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Listen To Your Sister: A Review
This book gives a whole new meaning to the phrase, women's intuition. I received a digital ARC of this novel in exchange for an honest...
Chyina Powell
Apr 152 min read
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Drop Dead Sisters: A Review
I received a digital ARC of this novel for exchange for an honest review. Drop Dead Sisters is a cozy mystery by Amelia Diane Coombs that...
Chyina Powell
Jan 202 min read
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Who I Always Was
In the first few pages, Theresa Okokon tells the reader that she wears her heart on her sleeve and we get the distinct impression that...
Chyina Powell
Jan 203 min read
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Elphie: A Wicked Childhood Book Review
Firstly, want to say that I received Elphie: A Wicked Childhood free from the publisher in exchange for an honest review! I received an...
Chyina Powell
Jan 202 min read
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Best Books So Far!
Books have always been a lifeline for me. A place to escape when things got too real, too rough, too complicated. They were also the...
Chyina Powell
Sep 18, 20244 min read
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What Does Silence Cost You? A Book Review
The Fountains of Silence is a historical nonfiction book set in Spain during the time of Franco. It is quite a thick book, but I promise...
Chyina Powell
Nov 3, 20232 min read
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Beware: None Of This Is True, A Book Discussion
None Of This Is True is a novel by the amazing Lisa Jewell. And she has really done it again. I bought this book after reading a small...
Chyina Powell
Oct 13, 20234 min read
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Could You Hide Your Identity?
The Personal Librarian is a historical fiction novel that tells what may be an account of the life of Belle Marion Greener, better known...
Chyina Powell
Oct 6, 20232 min read
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What If Death Just Stopped?
That's the question that Jose Saramago asks in his novel Death with Interruptions and I have got to say that this was a really great...
Chyina Powell
Sep 1, 20232 min read
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Everything Right With Yellowface: A Discussion
Yellowface is a novel by R.F. Kuang that centers a white woman who decides it is in her best interest to steal the work of an Asian woman...
Chyina Powell
Jul 14, 20233 min read
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A Review of A Kidnapping
This book was received for free in exchange for a free honest review. What book is that? Pulling the Chariot of the Sun: A Memoir of A...
Chyina Powell
Jul 7, 20232 min read
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Camp Zero: A Book Discussion
Camp Zero is not a book about your run-of-the-mill summer camp. It is about life after humanity has ruined the planet thanks to its...
Chyina Powell
Jun 30, 20233 min read
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56 Days: A Discussion
Thanks for stopping by! I am so excited about this book that there was no way that I could just leave a review. I have to share all my...
Chyina Powell
Jun 9, 20232 min read
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Babel: A Review
I really wanted to post this earlier but due to my full support of the HarperCollins Union Strike opted not to as Kuang's novel is with...
Chyina Powell
Mar 17, 20232 min read
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The Cartographers: A Review
This novel by Peng Shepherd takes place today and tells the story of Nell, a woman who loves maps. But when she discovers that the map...
Chyina Powell
Mar 3, 20232 min read
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Just Like Mother: A Review
Just Like Mother is a debut horror novel by Anne Heltzel that I received freely in exchange for an honest review. Cults aren't something...
Chyina Powell
Feb 17, 20232 min read
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The Picture Bride: A Review
This book was received as an Advanced Reader Copy in exchange for an honest review. Stars: 5/5 The Picture Bride by Lee Geum-yi is a book...
Chyina Powell
Feb 3, 20232 min read
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Book Eaters: A Review
5/5 Stars The Book Eaters is a novel that takes us across time in a way that lets us see the character's growth and shift from innocence...
Chyina Powell
Oct 1, 20222 min read
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And They're Off!
Hello members of my bookish family. As you may know if you follow me on social media, I decided to self-publish for the first time....
Chyina Powell
Sep 28, 20212 min read
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Is Self Publishing Right For You?
Should You Self-Publish?
Chyina Powell
Sep 28, 20214 min read
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