2019 Releases: Ranked & Reviewed

the rest of these are all 5 star books ... all the bad apples by Moira Fowley Doyle this is a why a fantasy with a lesbian main character that I requested from the publisher

I absolutely love this collection ... I think one of the strongest anthologies I've ever read ... I gave it an overall average rating of 4 out of 5 stars

the rest of these are all 5 star books ... called on the hawk by Maggie Stiefvater i pre-ordered this copy of the book

the rest of these are all 5 star books ... can taught us by Karolina day at Roberta's I requested this book from the publisher

my only issue with this book is that I think that there's a somewhat unnecessary twist near the end but I sobbed through the end of this I really enjoyed reading it and I gave it four and a half stars

super educational and lovely middle grade novel I give this 4 out of 5 stars

it's a fascinating and necessary educational tool that I really enjoyed the art style is super accessible I gave this 4 out of 5 stars

this is an expansive and fascinating world I fell in love with this world with this author ... I gave this 4 out of 5 stars

this isn't scary at all it builds to absolutely nothing and I hated every single character I gave this 2 out of 5 stars

it's just very heartwarming and sweet and I gave this 4 out of 5 stars

Julian wrote such a masterful and excellent why a book here it was beautifully written I loved the experience of reading it this is a strong 4 out of 5 stars

this is a really heartfelt book that I loved ... I ultimately really liked it and I gave it four out of five stars

I think that this might be my favorite of the series ... I lived for this high logic fantasy world ... I gave a four and a half stars

this is a really joyful book about drag culture and queerness and being queer in a small town ... my issues with this were mostly that it dropped a couple of storylines ... I gave it three and a half maybe four stars

a lot of that was really interesting I really liked the stream of consciousness that was used in a couple of different chapters but the rep for trans characters was really rough

ultimately I didn't think that this provided that much ... it only got interesting in the last chapter so 3 out of 5 stars

this is a really gorgeous book with gorgeous art I think it's brilliant ... I gave it four out of five stars

it's incredibly dark but I love Shana McGuire's writing I adore the way that she crafts worlds ... I gave us four and a half stars

this is the Shakespeare retelling of my dreams I adored it magical and eerie and celebrates The Tempest ... I gave it four out of five stars

I love magical graphic novels I think that they are delightful and sweet ... I live for graphic novels where people are nice to each other

honestly this is potentially my least favorite book that I read in a year just because like the rep seemed questionable

I love it I love this book I think it was well worth the wait ... I gave this four and a half stars

it was interesting it gave me some insight into the movie that I didn't have before but it lacked Cornelia funke's style ... it honestly just was pretty forgettable 3 out of 5 stars

it's one of the most unique books that I read in 2019 ... I gave it four out of five stars

the rest of these are all 5 star books ... real queer America LGBT stories from red states by Samantha Allen this is a finished copy that was sent to me by the publisher

the rest of these are all 5 star books ... red white and royal blue by Casey the question this is the enemy's two lovers male romance that everyone has been talking about

I loved the writing I loved the story I couldn't look at it

this was a sweet book a great summer read I gave it three and a half stars

this is a completely adorable graphic novel that also deals with some very heavy topics ... I gave it four out of five stars

this is a super delightful book about friendship ... this just handles a lot of stuff really well I gave it four out of five stars

it is fabulous ... this is a book that celebrates communication ... I gave this book 4 out of 5 stars

the rest of these are all 5 star books ... tell me how you really feel by Amina Mae Safi this is aya can temporary love story

it was interesting but went by way too quickly and I didn't really love the art style at all so this was kind of forgettable as well 3 out of 5 stars

it read as bad Raven cycle fanfic that didn't do anything nearly as well as the Raven cycle did it was forgettable and I didn't like it 2 out of 5 stars

I liked this I love seeing my favorite stories visually but I don't think that this offered anything new to the story ... I liked it but it doesn't compare it all to the book The Giver

the rest of these are all 5 star books ... the luminous dead by Kaitlin Starling is a sci-fi horror book with a queer protagonist that I pre-ordered

I think that this is an exemplary by a novel like it's utterly unique ... ultimately I gave this four out of five stars but like a huge recommendation

this is just a soft story about found family and loving each other with a non-binary main character it's adorable and inclusive and lovely and nice and I gave it four out of five stars

this is a wonderful piece of why a historical fiction I think it's incredibly valuable ... I really recommend this I think it's fascinating I gave it four out of five stars

this is the weird time-travel Romeo and Juliet female romance book that I will be hyping forever

it's adorable like the gay Parent Trap story of my dreams this makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside ... I gave this 4 out of 5 stars

the rest of these are all 5 star books ... water runs read by Jenna Claire is a poetry collection that was sent to me from my Amazon wishlist

this book suffered from a distancing issue in that I didn't really care about any of the characters ... I was really let down ultimately I gave it 3 out of 5 stars

it was interesting I just didn't really like the writing style and the plot was kind of all over the place ... ultimately I gave this 3 out of 5 stars

it is absolutely off the wall but it's it's disturbing but it's also super fascinating and I loved reading it and I gave it 4 out of 5 stars

the rest of these are all 5 star books ... salt slow by Julia Armfield this is a story collection that I requested from the publisher