Snappy, Sassy Reviews
Punching The Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yuself Salaam Genre: Young adult, social justice, antiracism Format: NetGalley ALC Rating: 5 stars Zoboi and Salaam have written an amazing own voices novel about social justice and the perceptions the world holds for young Black men. This tells the story of Amal, a Black teen incarcerated for
Genre: Cozy mystery Read: August 22-24, 2020 Verity Long lives in a small town, she can talk to ghosts and solves mysteries. She is dealing with her relationship changing, and her ghost gangster roommate is trying to find out why he was killed. Her calling to help ghosts is not going to plan, and it
Title: Alaskan Showdown Author: Sarah Varland Genre: Christian Romantic Suspense Publisher: Harlequin Publishing Date: August 4,202 Format: NetGalley eARC Read from July 29-30,2020 Hear me out, I am not a Christian. But I really enjoy the Love Inspired books. The reasoning is because of how well the authors write. They do have bible quotes and
Title: The Vacation Author: TM Logan Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Adult fiction Publisher: St Martins Press Format: NetGalley eARC Read from July 17-18, 2020 This book starts out with a dead body at the bottom of a gorge. The mystery is who the body belongs to and the events which led up to the death. I
The Bone Jar by S.W. Kane (Detective Lew Kirby Book 1) Genre: Thriller, Adult Fiction Format: NetGalley ARC Read from July 15-16, 2020 3 stars ⭐️ This was also my Prime Reading First Pick for the month, and I didn’t realize I had the ARC requested until both popped up on my Kindle. I can
Genre: Middle Grade Publisher: Delacorte Books For Young Readers/Random House Children’s Rating: 4 stars I adore how this reminded me of childhood and watching the movie. Yes, it is different. But I still enjoyed the nostalgia and the story. It is a quick read, but I thought it was very well done. I could imagine
As soon as I saw this book was about Randy Travis, I couldn’t resist. Growing up in the 90s, I remember my grandma playing his music and watching some of his movies. I also love some of his songs I hear on Spotify, and i just knew this was a memoir I needed to read!
Title: Twisted: The Tangled History of Black Hair Culture Author: Emma Dabiri Genre: Nonfiction Age Group: Adult Page Count: 272 pages From Guardian contributor and prominent BBC race correspondent Emma Dabiri comes a timely and resonant essay collection exploring the ways in which black hair has been appropriated and stigmatized throughout history, with ruminations on body politics,
Rating: 4 stars Genre: Historical fiction Publishing: September 18, 2020 I really enjoy The Crown, but the flashbacks never share how Phillip and Elizabeth meet. You also never really get a lot of information about their marriage except for quick glimpses, so I am hoping for a book about the start of their marriage and
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