Dragons and Tea Book Club | December Pick

December 2, 2019 meltotheanyAside2 Comments

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Hey, loves! We are finally on to the last pick of 2019! I can’t believe it! Me and Amy really wanted to pick a holiday book, and I was kind of craving a reread of my favorite holiday read from last year! 🎄

And we hope that you all will join us in our Goodreads Group, too! 🐉☕

But we also will be celebrating and talking with you all on Twitter and Instagram using the (hashtag) #DragonsAndTeaBookClub!

Our December pick is:

➽ Merry Inkmas by Talia Hibbert

➽ The Dates & Breakdown:
December 9th: Chapters 1 – 5
December 10th: Chapters 6 – 10
December 11th: Chapters 11 – 15
December 12th: Chapters 16 – 19
December 13th: Chapters 20 – 23

➽ Content and Trigger Warnings:
talk of cancer, talk of past domestic violence, talk of past child abuse, and talk of past statutory rape.

Dragons and Tea Book Club | September Pick

August 30, 2019 meltotheanyAside2 Comments

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Hey, loves! Are you all ready for the September pick for #DragonsAndTeaBookClub? September 15th is the start of Latinx Heritage Month, and so we knew we wanted to pick an ownvoices book to fall in love with and to start the cerebration with! And the book we picked is all about friendships, promises, and unconditional love! Oh, and maybe a little bit of a murder mystery, too, when three girls end up dead and the police are ruling it as suicides, even though one magical girl doesn’t believe that is the truth! 💗

Also, I recommend you follow The Latinx Book Club (and the hosts: @SofiainBookland, @booknonsense, @joceraptor, @metamorphodani, @santanareads, & @iamrainbou!) all year around for amazing ownvoices recommendations! 💗

And we hope that you all will join us in our Goodreads Group, too! 🐉☕

But we also will be celebrating and talking with you all on Twitter and Instagram using the (hashtag) #DragonsAndTeaBookClub!

But without further ado, our September pick is:

➽ Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson

➽ The Dates & Breakdown:
September 16th: Chapters 1 – 5
September 17th: Chapters 6 – 10
September 18th: Chapters 11 – 15
September 19th: Chapters 16 – 20
September 20th: Chapters 21 – 25

➽ Content and Trigger Warnings:
Death, self-harm, murder, suicide, descriptions of the dead, depression, grief, one joke about PTSD. (From Amber’s review!)

Dragons and Tea Book Club | August Pick

July 15, 2019July 15, 2019 meltotheanyAside1 Comment

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Hey, loves! Are you all ready for the August pick for #DragonsAndTeaBookClub? This is the first time we are ever picking a book that hasn’t been released yet, but will in the month of reading it! The author is an author of color, and this book is a romance that stars a Black woman who has created a very successful dating app, and a Samoan man who is a retired football player who is now the current spokesperson for the app. Both characters are in their mid-thirties and I’ve heard that this is the perfect amount of steam and fade to black! August is also my birthday month, and I can’t think of a better way to celebrate than to fall in love with this book with you all! 💗

And we hope that you all will join us in our Goodreads Group, too! 🐉☕

But we also will be celebrating and talking with you all on Twitter and Instagram using the (hashtag) #DragonsAndTeaBookClub!

But without further ado, our August pick is:

➽ The Right Swipe (Modern Love #1) by Alisha Rai
(which releases on August 6th!)

➽ The Dates & Breakdown:
August 19th: Chapters 1 -5
August 20th: Chapters 6 – 10
August 21st: Chapters 11 – 15
August 22nd: Chapters 16 – 20
August 23rd: Chapters 21 -25
August 24th: Chapters 26 – 30

➽ Content and Trigger Warnings:
Sexual harassment, cyber bullying and harassment, domestic verbal abuse
(From Saniya’s short but amazing review that I love!)

Dragons & Tea Book Club | July Pick

June 17, 2019June 17, 2019 meltotheanyAside26 Comments

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Hey, loves! Okay, today we are announcing our July pick for the #DragonsAndTeaBookClub! We picked an ownvoices Muslim story, all about love and the importance of being seen. This story is told in alternating points of view, through letters between two teens, while one of them is staying with family in Qatar for two weeks! Both main characters are PoC, one being Trini-Pakistani, and other being biracial (Chinese and white)! Also, one of these characters have Multiple Sclerosis, which is something that is very near and dear to my family’s heart. But this is also a story about Islamophobia, and how it can be quiet and it can be loud, but it is always so hurtful and hateful. 💗

And we hope that you all will join us in our Goodreads Group, too! 🐉☕

But we also will be celebrating and talking with you all on Twitter and Instagram using the (hashtag) #DragonsAndTeaBookClub!

