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    Blog Tour: The Ghosts We Keep by Mason Deaver

    26th May 2021
    Cover of The Ghosts We Keep (Mason Deaver)

    The Ghosts We Keep by Mason Deaver

    • Publisher: PUSH
    • Release Date: June 1, 2021
    • Genre: Young Adult
    • Page Count: 235 pages

    preorder links on author’s website! | content warnings on author’s website | author’s playlist on Spotify

    Hi, I am Hsinju (she/they/他), a queer Taiwanese book reviewer and blogger currently residing in Illinois. Today (May 26th, 2021) is the first day of Hear Our Voices Book Tours for Mason Deaver’s sophomore novel The Ghosts We Keep, a story about the nonbinary, gay 16-year-old Liam “Lee” Cooper (he/they) struggling with the death of their older brother Ethan.

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    How to Become a Planet by Nicole Melleby | ARC Review

    25th May 2021
    How to Become a Planet (Nicole Melleby)

    How to Become a Planet by Nicole Melleby

    Click on the cover for my review on Goodreads.

    It’s a space-themed MG book, so of course I loved it. 🚀🪐☄️

    Pluto Timoney (12) loves astronomy because her mom loves it. But she misses the last month of her seventh grade after being diagnosed with depression and anxiety and Pluto wonders if she’ll ever be the same again. Or would she be like Pluto the planet becoming a non-planet?

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    Spindrift by Anna Burke | ARC Review

    25th August 2020
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    Spindrift (A Seal Cove Romance #1) by Anna Burke

    Content warnings: depression, past suicidal thoughts, off-page death of family member, multiple mentions of animal deaths

    This is the first Burke’s book I have read, and I may have found a new auto-read author.

    Emilia Russo (30, of Italian descent, lesbian, depression) was a shelter vet. When her father passed away, her job of putting down innocent animals suddenly became too much. Now on leave and coping with depression, Emilia goes back to Seal Cove to renovate her father’s house for listing. She only plans to stay for a few months. When she accidentally falls into the ocean, it is her teenage crush Morgan Donovan (31) who happens to save her. Morgan, who is also a vet, is recently dumped by her fiancée and still wary of love. Off to an embarrassing and rocky start, the pair keep running into each other in the small town and gradually grow closer. After befriending Morgan’s supportive friends and falling for Morgan, Emilia finds herself reconsidering selling the house, and maybe staying for good.

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    The Politics of Love by Jen Jensen | ARC Review

    29th June 2020
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    The Politics of Love by Jen Jensen

    Evangelical Republican attorney and writer Shelley Whitmore meets the liberal, transgender rights activist and psychotherapist Rand Thomas for an MSNBC show in Manhattan. The pair connects immediately with philosophical and political debates. But Shelley has yet to come to terms with her own sexuality and Rand is suffering constant harassment from her deceased wife’s parents. With their values clashing and own problems to tend to, will Shelley and Rand be able to reach out to each other and build something more out of their friendship?

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    Finding Jessica Lambert by Clare Ashton | ARC Review

    16th June 2020
    Cover of Finding Jessica Lambert (Clare Ashton)

    Finding Jessica Lambert by Clare Ashton

    Jessica Lambert is on the verge of breaking down when Anna Mayhew rescues her from the Tube. The two strangers seek refuge in Anna’s flat, where Anna has been living a secluded life for the last five years. Over the weekend, the pair falls into an easy pattern of mundane ordinary life, feeling safe and liberated in each other’s presence. As their time together ticks by, neither Jess nor Anna want it to end. But too much are at stake when Anna does not know Jess is a superstar and Jess has no idea of Anna’s past. Will they meet again, defy reality, and fight to be with each other?

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