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What I’m Reading on Wattpad

A while back, I made a post about my favorite books that I’ve read on Wattpad, an app where writers and readers alike could interact and create novels and series of their own. After a few years of reading on Wattpad, I had narrowed down my favorite novels on the site, hence the last post. […]

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2019 Mini-Wishlist

As we enter the last half of the year (woo, has this year gone by fast), I’ve made a list of the books that I want to read and/or review. Here are the books below! On the Come Up – Angie Thomas: Sixteen-year-old Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. […]

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When Dimple Met Rishi, Sandhya Menon

Here’s a little contemporary, just for you guys! First off, When Dimple Met Rishi is about two young kids that are about to go off to college. Dimple isn’t the perfect Indian daughter because she kind of defied tradition, rejecting the idea of arranged marriage and didn’t see why it was so important that she […]

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Emergency Contact, Mary H.K. Choi

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 […]

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The Hate U Give, Angie Thomas

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 […]

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Starfish, Akemi Dawn Bowman

*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 […]