The Lost Boys meets Wilder Girls in this supernatural feminist YA novel. It's 1987 and unfortunately it's not all Madonna and cherry lip balm. Mayhem Brayburn has always known there was something off about her and her mother, Roxy. Maybe it has to do with Roxy's constant physical pain, or maybe with Mayhem's own irresistible pull to water.… Continue reading Blog Tour: Review for Mayhem by Estelle Laure
Art journal #5
Hello everyone! Long time no see. At least for the art journal. Well, things are like this: I was feeling something is off when it came to my art, but even with this I continued to draw almost every day. Mostly mandalas or, as it turnes out, sketches. Usually I didn't allow myself to sketch,… Continue reading Art journal #5
Review #8: The Girls Weekend by Jody Gehrman
For fans of Ruth Ware and Lucy Foley, a riveting locked-room mystery about five college friends eager to reunite after years apart--only to be ripped apart again when their host's disappearance unearths dark secrets and old grudges. Their reunion just became a crime scene . . . June Moody, a thirty-something English professor, just wants… Continue reading Review #8: The Girls Weekend by Jody Gehrman
Review #7 : A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow
Tavia is already at odds with the world, forced to keep her siren identity under wraps in a society that wants to keep her kind under lock and key. Never mind she's also stuck in Portland, Oregon, a city with only a handful of black folk and even fewer of those with magical powers. At… Continue reading Review #7 : A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow
Review #6: Michigan vs. The Boys by Carrie S. Allen
When a determined girl is confronted with the culture of toxic masculinity, it's time to even the score. Michigan Manning lives for hockey, and this is her year to shine. That is, until she gets some crushing news: budget cuts will keep the girls' hockey team off the ice this year. If she wants colleges… Continue reading Review #6: Michigan vs. The Boys by Carrie S. Allen
Review #5: Someone To Kiss My Scars by Brooke Skipstone
"Powerful. Original. . . Deeply felt and convincing." — Kirkus Reviews"Fresh. . .eventful. . .with a satisfying love story underlying it all." — Foreword Clarion Reviews Hunter needs to remember. Jazz needs to forget. They need each other to heal in this teen thriller of survivor love. Hunter’s past is a mystery to him, erased… Continue reading Review #5: Someone To Kiss My Scars by Brooke Skipstone
Art week journal #4
Hello everyone! Did you have a good art week? I hope so! This current art journal is for the week of May 2nd - 8th May. In this week I had started and completed my biggest art project so far. It was a mandala on 24x36 cm, for the room of mini Bee. Took me… Continue reading Art week journal #4
Review #4: Nowhere on Earth by Nick Lake
From the Printz Award-winning author of Satellite comes a compelling new novel about a girl who must brave the elements to help a lost child with an otherworldly secret. Sixteen-year-old Emily is on the run. Between her parents and the trouble she's recently gotten into at school, she has more than enough reason to get away. But… Continue reading Review #4: Nowhere on Earth by Nick Lake
Art week journal #3
Hello everyone! How was your week? Hope all good and safe! Today is again Friday, and this means is time for an art recap for the week of24 April - May 1st. And let me tell you, so far this week was so so good! I got the chance to directly interact with some of… Continue reading Art week journal #3
Review #3: The Fortress by S. A. Jones
Jonathon Bridge’s arrival at The Fortress – a society run and populated by women – begins with a recitation of the conditions of his stay: he is forbidden to ask questions, to raise his hand in anger, and to refuse sex. Jonathon has offered himself as a supplicant in The Fortress after his pregnant wife… Continue reading Review #3: The Fortress by S. A. Jones