Date Read: June 7, 2022 Publication Date: April 2020 Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Format: Physical Book Page Count: 368 Listening Time: 10 hours 33 minutes Print Publisher: Minotaur Books Audio Publisher: Macmillan Audio After reading Jar of Hearts, I knew I needed to check out Jennifer Hillier’s other book, Little Secrets. I went in tryingContinue reading “Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier”
Category Archives: 4 stars
The Shadows by Alex North
Date Read: May 7, 2022 Publication Date: July 2020 Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Format: Audio Book Page Count: 336 Listening Time: 9 hours 5 minutes Print Publisher: Celadon Books Audio Publisher: MacMillan Audio I first read Alex North’s earlier book, The Whisper Man, about two years ago. It legitimately scared me, cost me some sleep,Continue reading “The Shadows by Alex North”
White Smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson
Date Read: May 25, 2022 Publication Date: September 2021 Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Format: Audio Book Page Count: 384 Listening Time: 8 hours 56 minutes Print Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books Audio Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books I’m drawn to Tiffany D. Jackson books because the writing is great and there is always a deeper message toContinue reading “White Smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson”
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”
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”
Just My Luck by Adele Parks
Date Read: April 14, 2022 Publication Date: April 2021 Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Format: Physical Book, Audio Book Page Count: 384 Listening Time: 12 hours 50 minutes Print Publisher: Mira Books Audio Publisher: Harlequin Audio What a ride this book took me on! The plot of this was unique (to me) and it unfolded likeContinue reading “Just My Luck by Adele Parks”
Black Girls Must Be Magic by Jayne Allen
In the second book of Tabitha “Tabby” Walker I opted for the audio book, and I am so glad I did. The narrator, Marcella Cox, brought Tabby to life and her inflections during the inner monologue was subtle and effective. In the first novel, I enjoyed meeting Tabby and the people in her life (there’sContinue reading “Black Girls Must Be Magic by Jayne Allen”
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.
The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak
The Island of Missing Trees is the second novel I have read by Turkish-British author Elif Shafak and I thoroughly enjoyed it. In The Island of Missing Trees, two teenagers fall in love in the Republic of Cyprus which is located south of Turkey and Southeast of Greece.
Akata Witch (Nsibidi Scripts #1) by Nnedi Okorafor
Nnedi Okorafor initially caught my reader heart with her novel Remote Control and her brilliant way of weaving fantasy and magic into everyday life. Akata Witch, the first in the Nsibidi Scripts series, highlighted Nnedi’s work in Africanjujuism, a sub-genre she coined.