Shine Your Icy Crown

by Courtney Meunier | Mar 25, 2021 | ARC, Book Review, Bookish Blog, Featured, Poetry

By Amanda Lovelace shine your icy crown (ARC Review) The latest installment in the You Are Your Own Fairytale series, Shine Your Icy Crown takes on the bonds of sisterhood and the power of being single through modern poetry accompanied by illustrations. Lovelace’s...

Children of the Land Review

by Courtney Meunier | Dec 17, 2020 | Book Review, Bookish Blog, Featured, Nonfiction

By Marcello Hernandez Castillo Children of the Land (Review) Poetry made prose, Children of the Land is the memoir of a Mexican man growing up undocumented in America.  Metaphor-rich and vivid, the writing comes to life with themes of movement and belonging as the...

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...

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...

Break Your Glass Slippers ARC Review

by Courtney Meunier | Mar 17, 2020 | ARC, Book Review, Bookish Blog, Featured, Poetry

By Amanda Lovelace break your glass slippers (ARC Review) I fell in love with Amanda Lovelace’s poetry last year when I read the witch doesn’t burn in this one and the princess saves herself in this one. So when I saw that Lovelace was not only coming out with a new...