Isaiah Roby's Blog: MI Book Reviews, page 71
August 4, 2020
Paris Never Leaves You
“Living through WWII working in a Paris bookstore with her young daughter, Vivi, and fighting for her life, Charlotte is no victim, she is a survivor. But can she survive the next chapter of her life?
Alternating between wartime Paris and 1950s New York publishing, Paris Never Leaves You is an extraordinary story of resilience, love, and impossible choices, exploring how survival never comes without a cost.
The war is over, but the past is never past.“
I got an ARC of this book.
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ARC Review: The Game by Linsey Miller
Exiting thriller with nuanced discussions about parental pressure and value only being put on academic achievements, though it has an unfortunate spoiler-y blurb.
If you loved American Horror Story 1984, you’ll die for this paperback original thriller mashup of Agatha Christie’s The A.B.C. Murders and Riverdale in which a game turns deadly with a killer who picks his victims one by one, letter by letter.
Every year the senior class at Lincoln High plays assassin. Lia Prince has been planning h...
August 3, 2020
Isaiah and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Well, it has been more than a day. Think of it as the last two months. Reading is my main way of coping with stress and one of my favorite things to do, which means that my lack of reading is concerning for those close to me.
It all started in June when I got an eye infection. I was out for about a week. Reading just hurt. I tried to start a book that had a super cool opening. It was wild. It still hurt too much to read. Then I fell behind in more and more reviews trying to heal. Even after ...
July 31, 2020
Metal Chest
Not bad, but I was kinda bored [image error] wished the horses had appeared sooner.
CAN A ROBOT SURVIVE A POST-APOCALYPTIC WASTELAND?
A devastating war between man and machine has left the world in ruins. Silas, a timid household robot, is left to roam the streets alone. Lacking in courage and confidence, Silas struggles to survive on his own as he searches for a new home. When he encounters Deacon, a human scavenger, he recruits the stranger to escort him to Limbys Technologies, the global giant responsib...
July 28, 2020
I Kissed Alice
Sapphic YA romance about two messy art students who hate each other in real life while they are in love online creating a fancomic together.
Rhodes and Iliana couldn’t be more different, but that’s not why they hate each other.
Hyper-gifted artist Rhodes has always excelled at Alabama’s Conservatory of the Arts despite a secret bout of creator’s block, while transfer student Iliana tries to outshine everyone with her intense, competitive work ethic. Since only one of them can get the coveted C...
July 27, 2020
This Is My America
“Dear Martin meets Just Mercy in this unflinching yet uplifting YA novel that explores the racist injustices in the American justice system.
Every week, seventeen-year-old Tracy Beaumont writes letters to Innocence X, asking the organization to help her father, an innocent Black man on death row. After seven years, Tracy is running out of time—her dad has only 267 days left. Then the unthinkable happens. The police arrive in the night, and Tracy’s older brother, Jamal, goes from being a brigh...
July 24, 2020
The First Seven
I adored The Last 8, and while I liked how it it ended, I always love books answering the “what comes after [we saved the world]?” question.
Clover Martinez and The Last Teenagers on Earth are busy exploring the galaxy after leaving earth behind…even if they can’t help but be a little homesick.
So when their ship receives a distress signal from their former planet, they hope against hope that it means other survivors. But as soon as they arrive, they realize something’s deeply wrong: strange c...
July 21, 2020
Under Our Skin: Getting Real about Race–And Getting Free from the Fears and Frustrations That Divide Us
“Can it ever get better? This is the question Benjamin Watson is asking. In a country aflame with the fallout from the racial divide–in which Ferguson, Charleston, and the Confederate flag dominate the national news, daily seeming to rip the wounds open ever wider–is there hope for honest and healing conversation? For finally coming to understand each other on issues that are ultimately about so much more than black and white? An NFL tight end for the New Orleans Saints and a widely read and fol...
July 20, 2020
ARC Review: Spotlight by Eden Finley
Cute, feel-good romance about music, following your dreams, and the struggle between responsibility, taking opportunities and staying authentic to oneself.
Ryder
When I quit the biggest boy band on the planet, I was supposed to get my life back.
It’s not that I wanted to leave the spotlight. I felt like I had to for my daughter. Her picture shouldn’t be splashed all over the tabloids.
I thought I could do this parenting thing on my own, but it’s obvious I need help. I just didn’t expect to find ...
July 18, 2020
ARC Review: The Friend Scheme by Cale Dietrich
While this was super entertaining and had a ton of great one-liners, I had so many question marks left over at the end and overall was just… baffled by how much potential remained unused.
High schooler Matt’s father is rich, powerful, and seemingly untouchable—a criminal with high hopes that his son will follow in his footsteps. Matt’s older brother Luke seems poised to do just that, with a bevy of hot girls in tow. But Matt has other ambitions—and attractions.
And attraction sometimes doesn’t...
