Nox the Reader

Hi everyone! Welcome to Nox Reads, I'm "Nox", and I'm so unbelievably blessed to be a part of the  HUNGRY HEARTS BLOG TOUR! Several amazing bloggers have already posted about their respective stories, so please go check out  Vicky's post  with everyone's links! For this ramble, I'm going to give a brief review of the anthology as a whole and then briefly focus on one story:  Panaderia ~ Pasteleria  by Anna-Marie McLemore. This anthology is most definitely a  NEW FAVORITE!  It had me laughing, it had me crying (actually crying. I almost  never  cry when reading), and most of all, it had me feeling as if I was  seen . Even in the stories that weren't representing my heritage, there are relatable and important themes that anyone can touch on: grief, love, fear, and duty, just to name some. And the two that did represent my culture ( Gimme Some Sugar  by Jay Coles for my African-American side and  Panadería ~ Pastelería ...

Hello everyone! Welcome to Nox Reads, I'm "Nox", and I'm so glad that I've been able to read  Enlightenment  by Reno Ursal for the  #EnlightenmentBlogTour ! For more information on the tour and book, check out  Your Tita Kate's launch post here . Personally, I'm rating  Enlightenment  as a  GIVE ME ALL THE MERCH! TRIGGER WARNINGS: Cancer, Violence, Descriptions of Blood and Other Serious Injuries REPRESENTATION: Filipino Culture, Filipino-American characters   Enlightenment  is the story of Dorothy, a Filipino-American high school girl preparing for the end of her senior year. Dorothy thinks that her life is normal, with the exception of having a mother who is dying from liver cancer. Everything seems normal until Dorothy has a weird encounter at a club, and then a new boy, Adrian, shows up at her school. The opening scene definitely gives off  City of Bones  vibes, when Clary and Simon go to Pandemonium, but instead, it's...