Waiting on a Bright Moon
Review It is always amazing to me the amount of world-building that can occur in such a short story, and I was captivated by the world within Waiting on a…
Look Back
Review Why do we create art? For enjoyment? For praise? To compete with our rival, or to live up to our idol? For money, a successful career? Creating art can…
The Art of Arranging Flowers
Review The Art of Arranging Flowers is a story about learning to open oneself up to the possibility of love and healing. It is a beautifully written small-town contemporary about…
What She Really Wants
Review I had a feeling from the synopsis that I might not enjoy this book, but I gave it a shot anyway. It's a tough premise that will easily villainize…
Graveneye
Review To say that this graphic novel shocked me is an understatement, but not because of the gruesome content. I'll be honest that I didn't enjoy the early parts of…
Worlds of You
Review Worlds of You is perhaps one of the most romantic collections I’ve read in quite some time. Everything about this book oozes romance and feels very personal as the…
Let Her Be
Review This story had such a good premise and I wish I could have loved it, I honestly truly did. Will is struggling to move on from his girlfriend after…
Cappuccino
Review Reading another Wataru Yoshizumi manga has been a real callback to high school, which for me was a golden age of shojo manga. Yoshizumi was one of the queens…
Thirteen Reasons Why
Review This is a difficult story to unpack and process. The book tackles suicide and a number of other incredibly heavy themes that are not easy to approach and talk…
The Gift
Review I won't mince words with this one—I hated this story, flat out hated it. I like stories with flawed or even awful main characters, and I've always tended to…