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Book Recs: To All the Books I’ve Loved Before pt. 2

February 12, 2021

Happy Lunar New Year and happy TATBILB 3 day!! In honor of the last installment of the To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before trilogy on Netflix, I’m back a full year after my original To All the Books I’ve Loved Before post with part two! This time, I’m focusing on some of the key themes in Always and Forever, Lara Jean, like navigating grief and the future, as well as first loves and old/new friendships. So grab a cup of tea and a cozy blanket, because I’m here with recommendations that will cure your TATBILB hangover!

Book Recs: A Wish in the Dark by Christina Soontornvat

January 21, 2021

Title: A Wish in the Dark

Author: Christina Soontornvat

Publication Date: March 24th, 2020

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Source: eBook gifted by Skye <3

Age Range & Genre: middle grade, fantasy

Representation: all-Thai cast

Content warnings: death, fire, mentions of drowning

Book Recs: These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong

November 20, 2020

Thank you to Margaret K. McElderry Books for an e-ARC in exchange for an honest and unbiased review. All quotes are from an advance copy and are subject to change in final publication.

Title: These Violent Delights

Author: Chloe Gong

Publication Date: November 17th, 2020

Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books

Source: Digital ARC via publisher

Age Range & Genre: YA, historical fantasy, romance

Content warnings: murder, gore, violence, death, loss of loved ones, disease/sickness, self-harm & suicide, transphobia, racism, colonialism, insects

Book Recs: A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow (and other food-related books!)

November 8, 2020

Title: A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow

Author: Laura Taylor Namey

Publication Date: November 10, 2020

Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Age range and genre: YA contemporary romance

Book Recs: Disney All Grown-Up

October 16, 2020

A dream is a wish your heart makes.
Whether this list is a dream or a nightmare…we shall see.

This book rec list has been in the works for quite some time, but it’s finally here! Lauren and I started this list at the start of Love Yo Shelf so it’s only right that I finish it at the end of our first year. This list is just a small peek into the wild conspiracy-theory-type conversations we have about books, so some of these comparisons are a bit of a stretch (okay, a HUGE leap and then some), and the book versions of these princesses are a bit more jaded than the singing-with-animals ones we’re used to. Nonetheless, our bookish protagonists feature some of my favorite elements from Disney (and DreamWorks) movies that definitely made me view them all in a different light.