I recently picked up this gorgeous book with optimism when Amazon had a great deal for the paperback edition. I had previously read Emergency Contact last year and thought it was pretty enjoyable so I was desperately hoping this would be another good book and perhaps even better. I’m incredibly proud that this review will also be featured on the October edition of Books Etc Magazine, a bookish magazine created by my bookstagrammer friend Jayse. It’s an Australian magazine all about books, with book reviews, author interviews and bookstragram tips. You can find their latest September edition here! Goodreads Blurb After a year of college, Pablo is working at his…
Our Chemical Hearts Book Review
This book is one of those contemporaries I had heard so much about from friends and bookstagram but just never got around to buying because I already have so many of those on my shelves. However, it just happened that I found out through a newsletter that this book is getting its own movie, featuring Lili Reinhart, that comes out in August on Amazon Prime and Penguin Teen Australia were kind enough to send me a review copy before I could watch the movie. So, a huge thank you to Penguin Teen Australia because I LOVED this book and I cannot wait to see the movie adaptation. I’ll be doing…
The Map From Here To There ~ Review & A Chat About Adults Reading YA
I am back on the blog! ~tentatively and more review focused~ Which basically means that I don’t know what I’m doing but I enjoyed this book so much (The Map From Here to There by Emery Lord) and received it as a review copy (Thank you SO MUCH Bloomsbury Publishing) that I couldn’t help myself but rave a little about it. And you know what ~ I loved this book and reviewing it means I’m saying you should probably read it too! Note: This is the sequel to The Start of Me & You, see my review for that one HERE. Goodreads Blurb Acclaimed author Emery Lord crafts a gorgeous…
Tweet Cute Book Review | Blog Tour
This is another book that I’ve been so happy to see on so many people’s TBRs for this year. I am so honoured to be part of the blog tour for this book, a huge thank you to St Martin’s Press and Macmillan for sending me the review eARC and letting me get in on this cute book. Jacket Blurb: Meet Pepper, swim team captain, chronic overachiever, and all-around perfectionist. Her family may be falling apart, but their massive fast-food chain is booming — mainly thanks to Pepper, who is barely managing to juggle real life while secretly running Big League Burger’s massive Twitter account. Enter Jack, class clown and constant thorn in…
Loveboat, Taipei Book Review
Loveboat, Taipei by Abigail Hing Wen Book Review Now that we’re well into 2020, and I’ve been reading everyone’s list of anticipated reads for this year, I’m starting to realize how much people want to read this novel – and I can confirm that I’d definitely recommend you to do so. This book was a beauty. Goodreads Blurb For fans of Crazy Rich Asians or Jane Austen Comedy of Manners, with a hint of La La Land When eighteen-year-old Ever Wong’s parents send her from Ohio to Taiwan to study Mandarin for the summer, she finds herself thrust among the very over-achieving kids her parents have always wanted her to…
Author Interview: A Chat with Dumpling’s Wai Chim
Author Interview with Wai Chim | The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling I am SO excited to be bringing you guys an interview/chat I had with Wai Chim, the author of one of my newest favourite YA contemporaries The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling (See my 5-star review HERE). I related so much to this novel and it was a pleasure to get to pick Wai’s brain a little about it and about her general author life. Here it is! Author Interview: A Chat with Wai Chim 1. Hi! How are you? I’m sure you must have had a hectic schedule with the release of this beautiful pink…
The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling Book Review
The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling by Wai Chim Book Review Someone give me dumplings because now it’s all I can think about when I think of this amazing book. There, I said it, it was AMAZING. Cue blurb: Goodreads Blurb: Anna Chiu has her hands pretty full looking after her brother and sister and helping out at her dad’s restaurant, all while her mum stays in bed. Dad’s new delivery boy, Rory, is a welcome distraction and even though she knows that things aren’t right at home, she’s starting to feel like she could just be a normal teen. But when Mum finally gets out of bed,…
Oasis Book Review
Oasis by Katya de Becerra Book Review Is it awesome having an author friend that is lovely enough to gift you their ARC? Yes. Is it even better when their book is freaking amazing? Hell yes. I almost didn’t expect how good this would be and it literally got me out of a book slump. Goodreads Blurb: The oasis saved them. But who will save them from the oasis? Alif had exciting summer plans: working on her father’s archaeological dig site in the desert with four close friends . . . and a very cute research assistant. Then the sandstorm hit. With their camp wiped away, Alif and the…
Sadie AudioBook Review
Sadie by Courtney Summers Book Review So I’ve been trying to write this review for months now, it has taken me SO long to be able to convey just how surprising and great I found this book. Finally, finally, here is my review. Goodreads Blurb: Sadie hasn’t had an easy life. Growing up on her own, she’s been raising her sister Mattie in an isolated small town, trying her best to provide a normal life and keep their heads above water. But when Mattie is found dead, Sadie’s entire world crumbles. After a somewhat botched police investigation, Sadie is determined to bring her sister’s killer to justice and…
The DNF Game | Should You Or Shouldn’t You? & My Recent DNF Mini-Reviews
The DNF Game | Should You Or Shouldn’t You? & My Recent DNF Mini-Reviews DNF – the acronym that means Did Not Finish. It’s such a powerful acronym to use in this book community and continues to baffle intellectuals on whether you should actually do it or not… Can you imagine, reading these cool things called books and currently hating it…what can you do? what should I do? What’s your next move? It’s almost become a deadly game. Will it offend someone? The author? – YOU? Will you maybe actually start liking during the last 10 pages and it’ll totally change your mind on the previous 150,000 words you wasted…
