Blogger Recognition Award: OMG I Love Y’all

Book friends!! I was nominated for a Blogger Recognition Award by two separate people! And neither of them was my mom! THE SHOCK! I was nominated by Lori at Lori's Bookshelf Reads and Sahar at SLC Jewish Reader! Thank you so much! Ok, let's get to the tag! Thank the blogger/s who nominated you and…

Unboxing: May margins box

I don't get subscription boxes very often, mainly because they cost more than I'm willing to afford, but when I saw cara black and Adrianne Russell (two YA authors) were trying to fund a book box that included BIPOC authors and creators, I had to support it. I have seen a lot of unboxings and…

Hungry Hearts: Don’t Read While Hungry

There are so many amazing anthologies coming out this year and Hungry Hearts is definitely one of them. The stories combine to make a book full of food, love, acceptance, and beautiful writing. I'll give a quick synopsis of each story and then talk about my overall thoughts. Let's get started! Synopsis (from Goodreads): From…

Milady: Time for the Real Story

I cannot state this enough: I have been waiting for this book for years! While I haven't read the original Three Musketeers, I have watching the TV series and have always had a soft spot for Milady. A badass woman who's a spy and an assassin?? Um, hell yes! And (thank god), Milady by Laura…

Natalie Tan’s Book of Luck and Fortune: Family + Food = Magic

This book was not at all what I was expecting. It's a magical and hopeful story but also very sad in certain places too. I connected to Natalie and her story in so many ways. Natalie failed out of culinary school and I quit culinary school. Her connection to her family's food is also very…

Sense and Sensibility: Now with Pictures

If you haven't read Sense and Sensibility...what are you waiting for?! It's not just a romance, it's also a story of family and how strong the bond between sisters can be. If you've stayed away from the "classics" because you thought they were boring or that you'd have trouble understanding them, you should definitely give…

90s Kid Book Tag: Give me my Polly Pocket and Pizza Lunchable and No One Gets Hurt

Full disclosure: I was not born in the 90s but most of my early childhood was in during this decade, so I'm very familiar with everything 90s pop culture and I could not pass up this tag. Let's do this! Rules: Please, please, please steal this tag and spread it around!  I only ask that…

Mini Book Review — Chronicles of a Radical Hag: Can I Have a Tissue Please?

As soon as I saw the title of this book, I was pretty much sold. I'm kind of upset I didn't think of it before and name my blog that lol. But it's not just the title or the cover that makes this book great, it's the stories inside. Let's get to the review! Synopsis…

Ever Alice: I am upset…

If you've been visiting my blog for a while or reading my reviews for any length of time, you know I rarely give a bad review. I always try to find something good and talk about that the most, leaving the critique for the very end. I'll be doing that here but I have to…

In the Neighborhood of True: Brilliant Jewish YA Novel

In the Neighborhood of True is one of those books that is so good and means so much to me that I don't exactly know how to write out my feelings in a way that will make sense. It is exactly the book I needed at this moment. The events of this book could easily…