WhatchYA Readin?

Mallory Shoemaker (malarayofsunshine)
WhatchYA Readin?

Join me every other week for a bookish chat. Topics will range, but will include: my monthly wrap-ups and TBRs, book reviews, and author interviews. Most of the books I read are young adult fiction, but I tend to lose myself in historical fiction and autobiographies too. As a queer person I care deeply about representation in media for minorities of all kinds, but you can expect a specific emphasis on books with queer themes written by queer authors. (#OwnVoices.) I am also super passionate about why authors (and teachers / schools / parents / the government) STILL think young people can't handle "mature" themes in their literature. There's a lot to dig into so I'll probably talk about other stuff too. (; Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. Interview with Ana Lal Din, Author of "The Descent of the Drowned"

    03/13/2021

    Interview with Ana Lal Din, Author of "The Descent of the Drowned"

    Last week I had the immense pleasure of sitting down with Ana Lal Din, author of “The Descent of the Drowned”. Ana is a Danish-Pakistani Muslim with Indian heritage, so we chat about how her upbringing has shaped her life and her writing. She shares the path she took from listening to the Danish fairytales her sisters told her, to writing Goosbump-esque short horror stories, to full-fledged world building within the fantasy genre– and why fantasy as a genre is so important to her. I hope you enjoy listening to our conversation as much as I enjoyed recording with Ana and please, if you haven’t already checked it out, pre-order or order “The Descent of the Drowned” out this Monday, March 15th. PRE-ORDER “The Descent of the Drowned”– B&N: http://bit.ly/3cvJdAl Amazon: http://amzn.to/3bJfGUg Book Depository: http://bit.ly/3lbytec Indiebound: http://bit.ly/3cvJkff FOLLOW ANA– Instagram: www.instagram.com/laldinana Twitter: www.twitter.com/laldinana  Website: www.laldinana.net Follow me on all my other social medias for life in between episode uploads!– P A T R E O N : http://bit.ly/malaraypatreon I N S T A G R A M : http://bit.ly/malarayinstagram L I B R O . F M : http://bit.ly/malaraylibrofm W E B S I T E : http://www.malarayofsunshine.com T W I T T E R : http://bit.ly/malaraytwitter G O O D R E A D S : http://bit.ly/malarayreads F A C E B O O K : http://bit.ly/malarayFB Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    54 min
  2. Review: "Grown Ups" by Emma Jane Unsworth

    09/12/2020

    Review: "Grown Ups" by Emma Jane Unsworth

    This video is so far from where I want it to be. My audio settings were messed up, I lost my tripod mount piece, and my camera died half-way through. I wanted to film and upload this next episode as a video episode, to set a new precedent, so I did and I’m still uploading it because perfection isn’t real! Ha ha.   Today I’m reviewing “Grown Ups” by Emma Jane Unsworth– a book I picked up because I thought it might be vaguely relatable to my life and, turns out, it was. This book made me laugh, hold my breath, and have a small emotional spiral. #Casual   “Grown Ups” is about Jenny McLiane; a 30-year-old woman working as a columnist at an online magazine The Floof. Her whole identity is wrapped up in her social media life, so when her ex leaves her, her body fails her, her friends start to leave her, and her mother moves back in with her… it’s a lot. I went on a journey with this book and I wasn’t at all expecting to. Honestly, if you’re in social media at all I recommend you listen to this book!   Spoilers begin at 11:46 and end at 15:35. This is a short episode, but hopefully next time I’ll have my tech stuff sorted out and we’ll get a longer one. 😉   This book was gifted to me via Libro.fm’s influencer program, but I am not being paid to review it! If you use my link to sign up I’ll earn free audiobooks, so thank you. :)   L I B R O . F M : http://bit.ly/malaraylibrofm   I’m curious to hear if you’ve read “Grown Ups” and if you liked it or not. Leave a comment down below or over on Instagram – I respond to as many as I can!   *Trigger warning*: I want to put a trigger warning in here for those of you who may have trauma around mis-carriages or have emotions tied to wanting to be pregnant, being unable to conceive, or really any sort of emotions tied to the completely complicated thoughts some of us women have in relation to motherhood. This book deals with a lot of those things and I wanted to be sure to call that out so you could be not taken by surprise, as I was. ♡ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    19 min
5
out of 5
6 Ratings

About

Join me every other week for a bookish chat. Topics will range, but will include: my monthly wrap-ups and TBRs, book reviews, and author interviews. Most of the books I read are young adult fiction, but I tend to lose myself in historical fiction and autobiographies too. As a queer person I care deeply about representation in media for minorities of all kinds, but you can expect a specific emphasis on books with queer themes written by queer authors. (#OwnVoices.) I am also super passionate about why authors (and teachers / schools / parents / the government) STILL think young people can't handle "mature" themes in their literature. There's a lot to dig into so I'll probably talk about other stuff too. (; Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To listen to explicit episodes, sign in.

Stay up to date with this show

Sign in or sign up to follow shows, save episodes, and get the latest updates.

Select a country or region

Africa, Middle East, and India

Asia Pacific

Europe

Latin America and the Caribbean

The United States and Canada