When You Ask Me Where I'm Going

When You Ask Me Where I'm Going
Author: Jasmin Kaur
Published: October 2019
Publisher: Harper Collins
Format: ARC Paperback
Pages: 256
Rating: 4.5/5
Summary:
scream
so that one day
a hundred years from now
another sister will not have to
dry her tears wondering
where in history
she lost her voice

The six sections of the book explore what it means to be a young woman living in a world that doesn’t always hear her and tell the story of Kiran as she flees a history of trauma and raises her daughter, Sahaara, while living undocumented in North America.


Delving into current cultural conversations including sexual assault, mental health, feminism, and immigration, this narrative of resilience, healing, empowerment, and love will galvanize readers to fight for what is right in their world. 

Are Libraries Still A Thing?

Welcome back Bookworms! Today I've got a different post from the norm, but it's definitely a topic that I've been thinking for quite some time now. In collaboration with today's post, we've come up with some reasons why going to a library is still a great option in this modern age!

This Is What It Feels Like By: Rebecca Barrow

This Is What It Feels Like
Author: Rebecca Barrow
Published: November 2018
Publisher: Harper Teen (HCC Frenzy)
Format: Paperback ARC
Pages: 400
Rating: 4/5
Summary:
It doesn’t matter what the prize for the Sun City Originals contest is this year.

Who cares that’s it’s fifteen grand? Who cares about a gig opening for one of the greatest bands to ever play this town?

Not Dia, that’s for sure. Because Dia knows that without a band, she hasn’t got a shot at winning Sun City. Because ever since Hanna’s drinking took over her life, Dia and Jules haven’t been in it. And ever since Hanna left — well, there hasn’t been a band.

It used to be the three of them, Dia, Jules, and Hanna, messing around and making music and planning for the future. But that was then, and this is now — and now means a baby, a failed relationship, a stint in rehab, all kinds of off beats that have interrupted the rhythm of their friendship. No contest can change that. Right?

But like the lyrics of a song you used to play on repeat, there’s no forgetting a best friend. And for Dia, Jules, and Hanna, this impossible challenge — to ignore the past, in order to jumpstart the future — will only become possible if they finally make peace with the girls they once were, and the girls they are finally letting themselves be.


Rebecca Barrow’s tender story of friendship, music, and ferocious love asks — what will you fight for, if not yourself?

The Dare By: Cate Sexton

The Dare (First Love Series #5)
Author: Cate Sexton
Published: July 2018
Publisher: Summerfield Publishing
Format: Paperback
Pages: 82
Rating: 1.5/5
Summary:
Litzy Graham is eighteen. She has earned everything she has, including her recently accepted application to the medical faculty in Harvard University. Now, she also feels she deserves to do what other students have been long able to do, indulge in a wild holiday abroad. Her foster care has finished, so Litzy is free to do what she wants. 
Saving and making money came naturally to Litzy, who even though she was in foster care since she was four was always good with money. She saved every penny she ever got spare, and she earned the rest. She now had enough for at least two years of college if she is thrifty. 
But for now, Litzy was going to have one hell of a holiday in Hawaii with the girls she met in the pre-med program for Harvard as one of them won 135 million dollars in the State lottery and is bringing them all with her. The girls are fun-loving and a lot more relaxed than Litzy when it comes to men, who she is shy around. 
So, Macy, the girl who won the lottery, dares Litzy to ask out the next guy she meets and sleep with him while they are there, for a prize of one million dollars. 

But what if the dare gets Litzy more than she’s bargained for? 

The Hero By: Cate Sexton

The Hero (First Love Series #4)
Author: Cate Sexton
Published: June 2018
Publisher: Summerfield Publishing
Format: Paperback
Pages: 77
Rating: 1.5/5
Summary:
Montana Burke needs a hero. 
Life has slipped her by, so at forty, Montana becomes her own hero. 
She’s upping sticks in rural Ireland for a dream she once had years ago but was too afraid to take. 
Now tired of being the maiden free-babysitter aunt 
and enduring a boring job, Montana is giving it all up to follow that dream. 
She has secured a job in an exclusive law office in Manhattan. 
But before she goes, Montana goes on a night out in Killarney 
and spends a night of passion with a stranger. 
In another life-time he would be the man of her dreams, 
but it’s too late for Montana to indulge in those types of dreams… 


But maybe a hero in love is exactly what Montana needs? 

The Trip By: Cate Sexton

The Trip (First Love Series #2)
Author: Cate Sexton
Published: June 2018
Publisher: Summerfield Publishing
Format: Paperback
Pages: 85
Rating: 1/5
Summary:
Taylor Livingstone is back in New York forging her own way in the world. She’s working in a top law firm doing long hours using her Law Degree and progressing fast, then why does she feel so empty?
Her personal life is going nowhere too. Her mother told her to hate men, so she’s still a virgin at the age of twenty-four! On top of that she has an aching crush on the manager in her local supermarket in Brooklyn.
She hasn’t time to lose her virginity in New York, but she needs to if a guy like that is even going to look at her. Taylor books a trip to the remote Caribbean Island, Roatán to solve her problem. Here she hopes to finally lose her virtue, and not feel like a complete fish out of water!

But can a trip to a remote island really solve Taylor’s problems?

Zapata By: Harper McDavid

Zapata (Border Series #1)
Author: Harper McDavid
Published: August 2019
Publisher: Soul Mate Publishing, LLC
Format: Paperback
Pages: 348
Rating: 3.5/5
Summary:
When engineer Avery McAndrews is offered the Zapata project, she readily accepts. Despite the fact the Texas border town has a dubious reputation, she’s used to pushing past all kinds of stereotypes. The assignment is a career maker. 
Avery’s work is disrupted when a battle for control of the oil production facility puts her in the crossfire between warring drug cartels. All hope for a promotion is forgotten. Kidnapped and imprisoned in a Mexican brothel, Avery discovers that her captor, Javier Ramos, son of a cartel boss, is more than just a power-hungry drug lord. He’s crazy. 
As lead attorney for the Ramos Cartel, Alejandro DeLeon’s unofficial responsibilities include managing Javier. Cartel operations are threatened by Javier’s kidnapping of Avery, presenting a nearly impossible situation for Alejandro. But it is Javier’s cruelty toward Avery, that leads Alejandro to risk everything to save her. 
With Mexico’s underworld at their heels, Avery and Alejandro run. Danger escalates in every new town as Javier offers a reward for her capture. Though for Avery, the greatest struggle is not the perilous escape, but trusting Alejandro, a man of many secrets…