The Book Bound Society review — Tyler Johnson Was Here, by Jay Coles

People will try to convince you that you don’t deserve to live. That you don't deserve to exist. They’ll ignore your voice. Lock you up. They’ll even kill you to take you out of this world. And through it all, you have to fight. Fight to remind yourself that you do matter. That you do…

The Book Bound Society review — Love, Hate & Other Filters, by Samira Ahmed

“Violence has no place in religion, and the terrorists are responsible for their own crimes, not the religion and not us.” I read a few reviews before writing my own, just to see if I were the only one who enjoyed this book but didn't adore it. I honestly thought it was good for a…

The Book Bound Society review — Children of Blood and Bone, by Tomi Adeyemi

Who was both surprised and not surprised to love this book so much? Because I was. I swear this book belongs into everybody's hands, I won't have it any other way. Every single time someone buys this book because I recommended it to them, it makes my heart all full and warm. What am I…

The Book Bound Society review — A Girl Like That, by Tanaz Bhathena

Trigger warnings: Sexual Assault — Rape — Child abuse (physical abuse) — Death — Bullying  — Domestic Violence — Graphic Car Accident — Death of a pet — Depression Author’s Note My own story is different from Zarin’s and Mishal’s. Yet it does not make their stories any less true, nor does it diminish the…

The Book Bound Society review — American Panda, by Gloria Chao

Dearest Reader, I wrote American Panda because it was the book I needed in high school and the book I needed when I decided to put my dental career aside to try writing, which I had no experience in. This is also a book I would have needed in high school or during my three years of…

The Book Bound Society review — Meet Cute, by a list of authors longer than my arm

On average, I gave this book 3.70. It's not bad, but it shows that some of the stories weren't good. Some of them got 1/5 or 2.5, a few got 5/5 but that's because I'm more generous when I rate short stories because I rate both on the story and the potential it has to…

The Book Bound Society review — The City of Brass, by S.A. Chakraborty

This entire book got me jungshook. I don’t have another word to express how I feel right now. Jungshook. I honestly had no idea what this book was about when I started it, but a friend I trust kept on recommending it because it’s one of her favourites. At first I wasn’t going to read…

The Book Bound Society review — Wild Beauty, by Anna-Marie McLemore

Can you do yourself a really huge favour and start this book now? Even before starting this book, I knew I would love it, I just didn’t expect to fall head over heels in love with it. But then again, this book was recommended to me by someone I trust, so I should have known…

The Book Bound Society review — Dear Martin, by Nic Stone

Such a small book, and yet so impactful. Do you ever just start a book and think ‘Oh you, you’re going to be a favourite’? Because that’s exactly what I felt when I opened this book and read the first chapter. By the second I was crying, and smiling, laughing, and in so much pain.…

The Book Bound Society review – Girls Made of Snow and Glass, by Melissa Bashardoust

Snow didn’t break or shatter, and neither would she. All she had to do was be true to her nature. When my book club decided this book would be our October BOTM, I have to admit I was disappointed. When booktubers first started talking about it, I honestly thought it was going to be a…