All Boys Aren’t Blue Audiobook Review

by Courtney Meunier | Dec 17, 2020 | Audiobook, Book Review, Bookish Blog, Featured, YA contemporary

By George M. Johnson All Boys Aren’t Blue (Audiobook Review) Part manifesto, part memoir, All Boys Aren’t Blue explores sexuality, gender, and race through the lens of George M. Johnson’s life as a queer, Black person growing up in America.  A stroke of genius...

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Audiobook Review

by Courtney Meunier | Aug 1, 2020 | Book Review, Bookish Blog, Featured, YA contemporary

By Benjamin Alire Saenz Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Audiobook Review Like the more diverse (and better) version of The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe follows the friendship of Ari and...

Black Flamingo Audiobook Review

by Courtney Meunier | Jul 29, 2020 | Audiobook, Book Review, Bookish Blog, Featured, YA contemporary

By Dean Atta The Black Flamingo (Audiobook Review) Told in prose, The Black Flamingo follows the story of a young black British boy as he grows up, comes out, and discovers drag. Starting at age six and progressing into his college years, the story is a snapshot into...

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes Audiobook Review

by Courtney Meunier | Jul 14, 2020 | Audiobook, Book Review, Bookish Blog, Featured, Nonfiction

By Caitlin Doughty Smoke Gets in your Eyes: and Other Lessons from the Crematory A must-read for anyone with a morbid sense of humor who has curiosities about death, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes is as educational and entertaining as it is just plain interesting.  Ever...

The Poet X Audiobook Review

by Courtney Meunier | Jun 20, 2020 | Audiobook, Book Review, Bookish Blog, Featured, Poetry, YA contemporary

By Elizabeth Acevedo The Poet X A completely quotable novel from start to finish, The Poet X  is a simple, yet vivid, story of a young girl finding the power of her voice through poetry.  “I only know that learning to believe in the power of my own words has been the...