Detransition, Baby (ARC Book Review)

by Courtney Meunier | May 13, 2021 | Adult Fiction, ARC, Book Review, Bookish Blog, Featured

By Torrey Peters Detransition, Baby (ARC Book Review) Detransition, Baby is like a quietly contemplative friend; you want to introduce her to all your other besties, and you know that if they just had the patience to get to know her they’d be better for it and would...

Full Disclosure Review

by Courtney Meunier | Aug 15, 2020 | Book Review, Bookish Blog, Featured, YA contemporary

By Camryn Garrett Full Disclosure (Review) Filling a niche we didn’t know we needed in YA, Full Disclosure is not only one of the most sex-positive books in this age-category I’ve ever read but also takes on completely under-explored topics. Simone is...

Ziggy, Stardust and Me Review

by Courtney Meunier | Jul 25, 2020 | Book Review, Bookish Blog, Featured, YA Historical Fiction

By James Brandon Ziggy, Stardust and Me (Review) Part journal, part poetry, and part stardust-shimmering dream, Ziggy, Stardust and Me is the story of a boy who loves Bowie, boys, and his best friend/bad-ass feminist icon Starla.  A snapshot into the ’70s as...

What Unbreakable Looks Like ARC Review

by Courtney Meunier | Jun 23, 2020 | ARC, Book Review, Bookish Blog, Featured, YA contemporary

By Kate Mclaughlin What Unbreakable Looks Like What Unbreakable Looks Like is a novel unafraid to explore the topic of human trafficking and its impacts on victims.  Poppy…Alexa…Lex…was trafficked. But now she’s free. Except she can’t help thinking about...

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...