Calendar Girls (August 2019): Book Lover’s Day (Favorite Book You’ve Read This Year)

August 5, 2019

It’s time for another Calendar Girls Books post, and this month our prompt is Book Lover’s Day: Favorite Book You’ve Read This Year! It took some decision making, but I think I narrowed it down okay. I was very stuck between the book that I chose and my first honourable mention, but then ended up… Read More Calendar Girls (August 2019): Book Lover’s Day (Favorite Book You’ve Read This Year)

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Natalie Tan’s Book of Luck and Fortune by Roselle Lim (Review + Author Q&A)

June 27, 2019

At the news of her mother’s death, Natalie Tan returns home. The two women hadn’t spoken since Natalie left in anger seven years ago, when her mother refused to support her chosen career as a chef. Natalie is shocked to discover the vibrant neighborhood of San Francisco’s Chinatown that she remembers from her childhood is fading, with businesses failing and families moving out. She’s even more surprised to learn she has inherited her grandmother’s restaurant.… Read More Natalie Tan’s Book of Luck and Fortune by Roselle Lim (Review + Author Q&A)

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Fumbled by Alexa Martin (Review)

June 12, 2019

Single-mother Poppy Patterson moved across the country when she was sixteen and pregnant to find a new normal. After years of hard work, she’s built a life she loves. It may include a job at a nightclub, weekend soccer games, and more stretch marks than she anticipated, but it’s all hers, and nobody can take that away. Well, except for one person.… Read More Fumbled by Alexa Martin (Review)

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Calendar Girls (June 2019): Pride 🏳️‍🌈 (Favorite Book with LGBTQ+ Representation)

June 6, 2019

It’s time for another Calendar Girls Books post, and this month our prompt is Pride: Favorite Book with LGBTQ+ Representation. I’ve been reading LGBTQ+ books since I was in high school, so I’ve read quite a few but I think it’s still not enough. It doesn’t help that my high school library didn’t have any… Read More Calendar Girls (June 2019): Pride 🏳️‍🌈 (Favorite Book with LGBTQ+ Representation)

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Pride, Prejudice, and other Flavors by Sonali Dev (ARC Review)

May 29, 2019

It is a truth universally acknowledged that only in an overachieving Indian American family can a genius daughter be considered a black sheep. Dr. Trisha Raje is San Francisco’s most acclaimed neurosurgeon. But that’s not enough for the Rajes, her influential immigrant family who’s achieved power by making its own non-negotiable rules: Never trust an outsider; Never do anything to jeopardize your brother’s political aspirations; And never, ever, defy your family… Read More Pride, Prejudice, and other Flavors by Sonali Dev (ARC Review)

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Calendar Girls (May 2019): Mother’s Day: (Best Book with a Mother/Daughter Relationship)

May 6, 2019

It’s time for another Calendar Girls Books post, and this month our prompt is Best Book with a Mother/Daughter Relationship. And let me say, this was a tough one! I didn’t realize, until going through my ‘read’ list on Goodreads, how many of the books that I’ve read do not contain good mother-daughter relationships! So, either the… Read More Calendar Girls (May 2019): Mother’s Day: (Best Book with a Mother/Daughter Relationship)

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Calendar Girls (March 2019): Women’s History Month: Favourite Book With a Strong Female Lead

March 4, 2019

It’s time for another Calendar Girls Books post, and this month our prompt is Women’s History Month: Favourite Book With a Strong Female Lead. Picking a favourite was so hard! And I had to limit the amount of my honourable mentions by only allowing myself to pick from the books that I read in 2018… Read More Calendar Girls (March 2019): Women’s History Month: Favourite Book With a Strong Female Lead

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Calendar Girls (February 2019): Black History Month (Favourite Book by a Black Author)

February 4, 2019

It’s time for another Calendar Girls Books post, and this month our prompt is Black History Month (Favourite Book by a Black Author). While looking through my “read” list, I realized that I had not read as many books by black authors as I had thought! So, now, I’m even more excited to see what other… Read More Calendar Girls (February 2019): Black History Month (Favourite Book by a Black Author)

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Waiting on Wednesday #9: The Matchmaker’s List by Sonya Lalli

January 16, 2019

Hey everyone! And happy Wednesday! I’m definitely having a lot of fun with Waiting on Wednesday, so you can expect for me to participate in this meme for quite some time! I’m super excited to share this week’s book with all of you because it’s written by a Canadian aaaand takes place in Toronto (which… Read More Waiting on Wednesday #9: The Matchmaker’s List by Sonya Lalli

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Top Ten Tuesday #59: Top Ten 2018 Releases That I Read In 2018

December 25, 2018

Happy Tuesday, and happy Top Ten Tuesday day, everyone! Also, Merry Christmas to those of you who celebrate! Soo, it turns out that I have to use next week’s prompt this week again (like in my last post) haha. I won’t be able to post next week, and I also don’t have any book birthdays… Read More Top Ten Tuesday #59: Top Ten 2018 Releases That I Read In 2018