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Mid-Year Reading Challenge Update
This year, I determined to read 150 books which normally isn’t much of a challenge but I knew I would be a lot busier this year. With...

Chyina Powell
Sep 28, 20212 min read


My All Time Favorite Novel: The Book of Disquiet
Okay, let me be honest. That was clickbait. The book down below isn’t a novel at all. Gotcha! But still, it is a book, with words and...

Chyina Powell
Sep 28, 20213 min read


Bookish Giveaway!!!! Mom’s Perfect Boyfriend
Welcome to my bookish home! For those of you who are new, extra hugs! Anyway, I recently received a book entitled Mom’s Perfect Boyfriend...

Chyina Powell
Sep 28, 20212 min read


Mom’s Perfect Boyfriend: A Hilarious Book Review
Hi everyone! I have news for you! There’s this hilarious book coming out this summer and after reading it, I wanted to let all of you...

Chyina Powell
Sep 28, 20212 min read


Sabrina & Corina: A Book Review
Hello bookish people! I received this book as an ARC from the publisher in return for an honest review. I was super excited to read this...

Chyina Powell
Sep 28, 20212 min read


The Girl Who Smiled Beads: An Exceptional Tale of Identity and Genocide
I first got The Girl Who Smiled Beads by Clemantine Wamariya and Elizabeth Weil from Book of the Month Club as an extra, since I had...

Chyina Powell
Sep 28, 20213 min read


An Update on My 2019 Reading Challenge
This year, I promised myself that I would read 150 books. To some that seems like a large number, to others it’s what they could read in...

Chyina Powell
Sep 28, 20212 min read


No One Man Should Have All That Power: A Book Review
I received No One Man Should Have All That Power by Amos Barshad directly from Abrams Books as an advanced reader copy. It is a survey of...

Chyina Powell
Sep 28, 20213 min read


In The Wake: A Book Discussion
Living In The Wake In a world where people are often marginalized and many more are forgotten, I find that works such as Christina...

Chyina Powell
Sep 28, 20212 min read


The Final Formula: Book Review
Chyina here! Hello to all my bookish family. I have a review for you today, like I do every Friday but first I want to mention that there...

Chyina Powell
Sep 28, 20212 min read


Book Cover Reveal!
A beautiful cover is always an inspiration and I have a beautiful cover to share with you! Networking as a writer and editor is extremely...

Chyina Powell
Sep 28, 20212 min read


A Deceptive Devotion: Book Review
The Wait Is Over!!!! Or, I guess, I should say that my wait is over. Some of you may remember me reviewing the first three novels in the...

Chyina Powell
Sep 28, 20213 min read


Dealing with Death: A Book Review of “The Winter Sister”
Well, hello there! You may be wondering why I didn’t post a review this past week and I have a great answer for that! It’s because I was...

Chyina Powell
Sep 28, 20212 min read


My Favorite March Read!
It’s the last Monday of March and that means it’s time that I share with you my favorite March read! I’ve read sixteen books this month...

Chyina Powell
Sep 28, 20217 min read


The Cruel Prince: A Book Review
I know, I know….I am a little late to jump on the bandwagon for Holly Black but now that I’m here, I might as well share a review with my...

Chyina Powell
Sep 28, 20212 min read


Malice: A Book Review of Epic Proportions
Who is in the mood for some violence, vengeance and a little bit of friendship? Well, if you raised your hand, you are in the right...

Chyina Powell
Sep 28, 20213 min read


Family Magic: A Book Review
Rarely am I without a book in my hand but this past week I was a work and had nothing to do and so, I opened up my Kobo app and looked...

Chyina Powell
Sep 28, 20213 min read


The Light of the Fireflies, Where Family Trumps Truth: A Book Review
A while back, I got quite a few Kindle First books. And I mean, a while back. Paul Pen’s The Light of the Fireflies was one of these...

Chyina Powell
Sep 28, 20213 min read


The Fantasy Series You Are Dying to Read
So, I picked up a novel only to discover that it was a sequel. Of course that meant I had to by the first in the series and guess what?...

Chyina Powell
Sep 28, 20214 min read


Ten Women: The Best Literary Fiction You’ve Never Read
Ten Women, a novel by Marcela Serrano has been on my TBR (to-be-read list) for a while. I chose this book last year as an Amazon First...

Chyina Powell
Sep 28, 20212 min read
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