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Dec 2, 20202 min read

The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen

Synopsis "Real life isn't a fairytale. But Tiến still enjoys reading his favorite stories with his parents from the books he borrows from...

Nov 29, 20202 min read

The Stone Sky (The Broken Earth #3) by N.K. Jemisin

Synopsis "This is the way the world ends... for the last time. The Moon will soon return. Whether this heralds the destruction of...

Nov 28, 20202 min read

Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall

Synopsis "Today's feminist movement has a glaring blind spot, and paradoxically, it is women. Mainstream feminists rarely talk about...

Nov 24, 20203 min read

In the Light of A Broken Moon (Episode 1) by Bri Spicer Book Tour

Title: In the Light of a Broken Moon (Episode 1) Author: Bri Spicer Genre: sci-fi, fantasy Publication date: October 26th, 2020 Book...

Nov 23, 20202 min read

The Calling (The Collins Trilogy #1) by Kate Hershberger

Synopsis "Even in the supernatural world, Darcy and Ceridwen Collins are considered quite extraordinary. They’re the first females born...

Nov 16, 20202 min read

Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children #1) by Seanan McGuire

Synopsis "Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children No Solicitations No Visitors No Quests Children have always disappeared under the...

Nov 10, 20203 min read

The Chimera Code by Wayne Santos Book Tour

Title: The Chimera Code Author: Wayne Santos Publisher: Solaris Genre: Adult, Science Fiction, Thriller Publication date: 23 July 2020...

Nov 10, 20202 min read

To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers

Synopsis "In her new novella, Sunday Times best-selling author Becky Chambers imagines a future in which, instead of terraforming planets...

Nov 6, 20202 min read

The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth #2) by N.K. Jemisin

Synopsis "This is the way the world ends... for the last time. The season of endings grows darker as civilization fades into the long...

Nov 4, 20203 min read

Master of One by Jaida Jones & Danielle Bennett Book Tour

Genre: Young Adult Fantasy Diversity tags: lgbtqiap+ rep, gay, trans, disability Publication date: November 10, 2020 Book Links:...

Nov 3, 20202 min read

This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone

Synopsis "Among the ashes of a dying world, an agent of the Commandant finds a letter. It reads: Burn before reading. Thus begins an...

Oct 30, 20202 min read

The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin

Synopsis "Every city has a soul. Some are as ancient as myths, and others are as new and destructive as children. New York City? She's...

Oct 29, 20203 min read

Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor

Synopsis "The Witch is dead. And the discovery of her corpse—by a group of children playing near the irrigation canals—propels the whole...

Oct 25, 20202 min read

All or None by Aurora Lee Thorton Book Tour

Author: Aurora Lee Thornton Genre: adult, fantasy Diversity tags: lgbtqiap+ representation (demisexual cis main character, pansexual cis...

Oct 18, 20203 min read

Rivers of Eden by R.E. Levy

Synopsis "Five years ago Meg and Em were 17-year-old girls sharing a first kiss. It just so happens that might have been the same night...

Oct 16, 20202 min read

A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine

Synopsis "Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to discover that her predecessor,...

Oct 8, 20202 min read

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

"After her mother dies in an accident, sixteen-year-old Bree Matthews wants nothing to do with her family memories or childhood home. A...

Oct 5, 20202 min read

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

"When his traditional Latinx family has problems accepting his true gender, Yadriel becomes determined to prove himself a real brujo....

Oct 3, 20202 min read

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

"Oliver Marks has just served ten years in jail - for a murder he may or may not have committed. On the day he's released, he's greeted...

Oct 2, 20202 min read

The First Sister by Linden A. Lewis

"First Sister has no name and no voice. As a priestess of the Sisterhood, she travels the stars alongside the soldiers of Earth and...