From Little Tokyo, with Love by Sarah Kuhn

This was a lighter book that I picked up during my last visit to the library. It was a quick read and an enjoyable one. Rika sticks out in her family; she does not know her father and questions her place in the Japanese community. She works part-time at her aunts' business and finds her…

You’ll Be the Death of Me by Karen M. McManus

Book is still available to request on NetGalley There are some books that, when you dissect and think about later (as in before writing of its review), you feel like the content was not that special. However, the reading experience was just right for the size and type of narrative. This is one such book.I…

The Things We Don’t See by Savannah Brown

I reviewed another book by the author previously here I picked this book up because I found the previous work by the author interesting. This had me expecting something from the book that I did not arrive.I may be starting my year with books I did not enjoy, but I gave them a fair shot,…

Dancing in Thatha’s Footsteps by Srividhya Venkat, Kavita Ramchandran (Illustrator)

This book is available to request on NetGalley until August I was tempted by the cover and the title because I was very close to both of my own grandfathers (The 'thatha' in the title is how many south Indian languages refer to their grandfathers, with the derivative coming from Sanskrit, which originally refers to…

The Sisters of Straygarden Place by Hayley Chewins

When I started this story, I did not think I would enjoy it much. I thought that it was written for a younger audience, and I might not appreciate it as such. By the time I finished it, I realised that I liked it because it was aimed at a younger audience and had a…

Delicates (Sheets #2) by Brenna Thummler

I read and reviewed the previous book of the series : here It is not often that I get to read a sequel to a graphic novel. This one turned out to be better than the first. The first was cute in a whimsical way, whereas this was pretty brutal while maintaining its whimsical undertones!You…

The Clockwork Crow (The Clockwork Crow #1) by Catherine Fisher

This is a short first book of a middle-grade children's fantasy which I picked up for some unknown reason. Although there is a bigger secret hidden about the crow, this instalment does work by itself. It mixes a few different feelings with regards to our orphan lead. She is to set out (by herself!) to…

Swallowed by a Secret by Risa Nyman

The narrative style on the book is targeted at younger audiences but not in a patronizing way. Given the weight that it shoulders, it cannot be light. The story follows Rocky (as he prefers being called) who is not satisfied with his mother's explanation for his father's death. This is prompted in part by something…