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  • Book Reviews,  Fiction

    The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli

    1st June 2018
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    The Upside of Unrequited (Simonverse #2) by Becky Albertalli

    • Publisher: Balzer + Bray, 2017
    • Genre: Young Adult
    • Format: Ebook
    • Page Count: 336 pages
    • My Rating: ⭐⭐ (2/5)

    It was an okay yet sweet YA book. I enjoyed some of the scenes but not really the whole plot.

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  • Book Reviews,  Nonfiction

    Other-Wordly by Yee-Lum Mak & Kelsey Garrity-Riley

    29th May 2018
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    Other-Wordly: Words Both Strange and Lovely from Around the World by Yee-Lum Mak, illustrated by Kelsey Garrity-Riley

    • Publisher: Chronicle Books, 2016
    • Genre: Language
    • Format: Ebook
    • Page Count: 53 pages
    • My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5)

    Awwww, the illustrations are really endearing and heart-warming! Some of the words are so peculiar yet amazingly accurate about life that they should exist in every language.

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  • Book Reviews,  Nonfiction

    the sun and her flowers by rupi kaur

    25th May 2018
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    the sun and her flowers by rupi kaur

    • Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2017
    • Genre: Poetry
    • Format: Ebook
    • Page Count: 258 pages
    • My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐(3/5)

    this is a collection of heaviness, disguised in few words that might be mistaken as lightness. yet how can poems sprung from the depth of heart ever be jolly and happy; they can only be warning and warming.

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  • Book Reviews,  Nonfiction

    We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

    22nd May 2018
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    We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

    • Publisher: Fourth Estate, 2014
    • Genre: Essay
    • Format: Ebook
    • Page Count: 52 pages
    • My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5)

    Ah, of course this is an angry book. When it comes to gender issues, how can you not be frustrated?

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  • Book Reviews,  Nonfiction

    Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

    18th May 2018
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    Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

    • Publisher: Spiegel & Grau, 2016
    • Genre: Biography
    • Format: Ebook
    • Page Count: 304 pages
    • My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4/5)

    You separate people into groups and make them hate one another so you can run them all.

    This book is an enthralling, completely action-packed autobiography that took place in the transition from apartheid to post-apartheid eras of South Africa. It was easy to read, and should be read by everyone. By easy, I meant the language, not the content. Some of the stories were pretty disturbing.

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Lí-hó!! I am Hsinju (they/she), a Taiwanese book blogger, writer, and full-time grad student in engineering. Here, I mainly review books featuring authentically represented LGBTQ+ characters and/or written by LGBTQ+ authors. You’d usually find me going about life with my heart stuck in the last book I finished.

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