Title: Face Author: Randina Sheldon Genre: Poetry An original poetry and art collection Overflowing with vulnerability and raw honesty, Face is a declaration of self worth and owning your space after breaking, rebuilding and rising again. “May the hurting turn to healing.” - Randina Sheldon TW: This book contains some references of abuse and trauma As a Poetry lover, I have read more a lot of poetry books in different topics, diversity, and locality. Most of them are self-published and I love how they do all the book-related marketing of their releases. Face is poetry and art coll ..read more

Title: Meraki Author: Tobi-Hope Jieun Park Genre:Poetry Publisher: Atmosphere Press Meraki [may-rah-kee] - to put a piece of yourself into everything you do. Over time, we collect pieces of the world around us, patchwork them into ourselves. Hoard them like family. Meraki pulls these pieces to the surface, and turns them gently to the light. Using language which gives and takes, this collection explores the importance of our relationship with ourselves, and our relationships with others. It invites you to step into the Korean-American identity, to hold it in your hands, to carry it away ..read more

Title: Vampires of Portlandia Author: Jason Tanamor Publisher: Parliament House Press Genre: Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Fantasy Date of Publication: September 29, 2020 Synopsis: When Marcella Leones relocates her family of aswang vampires from the Philippines to Portland, Oregon, she raises her grandchildren under strict rules so humans will not expose them. Her only wish is to give them a peaceful life, far away from the hunters and the Filipino government that attempted to exterminate them. Before she dies, she passes on the power to her eldest grandchild, Percival. He vows to uphold the ru ..read more

Title: Dating Makes Perfect Author: Pintip Dunn Publisher: Entangled Teen Genre: YA Contemporary Date of Publication: August 18, 2020 Synopsis: The Tech sisters don’t date in high school. Not because they’re not asked. Not because they’re not interested. Not even because no one can pronounce their long, Thai last name—hence the shortened, awkward moniker. But simply because they’re not allowed. Until now. In a move that other Asian American girls know all too well, six months after the older Tech twins got to college, their parents asked, “Why aren’t you engaged yet?” The sisters retaliated b ..read more

Title: Tablay Author: Katrina F. Olan Publisher: Central Books Supply Inc. Genre: Science Fiction Date of Publication: October 19, 2019 Synopsis: New Intramuros: a hyper-technological smart city surrounded by heavily armored walls. Beyond it, vast mountains and jungles teeming with hostile machine life called aswangs. For over a century, the Philippine Mech Force has been fighting the aswangs with mechs of their own—and talented pilots to fly them. Anya grew up watching her father, the famed General Armin Valerio, lead the charge during Operation Tablay—an all-out bombing campaign aimed to ..read more

Title: The Memoirs of an Empress Author: Zylia N. Knowlin Publisher: Amazon Publishing Genre: Biographical Fiction Synopsis: Empress sat in her thoughts for days wondering if she would ever escape the prison that she had created for herself. It was as though she could see the jail bars, smell the stench of loneliness, feel the hunger of lonely prison nights, and yet all Empress wanted was freedom, freedom from sadness, fear, heartaches, and ultimately her own self. For Empress, the journey could only begin once she unveiled the truths that she tried to run away from. (Goodreads) Reading someo ..read more

Title: Mayhem Author: Estelle Laure Publisher: Wednesday Books Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy Expected Date of Publication: July 14, 2020 Synopsis: The Lost Boys meets Wilder Girls in this supernatural feminist YA novel. It’s 1987 and unfortunately it’s not all Madonna and cherry lip balm. Mayhem Brayburn has always known there was something off about her and her mother, Roxy. Maybe it has to do with Roxy’s constant physical pain, or maybe with Mayhem’s own irresistible pull to water. Either way, she knows they aren’t like everyone else.  But when May’s stepfather finally go ..read more

Title: B*witch Author: Paige McKenzie & Nancy Ohlin Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Paranormal, Witches, Mystery, LGBTQ Expected Date of Publication: July 7, 2020 Synopsis: A lone witch has powers. A coven has a multitude more. New girl and secret witchl Iris just wants to get through her first day of school without a panic attack. The last thing she expects is to be taken in by a coven of three witches-soft-spoken Greta, thoughtful and musical Ridley, and fiery and spirited Binx. They may be the first witches Iris has met IRL, but their coven ..read more

Title: Cinderella is Dead Author: Kalynn Bayron Publisher: Bloomsbury YA Genre: Young Adult Fiction Expected Date of Publication: July 7, 2020 Synopsis: It’s 200 years after Cinderella found her prince, but the fairy tale is over. Teen girls are now required to appear at the Annual Ball, where the men of the kingdom select wives based on a girl’s display of finery. If a suitable match is not found, the girls not chosen are never heard from again. Sixteen-year-old Sophia would much rather marry Erin, her childhood best friend, than parade in front of suitors. At the ball, Sophia makes the des ..read more

Book Description When four classmates from a small Massachusetts college move to New York to make their way, they’re broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition. There is kind, handsome Willem, an aspiring actor; JB, a quick-witted, sometimes cruel Brooklyn-born painter seeking entry to the art world; Malcolm, a frustrated architect at a prominent firm; and withdrawn, brilliant, enigmatic Jude, who serves as their center of gravity. Over the decades, their relationships deepen and darken, tinged by addiction, success, and pride. Yet their greatest challenge, each comes to ..read more