Layla Patel got fired and caught her man cheating on her. With her heart broken, she returns back home from New York to start her own company. She needs time to heal so her father allows her to use an office space above his restaurant. The problem is that he already agreed to let Sam Mehta lease the space for his company. Layla wants Sam … Continue reading Book Review: The Marriage Game
Title: All My Mother’s Lovers Author: Ilana Masad’s Type: Fiction Published: 2020 Pages: 336 All My Mother’s Lovers, Ilana Masad’s debut novel, is an empathetic portrait of a difficult mother-daughter relationship intercut with grief, road trips and queer romance. The novel begins with 27-year-old Maggie Krause returning home after her mother’s sudden death. Iris, dies, leaving behind her daughter, Maggie; her husband, Peter; her son, … Continue reading Book Review: All My Mother’s Lovers
Title: What I Like About You Author: Marisa Kanter Type: Young Adults Fiction (YA) Pages: 416 Published: 2020 Halle Leavitt, whose parents are filmmakers, have bounced from town to town so many times that she’s never invested in real friendships, her friends are mostly online. Halle is the granddaughter of a well-known editor from a major publishing house, and after deciding at the age of … Continue reading Book Review: What I like about you
Title: Fairest Author: Meredith Talusan Type: Memoir Pages: 320 Published: 2020 Put aside your beliefs of gay, lesbian, trans and just appreciate the human story that this author writes. Talusan, an albino trans Filipino-American, doesn’t just set forth on a story of being trans or an immigrant. “I was an outcast among outcasts.” From her childhood as a boy in the Philippines to her life … Continue reading Book Review: Fairest
Hi Guys, I was lucky enough this week to be tagged by the lovely momshiediaries.com for a Liebster Award! It was the first I’d heard of the concept, so if it’s new to you too please engage and continue the tag. Rules: Acknowledge the blog that nominated you and display the award. Answer 11 question that the blog gives you. Give 11 random facts about yourself. Nominate … Continue reading Tag: Liebster Award
Title: Again Again Author: E. Lockhart Type: Young Adult Fiction Pages: 304 Published: 2020 Adelaide’s life has been turned upside down by her brother’s addiction, her family’s separation and her devastating breakup with Mikey. With an aching heart and an unfinished school project hanging over her head, threatening her final grades, Adelaide chooses to stay at her boarding school for the summer, walking professors’ dogs and … Continue reading Book Review: Again Again
Title: Things Unseen Author: Pamela Power Type: Mystery Pages: 216 Published: 2016 Emma is the wife of a wealthy Joburg gynae, Rick, a man who likes to be in control and enjoys a bit on the side. Craig, Emma’s ex-lover who relocated to the UK with a high-profile policing job, returns for a visit – opportunely as it happens as Emma’s mother is murdered and … Continue reading Book Review: Things Unseen
Title: The Yield Author: Tara June Winch Type: Fiction Pages:352 Published: 2019 August Gondiwindi flies back to Australia, rents a car and drives seven hours inland to the aptly named town of Massacre Plains. This is the small town where August grew up in the care of her grandparents. It’s a place “where the sun slap[s] the earth with an open palm.” It’s the place … Continue reading Book Review: The Yield
Title: Parachutes Author: Kelly Yang Type: Fiction Pages: 496 Published: 2020 Claire Wang of Shanghai and Dani De La Cruz of California both go to a private high school near Los Angeles. Claire’s parents’ decision to send her to American Prep reflects the cultural phenomenon for which the book is titled, in which wealthy Chinese students immigrate to attend American high schools in the hopes … Continue reading Book Review: Parachutes
Title: Little Universes Author: Heather Demetrios Type: Fiction Pages: 368 Published:2020 I feel that there was a lot going on in this book, however. There was nothing light-hearted about it. It was supremely dark, and there is very little light or hope in this book. While most of that is due to Hannah, Mae also experiences some things as well. When Mae and Hannah’s parents … Continue reading Book Review: Little Universes
Ocean of Thoughts 