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AAPI Month Book Recommendations
Hi everyone, So, it’s almost the end of May, but I didn’t want to let the month just slip away without posting some book recommendations for AAPI month. There have been some amazing releases by Asian American and Pacific Islander authors in recent months, so now is definitely the time to add a few books to those teetering tbrs. AAPI month is a great chance to celebrate the AAPI community. My list includes several new releases, as well as one or two recommendations of books that I’ve read and loved over the past few years. Spin the Dawn and Unravel the Dusk by Elizabeth Lim. Okay, I’m kind of…
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Summer Bird Blue Review
From Goodreads: Rumi Seto spends a lot of time worrying she doesn’t have the answers to everything. What to eat, where to go, whom to love. But there is one thing she is absolutely sure of—she wants to spend the rest of her life writing music with her younger sister, Lea. Then Lea dies in a car accident, and her mother sends her away to live with her aunt in Hawaii while she deals with her own grief. Now thousands of miles from home, Rumi struggles to navigate the loss of her sister, being abandoned by her mother, and the absence of music in her life. With the help of…
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YALC Vlog
Hey everyone, So I went and uploaded my video from YALC last weekend over on Youtube if anyone fancies taking a little peek at what I got up to. I’ll be posting a special YALC haul soon to show you all not only the books I got hold of, but all the samples and swag too 😀 In the meantime however, you can watch the video of my antics here. Until next time fellow book lovers,
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Starfish Book Review
Starfish by Akemi Dawn Bowman From Goodreads: Kiko Himura has always had a hard time saying exactly what she’s thinking. With a mother who makes her feel unremarkable and a half-Japanese heritage she doesn’t quite understand, Kiko prefers to keep her head down, certain that once she makes it into her dream art school, Prism, her real life will begin. But then Kiko doesn’t get into Prism, at the same time her abusive uncle moves back in with her family. So when she receives an invitation from her childhood friend to leave her small town and tour art schools on the west coast, Kiko jumps at the opportunity in spite of the…