But without further ado, our July pick is:

➽ Love From A to Z by S.K. Ali

➽ The Dates & Breakdown:
July 8th: (Pages 1 – 68) Zayneb Saturday March 9
Oddity: Unpredictable Creatures
July 9th: (Pages 69 – 134) Adam Tuesday March 12
Marvel: Strangers
July 10th: (Pages 135 – 207) Adam Sunday March 17
Marvel: Zayneb at the Perfect Place
July 11th: (Pages 208 – 276) Zayneb Tuesday Marc 19
Oddity… And Marvel: Plotters
July 12th: (Pages 277 – End)

➽ Content and Trigger Warnings:
Islamophobia, racist micro-aggression, cultural appropriation, chronic illness, talk of family death, mention of rape, discussion of war and war victims.
(Thanks to Fadwa’s beautiful ownvoices review!)

➽ Other OwnVoices Reviews (that I love):
شيماء
Noura

Dragons & Tea Book Club | June Pick

May 20, 2019May 20, 2019 meltotheanyAside9 Comments

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Hey, loves! Okay, today we are announcing our June pick for the #DragonsAndTeaBookClub! And most of you know that it is Pride Month, so we really wanted to pick a LGBTQIAP+ book this month! Also, my pan self might have been a little biased with the book we ended up choosing! But not only is the MC of this pick is pansexual, but she is also biracial (Ecuadorian), she is plus-sized, and she has anxiety. And she is discovering her feelings for her best friend, who is Korean and a lesbian. Also, the author is Chinese and queer. And this book just sounds like it is going to be everything I’ve ever wanted! I hope we fall in love with this hard-hitting YA contemporary, with a sapphic f/f romance, together! 💗

And we hope that you all will join us in our Goodreads Group, too! 🐉☕

But we also will be celebrating and talking with you all on Twitter and Instagram using the (hashtag) #DragonsAndTeaBookClub!

But without further ado, our June pick is:

➽ Final Draft by Riley Redgate

➽ The Dates & Breakdown:
June 10th: Chapters 1 – 5
June 11th: Chapters 6 – 9
June 12th: Chapters 10 – 13
June 13th: Chapters 14 – 17
June 14th: Chapters 18 – End

➽ Content and Trigger Warnings:
Anxiety, internalized ableism, loss of someone
(From Elise’s amazing review!)

Dragons & Tea Book Club | April Pick

March 11, 2019March 11, 2019 meltotheanyAside14 Comments

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Hey, loves! Okay, today we are announcing our April pick for the #DragonsAndTeaBookClub! I’m extra excited about this pick, because the author has made it on my end of the year favorite books lists for both 2017 and 2018! Also, I just love the author with my whole heart and soul and I’m not sure what the world has done to deserve her, or her prose which is a tier above most everyone. But the book we picked is an ownvoices Latinx Magical Realism story, all about a Latina girl and an Italian-Pakistani trans boy falling in love with each other. 💗

And we hope that you all will join us in our Goodreads Group, too! 🐉☕

But we also will be celebrating and talking with you all on Twitter and Instagram using the (hashtag) #DragonsAndTeaBookClub!

But without further ado, our April pick is:

➽ When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore

➽ The Dates & Breakdown:
April 8th: Page 1 – 56 – Bay of Trust
April 9th: Page 57 – 107 – Sea of Waves
April 10th: Page 108 – 156 – Sea of Tranquility
April 11th: Page 157 – 217 – Bay of Dew
April 12th: Page 218 – END

➽ Content and Trigger Warnings for:
Abusive parents, mention of death of a parent in the past, torture, blackmail, blood, & misgendering of trans characters (I’m assuming ALWAYS in a negative light!)
(From K’s Amazing Review!)

Dragons & Tea Book Club | March Pick

February 11, 2019February 11, 2019 meltotheanyAside7 Comments

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Hey, loves! Okay, today we are announcing our March pick for the #DragonsAndTeaBookClub! Me and Amy are both Asian, so it was almost a crime that we had not yet picked an Asian author to celebrate for our book club! The author we picked is Filipino (I’m completely not biased, I promise), and his story is filled with a diverse cast of characters that we can’t wait to fall in love with! And this book is extra cool, because it will teach you how to make a unique cocktail every other chapter! 💗

And we hope that you all will join us in our Goodreads Group, too! 🐉☕

But we also will be celebrating and talking with you all on Twitter and Instagram using the (hashtag) #DragonsAndTeaBookClub!

But without further ado, our March pick is:

➽ Last Call at the Nightshade Lounge by Paul Krueger

➽ The Dates & Breakdown:
March 4th – Chapters 1 – 2
March 5th – Chapters 3 – 6
March 6th – Chapters 7 – 10
March 7th – Chapters 11 – 14
March 8th – Chapters 15 – End

➽ Content and Trigger Warnings for:
Alcohol Consumption
(From Sasha’s Amazing Review!)

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