Little and Lion Review

by Courtney Meunier | Jun 26, 2020 | Book Review, Bookish Blog, Featured, YA contemporary

By Brandy Colbert Little & Lion (Review) A romance wrapped in great discussions of mental health and sexuality, with notes of addressing racism amongst friends, religion, chronic illness, teen pregnancy and abortion, allyship in multiple forms, and other amazing...

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...

My Dark Vanessa Audiobook Review

by Courtney Meunier | Jun 10, 2020 | Adult Fiction, Audiobook, Book Review, Bookish Blog, Featured

By Kate Elizabeth Russell My Dark Vanessa Not just important and incredibly written, but a necessary book, given today’s #metoo movement, My Dark Vanessa explores parts of the survivor experience that no one else is talking about.  My Dark Vanessa follows Vanessa...

Not Your Idol Vol. 1 ARC Review

by Courtney Meunier | Apr 28, 2020 | ARC, Book Review, Bookish Blog, Featured, Manga

By Aoi Makino Not Your Idol (ARC Review) Equal parts excited and nervous to embark on the journey of my first Manga ARC, I tentatively added Not Your Idol vol. 1 to the list of my top anticipated releases for 2020. After all, the book sounded right up my alley,...

Eat, and Love Yourself ARC Review

by Courtney Meunier | Apr 14, 2020 | ARC, Book Review, Bookish Blog, Featured, YA contemporary

By Sweeney Boo Eat, and Love Yourself (ARC Review) Eat, and Love Yourself is a short, and somewhat simplistic, yet gorgeous graphic novel centering around discussions of body dysmorphia and eating disorders. The story follows Mindy who, by chance, purchases a...