author check-in: roshani chokshi

Hello everyone! Welcome to a new type of post on my blog. I've been thinking about this for a while but never did anything about it until now. Since it's Asian Heritage Month, I thought I should just go for it. For Author Check-Ins, I'll be picking a specific author and highlighting all the books…

the silvered serpents – roshani chokshi | review

The Silvered Serpents by Roshani Chokshi Series: The Gilded Wolves #2Published September 22nd 2020 by Wednesday BooksAge Range: Young AdultGenre: Historical Fiction, Fantasy, RomanceRepresentations: Rep: south african (algerian) MC, bi/pansexual filipino-spanish MC, autistic polish-jewish MC, indian MC, queer black Haitian MC Rating: ★★★★ Synopsis: They are each other's fiercest love, greatest danger, and only hope. Séverin…

april 2022 releases: the mission is to read all these books within the month

Hello, everyone! Hope everything is going well with you. March has been really, really busy. Work takes up most of my day so when I'm relaxing, I tend to pick up my TBR than actually sitting down to blog. Although I'm worried about my blogging motivation, it's not a burnout yet. I love what I'm…

10 books i wanted to read in 2021 but didn’t..

Now that the year is over, it's time to reflect on the books that I've read and those that I neglected because too many books, too little time! Past September, I didn't pick up as many 2021 releases as I wanted since I was trying to check quite a bit of backlisted books. A lofty…

2021 releases: september

hi friends, hope you're having a wonderful day! a goal of mine is to read as many new releases as i could this year, and i'm actually succeeding in that. here are the release i'm looking forward to in july and august! ☽☽ pahua and the soul stealer – lori m. lee Worried that her…

the star-touched queen & a crown of wishes – roshani chokshi | duology review

The Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi Series: The Star-Touched Queen #1Published April 26th 2016 by St. Martin's GriffinAge Range: Young AdultGenre: Fantasy, Romance, RetellingRepresentation: Indian Rating: ★★★★ Synopsis: Fate and fortune. Power and passion. What does it take to be the queen of a kingdom when you’re only seventeen? Maya is cursed. With a horoscope…

15 Asian-authored books featuring siblings

Hi, welcome back~ Taking a break from reviews, today's post is a recommendation list! With it being Asian and Pacific Islander (API) Heritage Month, I'm here with Asian-authored books featuring sibling relationships. In this list, some siblings are close while others are like strangers. Some relationships between the siblings are key aspects of the books…

the gilded wolves – roshani chokshi | review

The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi Series: The Gilded Wolves #1Published January 15th 2019 by Wednesday BooksAge Range: Young AdultGenre: Fantasy, Historical Fiction, LGBTRep: south african (algerian) MC, bi/pansexual filipino-spanish MC, autistic polish-jewish MC, indian MC, queer black Haitian MC Rating: ★★★★★ Synopsis: No one believes in them. But soon no one will forget them.It's…

2021 releases: march & april

hello, i've edited this whole 2021 "on my radar" series so that there's better visibility of the book releases in the year. instead of the previous idea, i think organising the releases based on months is much easier. march | april ❀❀ chain of iron (the last hours #2) – cassandra clare dude, i was…

10 releases that i meant to read but didn’t | blogmas day 3

one of the woes of being a reader is having no time to devour all the books that are being published. while i was trying to catch up with the backlisted books in my tbr, i couldn't keep up with all the 2020 releases i wanted to read this year. sadly, many of the books…