue reading “Book Review: The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead”
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Book Review: Supper Club by Lara Williams
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.*Title: Supper ClubAuthor: Lara WilliamsPublisher: G.P. Putnam’s SonsPublication Date: July 4, 2019ISBN: 9780525539582 Synopsis from Goodreads:Roberta spends her life trying not to take up space. At almost thirty, she is adrift and alienated from life. Stuck in a mindless job and reluctant toContinue reading “Book Review: Supper Club by Lara Williams”
Book review: The Fall of Innocence
*I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.* Title: The Fall of Innocence Author: Jenny Torres Sanchez Publisher: Philomel Publication Date: June 12, 2018 ISBN: 9781524737757 Synopsis from Goodreads: For the past eight years, sixteen-year-old Emilia DeJesus has done her best to move on from the traumatic attack she suffered inContinue reading “Book review: The Fall of Innocence”
Review: I Crawl Through It by A. S. King
*I received this book from Hachette Book Group Canada in exchange for an honest review.* Title: I Crawl Through It Author: A. S. King Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Publication Date: September 2015 ISBN: 9780316334099 Synopsis from Goodreads: Four teenagers are on the verge of exploding. The anxieties they face at every turn have nearly pushedContinue reading “Review: I Crawl Through It by A. S. King”
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