What Janine is Reading: Fall 2020

More Than Just a Pretty Face by Syed M. Masood

Jayne’s review of this #ownvoices YA novel got me to pick it up and I was glad I did.

Danyal Jilani is a good-looking and sweet nineteen-year-old in his senior year of high school (he was held back a year in middle school). He may not be book smart but he’s a talented chef and he wants to go to culinary school.

His parents, devout Muslims who hail from Pakistan, are searching for a bride for Danyal. His mother keeps trying to fix him up but Danya...