Sixteen-year-old Michie lives with her grandmother and hopes to get into her dream college, but the scholarship essay is a difficult one to write, especially when she shares a complicated relationship with her mother. Derek is the new kid at this high school and very much interested in Michie. Both are absolute sweethearts and the…
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Valentine’s Day might be anything for you but I like to assume it’s the perfect day to add some romance books by authors of color to my never-ending TBR. After all, picking up a book with romantic themes and obsessing over fictional characters who are finding or fighting their love sounds way more exciting than…
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This might come across as a surprise to you but 2022 has been here for a month now. Yes, yes! I’m shocked; how was January the slowest month that went by too fast? Anyway, February has brought all of us two possibilities: either your yearly reading challenge is right on track or you’re so far…
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Read books. Collect plants. Decorate a garden. Sounds simple and exciting! And now I have forty fantasy books I hope to read in 2022. Check out what backlist fantasy titles I’ve decided to read this year, and leave a little ‘good luck’ in the comments.
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February is ready to bring some of the most anticipated books of 2022, from fantasy to contemporary. Debut authors like Laila Sabreen and Vanessa Lenare stepping in with a young adult contemporary and a young adult fantasy respectively; and Amari and the Great Game is a sequel to one very well received middle-grade fantasy of last year.
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24 Best New Books of January 2022 To Read
January is ready to bring some of the most anticipated books of 2022, from fantasy to contemporary. Debut authors like Akshaya Raman and Sue Lynn Tan are stepping in with an Indian-inspired fantasy and Chinese mythology-inspired fantasy respectively; and some books like Ashes of Gold and Beyond the End of the World are sequels to two very well received fantasy books.
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Thoughts on my recent reads: A Pho Love Story, The Scapegoat, Jay’s Gay Agenda, An Emotion of Great Delight, Pashmina, We Are Totally Normal, and others!
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July is shining bright with these forty books, from fantasy to mystery. Authors like Anuk Arudpragasm and Jasmine Guillory are returning with shiny new novels and debuts like She Who Became The Sun & The Lady or the Lion have already won many hearts. Pick up one of these July 2021 releases and enjoy them as summer reads.
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This year is giving us some of the best stories by south asian authors. From fantasy to contemporary and from science fiction to romance, these 2021 books must be on your tbr!
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This week of June 22, 2021 is bringing some great books to the bookshelves, like Rising Like A Storm, Filthy Animals, Love Scenes, Darling, My Contrary Mary, and more!
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