Loathe to Love You by Ali Hazelwood
I haven't been able to 'get' into any big books lately. My mind has been constantly bombarded by family drama, work drama, and society drama. Every time I've tried to sink into a nice big book and get lost I've had to set it down and it feels like weeks later before I can pick it up again. But I was … [Read more]
When We Were Sisters: A Novel by Fatimah Asghar
CBR15passport new to you authors Fatimah Asghar (they/them) is a writer and co-producer of the Ms. Marvel series on Disney+ as well as creator of the Emmy-nominated web series Brown Girls. They have published poetry and a previous novel, If They Come For Us. Asghar’s parents experienced the chaos … [Read more]
Connor Kissed Me by Zehava
CBR15Passport, author Sometimes a book about consent is not overly realistic. Or at least, I should say it is not like I have or other people I know have experienced. Of course, someone could be harassing you regularly, or assault you/touch/act towards you in an aggressively/uncomfortable … [Read more]
A Vaccine Is Like a Memory by Rajani Larocca
CBR15Passport genre (science in a fictionalized format) If you are pro or anti-vaccine, that is not important as A Vaccine Is Like a Memory by Rajani Larocca is more the history of vaccines and the way they work is the secondary piece of information. Because you can agree or disagree all you … [Read more]
The Jewel in the Crown by Paul Scott
"Imagine, then, a flat landscape, dark for the moment, but even so conveying to a girl running in the still deeper shadow cast by the wall of the Bibighar gardens an idea of immensity, of distance, such as years before Miss Crane had been conscious of standing where a lane ended and cultivation … [Read more]
The Teammates: A Portrait of a Friendship by David Halberstam
"Ted was dying, and the idea for the final trip, driving down to Florida to see him one last time, was Dominic's." This book is a follow up to David Halberstam's book Summer of 49, which follows the American league pennant race in 1949, which primarily involved a showdown between Joe DiMaggio and … [Read more]
