Books I Reviewed:
Bruja Born by Zoraida Córdova: 
Mini-Review: This book was good, but I am still not sure what to think about it. It was better than the first book, but it kinda wasn’t. I love that this book explores mental illness and how much it was so realistic. And Lulu’s story was really interesting with her boyfriend dead and she brings back, because she wants a second chance, but the romance was so unrealistic. They didn’t have the tension, and it happened.
TW: Violence, Death, Gore, Self Harm, Car Accident
Rep: Latinx Cast, Latinx Bisexual Prominent character, Latinx MC
I Wanna Be Where You Are by Kristina Forest:
Mini-Review: This book is so cute and adorable! It was so fun to read, especially since it is with a roadtrip with Chloe’s enemy and dog, while she goes to her audition! It was just so fun quite a bit, and I just adore the characters quite a bit! They were really well developed, and Chloe was so realistic that it seemed that I was witnessing the events with her. The writing was also really good also!
TW: Death of a parent, car accident, past injury, smoking, vomiting, and divorce
Rep: Black Cast, Black MC, Black LI, Black Gay Side Character
American Royals by Katherine McGee: 
Mini-Review: This book makes no sense at all even though it is alternative history, but it honestly is a really bad take especially concerning America’s history with imperialism, colonism, slavery, genocide with BIPOC. And this book just ignored everything about it, and it was so bad as it was meant for the white gaze, and I can’t understand that. The characters were decent and the book was fun, but the erasure of history is not good.
TW: Lung cancer, death (on-page), drinking, sex, exposed relationship, cyberbullying, manipulation, cheating, drugging a side character, hospitization
Rep: Latinx Side character, mention of an Indigenous character, terminally ill character
Wildcard by Marie Lu: 
Mini-Review: This book was so good. It gets better with every reread, and I love that this book explores the dark side to Warcross. As fun and whimsical the game seems, there are a lot of dark stuff that lies beneath it that no one else sees. I also love the way Zero ended up, and the way Emika handled things . I loved the exploration of side characters and it was so done that there was another side to them that was explored.
TW: violence, betrayal, gun violence, experiments on human, child abuse, blood, kidnapping, suicide (non-graphic), ableism
Rep: M/M side romance, East Asian MC + Love Interest, disabled side character
Let Me Hear a Rhyme by Tiffany D. Jackson: 
Mini-Review: The audiobook version was so good, and it’s actually a really good way to read Jackson’s novels. This book was no different from Steph’s hiphop songs, to the different narrators that brought out each character in a lively matter that I’d think they were real. It was so hard not to like these characters. They are very morally grey in this book and it was best along with everything that happened in this novel. Jackson’s writing is perfect about writing the love about Brooklyn, and the issues like gangs, police brutality, snitching and drug use!
TW: Drug Use, Gangs, death (off-page), death of a sibling, gun violence, police bruality, grief
Rep: Black Cast, Black MC’s
Never After: The Thirteenth Fairy by Melissa de la Cruz:
Mini-Review:I probably would have enjoyed this book if I was younger. It had the potential for me, but it just didn’t work out. This book was designated for middle grades with actual characters acting their age with immaturity, along with several other things that makes middle school so hard. The execution of it was decent, and I’m not sure what to think about it-but I’m hoping things will be better explained in the next few books.
TW: Bullying, micro-aggressions, death (mentioned), fantasy violence
Rep: Non-white MC, Non-white side characters
Book Tags/Discussion/Blog Tours/Memes:
Top Ten Tuesday: Non-Bookish HobbiesTop Ten Tuesday: Book Titles that Would Make Great Song TitlesTop Ten Tuesday: Characters I’d Name a Pet AfterTop Ten Tuesday: Books I’m Thankful for…Can’t Wait Wednesday: These Violent Delights by Chloe GongCan’t Wait Wednesday: A War of Swallowed Stars by Sangu MandannaCan’t Wait Wednesday: Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth LimCan’t Wait Wednesday: Rule of Wolves by Leigh BardugoWWW Wednesday: Nov 4th, 2020WWW Wednesday: Nov. 11th, 2020WWW Wednesday: Nov. 18th, 2020WWW Wednesday: Nov. 25th, 2020Let’s Talk Bookish: Romance As a SubplotLet’s Talk Bookish: When Are Reading Breaks a Good IdeaLet’s Talk Bookish: Ownvoices and What Makes Someone OwnvoicesLet’s Talk Bookish: Rereading Books8 Things I Love About Storygraph5 Reasons Why You Should Read An Ember in the Ashes Series by Sabaa Tahir5 Reasons Why You Should Read ‘Love From A to Z’ by S.K. AliHalloween Song Book TagOctober 2020 Monthly Wrap UpBacklist Books I Want to Read by the End of the YearRom-Com Books I’d Recommend During this Uncertainty of a TimeRereading Heroes of Olympus knowing that Camp Halfblood Chronicles is Over Part 2Mini Reviews: The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars Part 1 and Part 2Baby’s Cold Outside Book TagMy Anticipated Releases of December 2020Christmasathon 2020 Team Grinch Prompts TBR
December’s TBR:
Reading Challenge:
I finished my GR reading challenge! 226/200 books! This month was mainly comfort books, rereads and graphic novels 
. 12 Rereads, 11 Asian Authors, 6 Graphic Novels, 2 Black Authored, 2 ARCs, 1 audiobook, 1 Indigenous/Black authored.
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The Poppy War is very beloved in the book community, and it takes from the untold history of the rape of Nanking, the Chinese civil war, the second Sino-Japanese war. Tiffany writes a blog post about everything that Kuang wrote in the Poppy War and it’s such a good read, if you want to know more about the history and the background. Diverse books is so important and the push for more diverse books by AOC, and ownvoices writers is highly important as Shealea writes about Diverse Books: 101 featuring some really epic recommendations. AEINTA is one of my favorite books with Sky just released and Humnah recently wrote a review about An Ember in the Ashes. It’s really good and makes me want to reread the entire series because it’s beautiful. These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong has been hyped quite a bit, and I can not wait to read it. Chloe wrote her review and some graphics to go with it, and it’s absolutely beautiful. More TVD content as May wrote her review on what she thought about TVD, and her review is really good. Fanna‘s review about TVD is so good especially if you may be hesitant to read it. Her review is so good and is tempting me to go read TVD right now.How was your November? Which books did you read? Did anything fun? Tell me in the comments!
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Lori is an advocate for all things diverse to help those who are in the margins. She loves reading, but music holds a dear place in her heart. She is a teenager in high school, a feminist, and is in the LGBTQ+ community. Uses she/her or they/them pronouns 
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