Miss Meteor Review: Nailing Every Aspect of Pageantry
Are you a fan of pageants? When I heard that two acclaimed authors of Young Adult novels, Tehlor Kay Mejia and Anna-Marie McLemore, collaborated to write a magical underdog story about pageant life, I just couldn’t wait to read it. Miss Meteor is narrated with…
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain
Do you identify yourself as an introvert or extrovert? Has this affected the way you work and act on a daily basis? Susan Cain sheds some light on this less explored topic in this must-read nonfiction book full of arguments for the more introverted people…
Review of Girl Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
Taking place in the year of 1967, Girl, Interrupted is a nonfiction book that follows the life of Susanna Kaysen, who was admitted into a psychiatric hospital. The original plan was to stay only a few weeks, yet somehow she wound up in the facility…
The Duke And I – A Romance Novel (Bridgerton: Book One)
Romance novels are not my usual go-to reads but this series caught my attention because of the Netflix show, Bridgerton, which adapted The Duke And I as well as the whole Bridgerton series. The Bridgerton series by Julia Quinn is set between 1813 and 1827….
The Dead and the Dark: A YA Paranormal Delight for This Halloween
The Dead and the Dark is a slow horror and murder mystery with twisted family bonds, deep rooted hatred, paranormal activity and the darkness that lies within all of humanity. The story follows a teenager named Logan, whose fathers’ ghost hunting life is not quite…
Bad Witch Burning: 10 Resurrections Gone Wrong
Spooky season is finally here! Ghosts, witches, jack’o lanterns, resurrected beings – you name it! These are a few of the things I loved about Bad Witch Burning, a debut novel written by Jessica Lewis that’s perfect to dive into for light horror feels and…
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Do you like a cozy murder mystery? Do you like to guess who the murderer is before they strike again? The answers for me are yes and absolutely yes! And nobody does it better than Agatha Christie. Agatha Christie is the queen of the murder…
Smaller and Smaller Circles: First Filipino Crime Fiction
What makes a great crime fiction novel? Is it the suspense, details, and the mystery at its core? Being a lover of the genre, I was ecstatic when I heard about a book called Smaller and Smaller Circles, which included a serial killer, Jesuit priests,…
Slashers & Scream Queens: Review of The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
I can’t pinpoint the exact moment that I fell in love with slashers. Horror has always been my preferred genre, but slashers probably wormed their way into my heart some time in the late 90s. The Renaissance age of Scream was in full swing, and…
Mysterious Family Ties: The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina Review
The start of fall 2021 is full of mysteries for our mystery month. This ever popular genre is often integrated into any type of fiction including fantasy and magical realism. Zoraida Cordova combines these extraordinary themes with her newest fantasy adult novel, The Inheritance of…
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