When We Make It by Elisabet Velasquez

Hardcover, 375 pagesRelease Date: September 21, 2021Published by: Dial BooksRead from: November 11-12, 2021Stand-aloneSource: LibraryTW: sexual assault, abuse, mental illness, drug usage, miscarriage, and pregnancy.For Readers Interested In: Contemporary, Verse, Representation of Mental Illness or Disabilities, Realistic Fiction, Diverse Authors, Diverse MC, Own Voices, YA   An unforgettable, torrential, and hopeful debut young adult novel-in-verse…

Gilded by Marissa Meyer

Hardcover, 500 pagesRelease Date: November 2, 2021Published by: Feiwel & FriendsRead from: October 31- November 11, 2021Gilded, #1Source: BoughtTW: StabbingFor Readers Interested In: Fantasy, Romance, Re-tellings, Fae, Magic, YA      Long ago cursed by the god of lies, a poor miller’s daughter has developed a talent for spinning stories that are fantastical and spellbinding…

The Monthly Wrap-Up: October 2021!

Total Number of Posts: 3,472 (This includes those that aren’t published!) Books Reviewed:  7Movies/ Shows Reviewed:  0 All These Bodies by Kendare Blake The Girls are Never Gone by Sarah Glenn Marsh As Good as Dead by Holly Jackson Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson Squad by Maggie Tokuda-Hall Kingdom of the Cursed by Kerri Maniscalco Within These Wicked Walls by…

The Holiday Switch by Tif Marcelo

e-Audio, 07:46:37Narrated by: Leiana BertrandRelease Date: October 5, 2021Published by: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing GroupRead from: October 22-26, 2021Stand-aloneSource: Library’s OverdriveTW: N/AFor Readers Interested In: Books set during a Holiday (Christmas), Contemporary Romance, Realistic Fiction, Bookish Characters, Characters of Color, YA       A paperback original romance about a bookish Filipino-American girl who…

Take Me Away

Diverse Book Blogger. Diverse YA Librarian. Wonder Woman enthusiast. Bookish Blerd. "GryffinClaw" Geek extraordinaire. Pitbull mom. She/her linktr.ee/take_me_awayyy