Roaring Brook Press, 2021288 pages Disdain to Love? Yup! Sapphic? Yup! Forced close proximity? Uh huh. Fake dating? Heck yeah. She Drives Me Crazy is a YA Contemporary about Scottie who has just broken up with her girlfriend. While leaving her basketball game, she gets in a fender bender with the head cheerleader and her … Continue reading She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen
FSG for Young ReadersJanuary 5, 2021YA Historical Fiction288 pages Malcolm X is just a teenager when he is arrested and sent to prison. He will spend most of his 20's in prison where the ideas he is known for are forming. In this fictional account, authored by Malcolm X's daughter, follows hism as he is … Continue reading Review: The Awakening of Malcolm X by Ilyasah Shabazz and Tiffany D. Jackson
HEEEEYYY Y'ALLLLL!!! This has been a week but Friday is here! 2021 is holding no punches, amiright. Anyway, the end of year post are still coming but, like I said, it's been a week. My top book will be up next week and Youtube videos will resume next week. This weekend I plan on doing … Continue reading Friday Reads: January 8, 2021
What happens when an ominous phenomenon forces people's negativity to manifest into demonic creatures called Umbra Shades that spread Apathy Syndrome to its victims?In a violent and corrupted world ruled by negative intentions, a seventeen-year-old girl with the ability to purge these demons wants nothing more than a better tomorrow... But will she be able … Continue reading Blog Tour: Her Dark Sins by T.R. Tells
Hey y'all!! Starr and I decided to randomly do a graphic novel readathon this past weekend. I managed to read 6 different graphic works over Friday and Saturday. Here is what I was able to get through. 2014, Image Comics Saga Book 1 by Brian K. Vaughn, Illustrated by Fiona Staples - This wildly popular … Continue reading Graphic Novel Wrap Up #1
Hey y'all! Today I'm here with my September Wrap Up! After an extremely slow start to September I was able to complete a total of 13 books, which is rather impressive considering my the 15th, I had only read 2. I don't call it slumpy September for nothing. Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh (review) … Continue reading September 2020 Wrap Up
***I received this book for free as part of the Caffeine Book Tours blog tour via Netgalley and the Flat Iron Books. This is no way contributed to my opinion of the book.**** In this long awaited conclusion to the Mirage duology, we continue our journey with Amani and Maram as they navigate court politics, … Continue reading Blog Tour: Court of Lions by Somaiya Daud
***I received this for free via Netgalley and the publisher in exchange for a free and honest review.*** In this debut fantasy novel, it is 200 years after Cinderella's fairy tale and the town continues to uphold the tradition of attending the ball to meet a suitor under the tyrannical king. Sophia is sick of … Continue reading Book Review: Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron
***ARC provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for a free and honest review*** Marva Sheridan is freshly 18 and thrilled to be voting in her first election. Duke comes from a family where politics are super important but he just wants to do his civic duty and go home. On a chance meeting … Continue reading Book Review: The Voting Booth by Brandy Colbert
Hey y'all!! Today I wanted to do my July TBR. I know what you're thinking, "Tasha you never stick to a TBR." And you would be telling the truth, however, there is a month long readathon that I am so excited to participate and I hope that I can mark off as many prompts as … Continue reading Pop Culture Readathon TBR/July 2020 TBR
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