Month in Review: November 2021

December 3, 2021November 30, 2021 / Spines in a Line / Leave a comment

Happy December, folks!

I’ve got my recap for the month and I reviewed so many books! Always happy to stay on top of those, even when I only share mini reviews (which is a lot less overwhelming). I’m starting to get very excited about my top 10 for the year!

Here’s what I read and blogged about this month! Template courtesy of Jenna @ Falling Letters.

Books finished:

Blue-Skinned Gods by SJ Sindu
Indigena Awry by Annharte
Survival In Its Many Shapes by Wil George
Glass Town: The Imaginary World of the Brontës by Isabel Greenberg
Bright Dead Things by Ada Limón
How We Go Home edited by Sara Sinclair
Ancestor Approved edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Night Sky With Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong
The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer

Books reviewed:

Book cover for Quick Bright Things by Christopher Cook. Photo of a very starry sky over a dark forest.

Book cover for Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies by Lindsay Ribar. Illustration of a yellow road sign against a blue sky. Sign depicts rocks falling from a cliff.

Book cover for Sisters of the Snake by Sarena and Sasha Nanua. Illustration of two twin Indian sisters holding hands and with their faces touching together as they look at the camera. They both have their long black hair braided over their shoulder, a snake broach in their hair, and yellow dresses.

Book cover for The Saddle Hurts, Too by breezy. Black and grey cover with illustrations of mountains in the distance and a flower in the foreground. On the left side are four panels with different illustrations of hands reaching for plants.

Book cover for Punisher by Sarah Weir. Brown cover with title text in capitals at the top and the publisher's name and imprint, Cryptid Editions, in smaller font at the bottom.

Book cover for No Problematics by Viola Chen. Illustration of a door and window with a curtain pushed back. The door has a broken jagged window.

Book cover for Blue-Skinned Gods by SJ Sindu. Blue cover with gold illustrations around the border and a god's head at the top.

Book cover for Take D Milk, Nah? by Jivesh Parasram. Cover is filled with light brown and black spots like a cow.

Book cover for knot body by Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch. Illustration of an Arab person sitting up in bed. They have short dark hair and many tattoos on their arms. They wear a striped and patterned t-shirt with a collar and have several blankets on their lap.

Book cover for The Nerves by Lena Suksi. Light green cover with the title text written in a slightly darker green in the top left corner.

Book cover for Burning Sugar by Cicely Belle Blain. Illustrationg of a yellow sun and orange and brown hills.

Book cover for Survival in its Many Shapes by Wil George. Light brown cover with simple type.

Book cover for Indigena Awry by Marie Annharte Baker. White cover with a large black painted shape and small red circle.

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Event Recap: Penguin Teen Fall-i-Day Preview 2021

November 19, 2021November 17, 2021 / Spines in a Line / 2 Comments

I was happy to join Penguin Teen this month for another preview event, this time sharing some of their favourite kids’ and young adult titles of the year!

All of these have been published now (some just this month) so they’d make great holiday gifts for kids in your life or those young at heart. A few are very cute-sounding picture books that I’d be happy to read myself, plus a familiar favourite that’s been revamped!

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