Isaiah Roby's Blog: MI Book Reviews, page 94
August 10, 2019
Attachments
By Rainbow Rowell
“It’s 1999 and the internet is still a novelty. At a newspaper office, two colleagues, Beth and Jennifer, e-mail back and forth, discussing their lives in hilarious details, from love troubles to family dramas. And Lincoln, a shy IT guy responsible for monitoring e-mails, spends his hours reading every exchange.
At first their e-mails offer a welcome diversion, but the more he reads, the more he finds himself falling for one of them. By the time Lincoln realizes just how hea...
August 9, 2019
Long Hiatus Explained
Hello fellow book readers and wonderful followers! 
A Room With a View
By E.M. Forster
” ‘You love the boy body and soul, plainly, directly, as he loves you . . .’
Lucy has her rigid, middle-class life mapped out for her until she visits Florence with her uptight cousin Charlotte, and finds her neatly ordered existence thrown off balance.
Her eyes are opened by the unconventional characters she meets at the Pension Pertolini: flamboyant romantic novelist Eleanor Lavish, the Cockney Signora, curious Mr Emerson and, most of all, his passionate son George.
Lucy fin...
Stories from the Stoop
“These seven unforgettable true-life adventure stories are sometimes humorous, often gritty, but never grim. A boy’s life experienced from the stoop, a small piece of real estate, made of dreams, granite and memories, his window onto and into the world.
It was Steve Bernstein’s fortuitous and profound friendships which crossed boundaries of race, gender, religion and even species that enabled him to navigate these tumultuous times. Without his dog, Wolf, Steve would not have survived the wrat...
August 7, 2019
The Traitor of Treasure Island
“Buried for over 300 years and now brought triumphantly to light by Dr Livesay, this is, at last, the true story of what happened on the fateful Treasure Island…
The truth about Captain Flint and his fabled death.
The truth about Long John Silver and his coveted wife.
And the truth about Jim Hawkins, that double-dealing turncoat of the first order: The traitor of Treasure Island.”
I got an ARC of this book.
Welcome to the first ever blog tour post for this site. Don’t know what a blog tour i...
July 31, 2019
Push Back
“Sixteen-year-old Zaine Wyatt has a lot to be angry about. His mother walked out of his life when he was 12, and he was kicked out of his Aunt Sarah’s place by his uncle. After living on the streets and getting badly beaten up, he is back at Aunt Sarah’s, but Zaine is still angry, afraid, and uncertain that he has a permanent place to live. When his mother breaks yet another promise to take him back, he flees to an empty art studio he has taken refuge in before. But now it is just a storage s...
Breath of Flowers; vol 1
“Azami does not understand her friends’ fascination with yuri and yaoi. She’s only attracted to boys, especially the handsome Gwen, who she’s had eyes on since the beginning of the year. Intelligent, sporty, attractive and just a little older than Azami, he’s the ideal boyfriend. But everything Azami believes comes crashing down when she finds out that Gwen is actually a girl!”
I got an ARC of this book.
So a manga about two girls that fall in love that sounds like it won’t be predatory or f...
Sex is a Funny Word
“A comic book for kids that includes children and families of all makeups, orientations, and gender identies, Sex Is a Funny Wordis an essential resource about bodies, gender, and sexuality for children ages 8 to 10 as well as their parents and caregivers. Much more than the “facts of life” or “the birds and the bees,” Sex Is a Funny Word opens up conversations between young people and their caregivers in a way that allows adults to convey their values and beliefs while providing information...
Cold Grab
“Sixteen-year-old Angelo has moved to Toronto from the Philippines to join his mother, who has been living and working in Canada for most of Angelo’s life. Adjusting to a new country isn’t easy for Angelo, with a new language, curfews, new rules, and pressure from a mom who seems like a stranger. Angelo’s mother takes him to the Filipino Community Centre where he meets Marcus who has shared the same experience.
At school, Marcus introduces Angelo to Felix and Darius. The boys quickly give Ang...
July 30, 2019
On the Run
“Seventeen-year-old Ryan is running out of chances — in and out of juvie since he was thirteen, he always seems to end up back in the same place. But this time, Ryan promises himself as he leaves the detention centre, will be different. He’s determined to stay out of trouble. Being just a few months shy of eighteen means that next time he’s picked up by the cops, he could end up in adult prison.
But Ryan’s only out for a few hours before things start to sour. His abusive, alcoholic father kic...
