Book Review
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Aurora Rising Review
GoodReads: It’s 2380 and the graduating students of Aurora Academy are being assigned their first missions. Tyler Jones has been a star pupil who hopes to recruit the squad of his dreams but ends up with a mixed and volatile crew. And Ty’s squad isn’t even his biggest problem – that’d be…
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A Phoenix First Must Burn: Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance and Hope Review
GoodReads: Evoking Beyoncé’s Lemonade for a YA audience, these authors have woven worlds to create stunning narratives that centre Black women and gender nonconforming individuals. With fantasy, science fiction and magic at their core, the stories are sharp, atmospheric and visual explorations of histories, relationships and alternate universes that you can’t help…
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Pride Month Recs and TBR
Happy Pride Month, I know that there’s a lot going on in the world right now, and so much of it is so important, especially Black Lives Matter and their movement really gaining a foothold finally. [And remember, ALL Black Lives Matter, you can’t be part of the movement…
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The Resources Are There
I have been rather silent on some forms of social media, say Facebook, because I hate it, and on others, I’ve been sharing the information that TONS have made easily accessible, this is not a time to remain quiet on all fronts though. Our fellow humans need us, BLACK…
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WWW Wednesday
It’s time for the WWW Wednesday meme brought to you all by Taking on a World of Words What Are You Currently Reading? GoodReads: Evoking Beyoncé’s Lemonade for a YA audience, these authors have woven worlds to create stunning narratives that centre Black women and gender nonconforming individuals. With fantasy, science…
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Pan’s Labyrinth: Film VS. Book
So usually the book comes first, film or tv adapts it, and then we have general chaos of people hating or loving it. However, in today’s case, the movie came first! It’s one of my top 5 favorite movies, so, hearing there was a book coming out, it made my…
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We Unleash the Merciless Storm Review
GoodReads: In this nail-biting sequel to Tehlor Kay Mejia’s critically acclaimed fantasy novel We Set the Dark on Fire, La Voz operative Carmen is forced to choose between the girl she loves and the success of the rebellion she’s devoted her life to. Perfect for fans of The Handmaid’s Tale and Anna-Marie McLemore.…
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Indie Spotlight #3
Who is our Author? Rachel Caldecott Rachel Caldecott writes speculative fiction primarily for Young and New Adults. She hopes her books will inspire readers to strive for a better world. With ecological breakdown looming, pandemics, wars and refugee crises; it is easy to envisage the end of…
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Empire of Gold eARC Review
GoodReads: The final chapter in the bestselling, critically acclaimed Daevabad Trilogy, in which a con-woman and an idealistic djinn prince join forces to save a magical kingdom from a devastating civil war. Daevabad has fallen. After a brutal conquest stripped the city of its magic, Nahid leader Banu Manizheh and…
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WWW Wednesday
It’s time for the WWW Wednesday meme brought to you all by Taking on a World of Words What Are You Currently Reading? GoodReads: Ren Kolins is a silver wielder—a dangerous thing to be in the kingdom of Erdis, where magic has been outlawed for a century. Ren is just…
The Caffeinated Reader 