Book ReviewOak Knoll is the picturesque neighborhood with book clubs, neighbors that check in when you’re sick, and beautiful trees, flowers, and bushes. Valerie had been raising her biracial son here peacefully for ten years when the Whitman family moved with. With the most the families have in common being a property line, when a budding romance starts, they begin to wonder what it means to be a good neighbor when having to weigh everything from race to class.
This was my Book of the Month (BOTM) pick for March, and to be honest, I almost skipped the month. I wasn’t sure I was in the mood for a book featuring interracial relationships, but I knew I wouldn’t get to it right away and that I’d eventually want to read this book. Surprisingly, the interracial relationship aspects ended up being my favorite part of the novel.
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Book ReviewInfinity Son follows two brothers—Emil and Brighton Reyes—in a fantasy world with celestials (those born with powers) and spectors (those who take powers violently from endangered magical creatures). While they both dreamed of developing powers and becoming part of a Celestial group called the Spell Walkers that tries to save others, when one brother develops powers only a spector should have and the other has to try to take condolence in being around his lifelong idols, it’s far from the dreams they once had.
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Welcome to the blog equivalent of a messy bun! While you could easily find most of this information by checking out the About section, I figured I'd take the time to personally write it out. I really like letters, and find writing blog posts like letters to my invisible friends I don't even know exist (yes, I was the kid that had imaginary friends for too long; in my defense, most of them were book characters). Since ratings are a common thing in book reviews, but they are by no means standardized, I thought I'd include my system for ratings. Important Note: while I don't typically use stars as my rating item during my reviews (I try to pick an item from the novel instead), for the sake of this page, I will be using stars. One Star: These are for books I should have DNF'ed but didn't because i thought there was one or two qualities that would redeem the book but didn't. I won't write many reviews for a one star unless I feel like I need to for a feminist analysis. |
Hello, love! Please, don't mind the cat hair. I'm a lover of all genres (except romance, ironic, I know), and potentially --accidentally-- obsessed with feminist literary theory. Feel free to scroll around, hopefully see a few cats, and find a good new book or two!
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