The Wedding Date, by Jasmine Guillory, is a delightful romcom that doesn’t shy away from some of the tough work involved in interracial relationships. Alexa calls Drew on his privilege many times in the book, and Drew demonstrates that he’s learning. These issues come up throughout the book, but not in a preachy way – in a way that shows a relationship growing and trust developing. Briefly, Alexa and Drew ‘meet cute’ in an elevator, which sets the stage for a fake relationship. Their chemistry […]
Sweet dreams
Paul Schmid’s visual art in Little Bear Dreams is a unique mix of classical feelings and very modern as well. They are very simple. However, due to the size of the book, what little text there is gets lost. And even the images themselves seem to not fit the space provided. They overflow or look squished and either way looks uncomfortable. There is very little color as well. This would be perfect in a medium sized board book format or even an 8×8 paperback book. […]
Oh h*ck I’m gonna buy the whole series
A wiser Cannonballer than I described Sarah J. Maas’s A Court of Thorns and Roses series as great hangover reads and I was tempted to extend that to her Throne of Glass series but these aren’t so much “stall your pain” as “forget the world”. And with the way the world is right now, I could do with a whole lot of forgetting. Again, I reiterate, these books are not good. Yet somehow I can’t put them down. I start reading and look up and HOURS have passed […]
What If It’s Me
I have to preface this review by saying that I haven’t read anything by either Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera though I did watch (and enjoy) Love, Simon. The premise of this YA novel is cute as is its origin story. The two authors didn’t know each other but their debut novels were sold and published at about the same time and they connected and bonded over e-mail and social media. They decided soon after to collaborate on a novel and this is the result. […]