I won’t lie, reading Ramona Blue by Julie Murphy took me a while. It sat on my Kindle app with only the first few chapters read for a lot longer than I am willing to admit. …

Sonny Boy Genres: Mystery, Isekai, Super power, Psychological Rating: PG13 As an anime, Sonny Boy has all of the tell-tale markers of a “deep” anime: an artsy animation style, a dreamy soundtrack, and the perfect sort of plotline to have deep personal impacts on the characters’ lives. …

The Night Beyond the Tricolored Window Genres: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Supernatural, Boys Love Rating: R (17+) Synopsis: The main character, Mikado, possesses an innate psychic ability to see spirits and curses. When he meets Hiyakawa, a professional psychic who recognizes Mikado’s ability, he has Mikado work for him. Hiyakawa is…

In honor of pride month this June, here are some of my all-time favorite books featuring LGBTQ+ characters and experiences. Every Heart a Doorway is the start of an amazing series entitled Wayward Children. Each book in the series describes a time when a child or young teen finds a…

We all have those books we desperately want others to try and so we gush about them over and over again, hoping someone will pick them up. Today, I’m going to be a little self-indulgent and talk about some of the books that fit this description for me. Now, there…

How to get books — CHEAP I haven’t paid full price for a book in over a year. Granted, there haven’t been any particular books that I’ve sought out by name. …

At a glance, The Healer’s Rune is about a young human woman, Sabine, from a small village living under the rule of the Ruddan, a tyrannical race intent on wiping out humanity. After witnessing her friend’s execution at the hands of the Ruddan, Sabine seeks out the truth of what…

Ever since high school I have had this interesting obsession with copying. I will sit down with a notebook and pen, pop open a nearby book, and copy a paragraph or two into my notebook. …

As a reader, 2020 was one of my most successful years. I was putting books away nearly once a week during the summer in the early days of quarantine. …