Face | Book Review

Title: Face Author: Randina Sheldon Genre: Poetry An original poetry and art collection Overflowing with vulnerability and raw honesty, Face is a declaration of self worth and owning your space after breaking, rebuilding and rising again. “May the hurting turn to healing.” – Randina Sheldon TW: This book contains some references of abuse and trauma

Meraki | Book Review

Title: Meraki Author: Tobi-Hope Jieun Park Genre:Poetry Publisher: Atmosphere Press Meraki [may-rah-kee] – to put a piece of yourself into everything you do. Over time, we collect pieces of the world around us, patchwork them into ourselves. Hoard them like family. Meraki pulls these pieces to the surface, and turns them gently to the light.

Vampires of Portlandia | Blog Tour

Title: Vampires of Portlandia Author: Jason Tanamor Publisher: Parliament House Press Genre: Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Fantasy Date of Publication: September 29, 2020 Synopsis: When Marcella Leones relocates her family of aswang vampires from the Philippines to Portland, Oregon, she raises her grandchildren under strict rules so humans will not expose them. Her only wish is

Dating Makes Perfect | Blog Tour

Title: Dating Makes Perfect Author: Pintip Dunn Publisher: Entangled Teen Genre: YA Contemporary Date of Publication: August 18, 2020 Synopsis: The Tech sisters don’t date in high school. Not because they’re not asked. Not because they’re not interested. Not even because no one can pronounce their long, Thai last name—hence the shortened, awkward moniker. But

Tablay | Book Review + Author Interview

Title: Tablay Author: Katrina F. Olan Publisher: Central Books Supply Inc. Genre: Science Fiction Date of Publication: October 19, 2019 Synopsis: New Intramuros: a hyper-technological smart city surrounded by heavily armored walls. Beyond it, vast mountains and jungles teeming with hostile machine life called aswangs. For over a century, the Philippine Mech Force has been

The Memoirs of an Empress | Book Review

Title: The Memoirs of an Empress Author: Zylia N. Knowlin Publisher: Amazon Publishing Genre: Biographical Fiction Synopsis: Empress sat in her thoughts for days wondering if she would ever escape the prison that she had created for herself. It was as though she could see the jail bars, smell the stench of loneliness, feel the

Mayhem | Book Review

Title: Mayhem Author: Estelle Laure Publisher: Wednesday Books Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Expected Date of Publication: July 14, 2020 Synopsis: The Lost Boys meets Wilder Girls in this supernatural feminist YA novel. It’s 1987 and unfortunately it’s not all Madonna and cherry lip balm. Mayhem Brayburn has always known there was something off about her and her mother,

B*witch | Book Review

Title: B*witch Author: Paige McKenzie & Nancy Ohlin Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Paranormal, Witches, Mystery, LGBTQ Expected Date of Publication: July 7, 2020 Synopsis: A lone witch has powers. A coven has a multitude more. New girl and secret witchl Iris just wants to get through her first

Cinderella is Dead | Book Review

Title: Cinderella is Dead Author: Kalynn Bayron Publisher: Bloomsbury YA Genre: Young Adult Fiction Expected Date of Publication: July 7, 2020 Synopsis: It’s 200 years after Cinderella found her prince, but the fairy tale is over. Teen girls are now required to appear at the Annual Ball, where the men of the kingdom select wives

A Little Life | Book Review

Book Description When four classmates from a small Massachusetts college move to New York to make their way, they’re broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition. There is kind, handsome Willem, an aspiring actor; JB, a quick-witted, sometimes cruel Brooklyn-born painter seeking entry to the art world; Malcolm, a frustrated architect at