''People don't just fall in love. No, we stumble and trip and collapse face-first into it." Goodreads School’s out, senior year is over, and Isaac Martin is ready to kick off summer. His last before heading off to college in the fall where he won’t have his best friend, Diego. Where—despite his social anxiety—he’ll be…
Continue reading ➞ ARC Review: Right Where I Left You by Julian Winters
Hi everyone! Long time no see! I've been contemplating writing this post for about a month now. I have this pressure to somehow perfectly recap the past four months of my life all while perfectly articulating my feelings during that time in order to justify why I kind of just disappeared. Well, I'm setting aside…
Hi friends! It's been a bit since my last post, and unsurprisingly, the quarter system is the culprit. 10-week terms are no joke. I always start a quarter feeling fresh and convinced that I can stay on top of doing school-work-life-blogging-booktubing-podcasting—so long as I have a plan!—and clearly, that just isn't the case. (Hasn't been…
"She’s right. I am a warrior. I faced my to-do list. I fought for my freedom...and now I’m here. I’m back at the place where I first found myself, finding more pieces of who I am." Goodreads Quinn keeps lists of everything—from the days she’s ugly cried, to “Things That I Would Never Admit Out…
Continue reading ➞ Review: Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry by Joya Goffney
"Retrospect is a place where truth lives guilt-free." Goodreads In stunning verse and vivid use of white space, Erica Martin’s debut poetry collection walks readers through the Civil Rights Movement—from the well-documented events that shaped the nation’s treatment of Black people, beginning with the “Separate but Equal” ruling—and introduces lesser-known figures and moments that were…
Cierra's Cynosure 