Book Review: “Stand Up, Yumi Chung” by Jessica Kim
“Stand Up, Yumi Chung” by Jessica Kim (2020) Genre: Middle Grade, Fiction, Comteporary Page Length: 320 pages (paperback edition) Synopsis: On the outside, Yumi Chung
“Stand Up, Yumi Chung” by Jessica Kim (2020) Genre: Middle Grade, Fiction, Comteporary Page Length: 320 pages (paperback edition) Synopsis: On the outside, Yumi Chung
“Dead Dead Girls” (Harlem Renaissance Mystery #1) by Nekesa Afia (2021) Genre: Mystery, Historical Fiction Page Length: 336 pages (paperback edition) Synopsis: Harlem, 1926. Young
“Dreamer” by Multimind (2022) Genre: Sci-Fi, Fiction Page Length: 142 pages (electronic review edition) Synopsis: Vera has unusual dreams – anything she dreams comes alive.
Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry by Joya Goffney (2021) Genre: YA, Contemporary, Romance, Fiction Page Length: 368 pages (hardcover edition) Synopsis: Quinn keeps lists
Comic Corner Roundup is a bi-monthly segment that compiles mini-reviews of comics, graphic novels, and manga that I’ve read recently. Here are my reviews for
“A Proposal They Can’t Refuse” by Natalie Caña (2022) Genre: Contemporary, Romance, Fiction Page Length: 400 pages (electronic review edition) Synopsis: Kamilah Vega is desperate
“The House That Lou Built” by Mae Respicio (2018) Genre: Middle Grade, Contemporary, Fiction Page Length: 240 pages (paperback edition) Synopsis: Lou Bulosan-Nelson is going
La Entrada: Season One – Episode One by Andrew D. Daily (Author), Alex Vede (Illustrator) (2022) Genre: Graphic Novel, Fiction, Sci-Fi Page Length: 128 pages
“Scarlet Carnation” by Laila Ibrahim (2022) Genre: Historical Fiction Page Length: 314 pages (electronic review edition) Synopsis: In an early twentieth-century America roiling with racial
Welcome to “Romance Roundup” where I share mini-reviews of 3 to 4 romance novels that I’ve read recently. This month’s edition includes a story about a physical