Isaiah Roby's Blog: MI Book Reviews, page 88
January 22, 2020
Fetch: How a Bad Dog Brought Me Home
“From an award-winning artist, a memoir of life with a difficult, beloved dog that will resonate with anybody who has ever had a less than perfectly behaved pet
When Nicole Georges was sixteen she adopted Beija, a dysfunctional shar-pei/corgi mix—a troublesome combination of tiny and attack, just like teenaged Nicole herself. For the next fifteen years, Beija would be the one constant in her life. Through depression, relationships gone awry, and an unmoored young adulthood played out against...
January 21, 2020
Reading Challenge Tip #2
Hello!
I am back again with some tips on how to finish this years reading challenge. I will be gathering books for #11. A graphic novel for this post. I am a huge fan of graphic novels and they seem to be written off by a lot of readers. So I included this in the challenge to show just how wonderful they can be and because most of us need more art in our lives. It is a win-win.
I didn’t specify if the graphic novel had to be queer, which is really a shame. So if you are going to hold me...
January 15, 2020
Learning Curves
“Elena Mendez has always been career-first; with only two semesters of law school to go, her dream of working as a family lawyer for children is finally within reach. She can’t afford distractions. She doesn’t have time for love.
And she has no idea how much her life will change, the day she lends her notes to Cora McLaughlin.
A freelance writer and MBA student, Cora is just as career-driven as Elena. But over weeks in the library together, they discover that as strong as they are apart, they...
January 11, 2020
Nameless Queen
“One girl must make a name for herself–or die trying –in this royal fantasy where an unknown peasant becomes the ultimate ruler. But how long can she keep the crown if everyone wants her dead? Perfect for fans ofFuryborn, Red Queen,andEverless.
Everyone expected the king’s daughter would inherit the throne. No one expected me.
It shouldn’t even be possible. I’m Nameless, a class of citizens so disrespected, we don’t even get names. Heck, dozens of us have been going missing for months and no...
January 7, 2020
Jane Anonymous
“Bestselling author Laurie Faria Stolarz returns with Jane Anonymous, a gripping tale of a seventeen-year-old girl’s kidnapping and her struggle to fit back into her life after she escapes.
Then, “Jane” was just your typical 17-year-old in a typical New England suburb getting ready to start her senior year. She had a part-time job she enjoyed, an awesome best friend, overbearing but loving parents, and a crush on a boy who was taking her to see her favorite band. She never would’ve imagined...
January 2, 2020
Reading Challenge Tip #1
I can’t promise to not just work on these tips instead of reading the books I should be reading right now. So I am sorry in advance if you get a ton of emails about this!
The first challenge is: A non-fiction book about a gender or sexuality that is not your own
So the first step is figuring out what your sexuality and gender are so you can know what they are not. That is all a personal journey and while I want to say I am an expert on the subject, I really can’t tell you what you are. If you...
December 26, 2019
Sacrifice at St. Nick’s
“His grave was screaming out to her!
Alison didn’t have any friends. She was a lonely and shunned teenager. What she had was her imagination and the stories of Jacob Ravens, the renowned horror writer who was buried in her hometown.
It’s when she first made the pilgrimage to his grave that she heard the voice.
Underneath that tombstone is something dead, yet not dead. Calling to her and wanting her to bring it back. To do all she can to shatter the thin membrane between life and death…
But...
December 24, 2019
Happy Holidays
From all of us here at MI Book Reviews, we just wanted to wish you all happy holidays and thank you for being with us.
Happy Chanukah
Happy Hanukkah
Habari gani
Merry Christmas
Happy Festivus
Happy Saint Nicholas Day
Happy Winter Solstace
Happy Bodhi Day
Merry Pancha Ganapati
HappyDong Zhi
Happy Boxing Day
Eid Milad un-Nabi
Happy New Years
Happy Holidays
I know this is not an exhaustive list by far. If I didn’t get the message for you, I’m sorry I didn’t know it. If you are up for teaching...
It’s My Life
“If she wants a future with him, she’ll have to make peace with her past.
Jenna’s never let her cerebral palsy get her down. But when she discovers that her condition was actually caused by an injury at birth, she’s furious with her parents, who withheld the truth. And as they push her to get yet another difficult procedure, Jenna feels her control over her life starting to slip.
Enter Julian, Jenna’s childhood crush. He’s just moved back to town, and he’s struggling in school, so Jenna...
December 23, 2019
Their Troublesome Crush
“In this queer polyamorous m/f romance novella, two metamours realize they have crushes on each other while planning their shared partner’s birthday party together.
Ernest, a Jewish autistic demiromantic queer fat trans man submissive, and Nora, a Jewish disabled queer fat femme cis woman switch, have to contend with an age gap, a desire not to mess up their lovely polyamorous dynamic as metamours, the fact that Ernest has never been attracted to a cis person before, and the reality that they...
