Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour

Date Read: May 14, 2022 Publication Date: May 31, 2022 Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Format: Audio Book Page Count: 304 Listening Time: 8 hours 1 minute Print Publisher: Flatiron Books Audio Publisher: MacMillan Audio I was not prepared for how this book would impact me emotionally which is the risk I always take, as someoneContinue reading “Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour”

Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance by Alison Espach

Date Read: April 18, 2022 Publication Date: May 17, 2022 Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Format: Audio Book Page Count: 352 Listening Time: 12 hours 17 minutes Print Publisher: Henry Holt & Company Audio Publisher: MacMillan Audio In this emotional coming of age story, we meet Sally and her older sister, Kathy, when they are inContinue reading “Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance by Alison Espach”

American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins

Date Read: April 2022 Publication Date: January 2020 Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Format: Audio book Page Count: 462 Listening Time: 16 hours 47 minutes Print Publisher: Tinder Press Audio Publisher: Macmillan Audio This book had a stronghold on my attention from chapter one and never let go.  In this story we meet Lydia and herContinue reading “American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins”

Siren Queen by Nghi Vo

Date Read: April 2022 Publication Date: May 10, 2022 Rating: 4.0/5.0 Format: Audio Book Page Count: 288 Listening Time: 8 hours 45 minutes Print Publisher: Tordotcom Publishing Audio Publisher:  Macmillan Audio Hollywood and science fiction combine into a novel with a queer protagonist?  Yes, please.  In Siren Queen we meet Luli, a Chinese American girlContinue reading “Siren Queen by Nghi Vo”

The Lost Village by Camilla Sten

The Lost Village, written by Swedish author Camilla Sten and translated to English by Alexandra Fleming, helped solidify my enjoyment of Scandinavian horror and suspense novels. In this story, a documentary filmmaker returns to an abandoned mining town where her grandmother’s family disappeared from long ago.