Publisher: Medium: Print, hardcover Rating: ⭐⭐* Blurb: For Penny Lee high school was a total non-event. Her friends were okay, her grades were fine, and while she somehow managed to land a boyfriend, he doesn’t actually know anything about her. When Penny heads to college in Austin, Texas, to learn how to become a writer, it’s seventy-nine […]
Publisher: Medium: Print, hardcover Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Blurb: Zélie Adebola remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. Burners ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Zelie’s Reaper mother summoned forth souls. But everything changed the night magic disappeared. Under the orders of a ruthless king, maji were targeted and killed, leaving Zélie without a mother […]
Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire Medium: Print, paperback Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ Blurb: When Tea accidentally resurrects her brother from the dead, she learns she is different from the other witches in her family. Her gift for necromancy means that she’s a bone witch, a title that makes her feared and ostracized by her community. But Tea finds solace […]
Publisher: Balzer + Bray Medium: Print, hardcover Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Blurb: Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of […]
Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers Medium: Print Rating: 🌟🌟🌟 Blurb: Mortals rule the desert nation of Miraji, but mythical beasts still roam the wild and remote areas, and rumor has it that somewhere, djinn still perform their magic. For humans, it’s an unforgiving place, especially if you’re poor, orphaned, or female. Amani Al’Hiza is […]
This may be long so bear with me, please. Hello, it’s been a while. I’ll try to explain my absence in a later post. It’s been a while since I’ve contributed to Wordy Girl Blues, and I realized that in not keeping up with the personal schedule I set for myself, I missed out on […]
To all of my new followers, thank you! I’m happy that you liked my book reviews and little musings enough to want to follow me. I have big things in store for this blog and I can’t wait for them to come to fruition. Please continue to give me support, let me know how I […]
*Potential spoilers ahead* Rating: 3.5 Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca Blurb: They said she was going to be my ruin… Then let her ruin me. Caleb Lockhart has everything—wealth, adoration, a brilliant future. Until a chance encounter with a siren in a red dress changes everything. Until he meets the woman he dubs Red. Veronica Strafford’s past […]
*Potential spoilers ahead* Rating: 4.5 diamonds Publisher: Simon Pulse Blurb: Kiko Himura has always had a hard time saying exactly what she’s thinking. With a mother who makes her feel unremarkable and a half-Japanese heritage she doesn’t quite understand, Kiki prefers to keep her head down, certain that once she makes it into her dream […]
So, I like reading. It’s how I started my (pending) writing career and how I find new worlds and characters to find and love. That being said, there are some books that I’ve read that I don’t care for, really love, and really hate. I want to do book reviews because of this. I want […]
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