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New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color by Nisi Shawl & Rebecca Roanhorse (Contributor)

March 4, 2019 by motifink

New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color showcases emerging and seasoned writers of many races telling stories filled with shocking delights, powerful visions of the familiar made strange. Between this book’s covers burn tales of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and their indefinable overlappings. These are authors aware of our many possible pasts and futures, authors freed of stereotypes and clichés, ready to dazzle you with their daring genius.- Goodreads I am trying to expand my reading tastes; especially when […]

Categories: Adult Ficiton, NetGalley, NetGalley Review, science fiction, short stories • Tags: Arc, book review, NetGalley Review, New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color, Nisi Shawl, Rebecca Roanhorse, science fiction, short stories

Graphic Novel Review: Anthony Bourdain’s Hungry Ghosts (Hungry Ghosts #1-4)

March 1, 2019 by motifink

On a dark, haunted night, a Russian Oligarch dares a circle of international chefs to play the samurai game of 100 Candles–where each storyteller tells a terrifying tale of ghosts, demons and unspeakable beings–and prays to survive the challenge. Inspired by the Japanese Edo period game of Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai, Hungry Ghosts reimagines the classic stories of yokai, yorei, and obake, all tainted with the common thread of food.- Goodreads If you do not recall, I am a very big fan of […]

Categories: Adult Ficiton, Graphic Novel • Tags: (Hungry Ghosts #1-4), Anthony Bourdain, Anthony Bourdain's Hungry Ghosts, Arc, book review, fantasy, featured, graphic novels

Book Review: Wonder by Christina C. Jones

February 24, 2019 by motifink

It all came down to me. The one who followed the rules, never went looking for trouble – I kept to myself. I just wanted to take care of my family. To not constantly look over my shoulder, worried about the things that went bump in the night. I just wanted to survive. But that wasn’t meant to be. As luck – or fate, or something – would have it, the trouble found me. I followed a rabbit through the […]

Categories: Adult Ficiton • Tags: adult, african american authors, alice in wonderland, book review, Christina C. Jones (, featured, kindle, retelling, Wonder

Cover Reveal: Whispers of Shadow & Flame by L. Penelope

February 21, 2019 by motifink

IT.IS.HERE! Finally. The cover reveal for Whispers of Shadow & Flame. If you don’t know what I am taking about Whispers of Shadow & Flame is the second book to Song of Blood & Stone, which is the first book to the Earthsinger Chronicles and also named one of Time’s magazine top 10 fantasy books in 2018. If you didn’t read the first book, check out my review for it here. Also after you finished the first book, read the 1.5 […]

Categories: Fantasy, Pretty Covers, Young Adult • Tags: black author, Book Contest, cover reveal, fantasy, L. Penelope, Song of Blood & Stone, Whispers of Shadow & Flame

Book Review: A Real Kind of Love by Bella Jay

February 17, 2019 by motifink

Avelyn Russell didn’t do love. Never did, never wanted to and as far as she was concerned, never would. She lives her life proud to hold the title as the ‘break up queen’ and for never letting love get her caught up in being an advocate of false hope fairytales. But her extreme methods to avoid love are put to the test by the one person able to tap into her cold little heart and Avelyn has no clue how […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: #1), african american author, Arc, Bella Jay, black authors, Black Love, book review, Four Letter Word, romance

Reads Revisited: Miracle’s Boys by Jacqueline Woodson

February 13, 2019 by motifink

Nothing is like it used to be. If it were, Mama would still be alive. Papa wouldn’t have died. Thirteen-year-old Lafayette’s older brother, Charlie wouldn’t have done time at a correctional facility. And oldest brother Ty’ree would have gone to college instead of having to work full time to support the three of them. If things were the same, Lafayette wouldn’t be so full of questions, like why Mama had to die, why Charlie hates him so much now, and […]

Categories: Realistic, Young Adult • Tags: coming of age, Contemporary, fiction, Jacqueline Woodson, Miracle's Boys, nickelodeon, reads revisited, young adult

Book Review: Betty Before X by Ilyasah Shabazz & Renée Watson

February 9, 2019 by motifink

In Detroit, 1945, eleven-year-old Betty’s house doesn’t quite feel like home. She believes her mother loves her, but she can’t shake the feeling that her mother doesn’t want her. Church helps those worries fade, if only for a little while. The singing, the preaching, the speeches from guest activists like Paul Robeson and Thurgood Marshall stir African Americans in her community to stand up for their rights. Betty quickly finds confidence and purpose in volunteering for the Housewives League, an […]

Categories: Children, children's, Pretty Covers • Tags: Betty Before X, book review, historical fiction, Ilyasah Shabazz, middle school, Renée Watson, The Housewives League

The Minis

February 8, 2019 by motifink

The Blyton Summer Detective Club aka teen detectives haven’t seen each other in years since their last traumatizing case. Now 3 out of the four members, with their massive baggage, come together to figure out what really happened on that case and maybe finally they can actually close it. This book had a good foundation but wasn’t executed right. Between what seemed like a force relationship, slow plot and lack of in depth world building, this Scobby Doo knock off […]

Categories: Minis • Tags: Adult Fiction, arcs, comic books, fantasy, mystery, tea, the minis

Book Review: in her mind by Phoebe Garnsworthy

February 6, 2019 by motifink

Elke Sinclair doesn’t care to fall in love. And life for the 25-year old in Bondi Beach is as chilled as it sounds. Her days are filled with fun parties and good friends, while she soul searches for a career that she’s passionate about. But it only takes one person to change all of that. When Elke meets Lincoln, a dangerously sexy foreigner, she believes that he is her destiny and that the universe has sent him to her for […]

Categories: Adult Ficiton, NetGalley, NetGalley Review, Realistic • Tags: adult, Arc, book review, Contemporary, in her mind, NetGalley, Phoebe Garnsworthy, self published

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