Bram the Bookworm

  • What I Read in January

    January was a great month, and set the tone for lots of reading in 2025. I read 12 books, and really loved a lot of them. Let’s dive in! 1. Solitaire by Alice Oseman While I haven’t read the Heartstopper series, I love the Netflix show. Solitaire offers a compelling view into Tori’s life, Charlie’s…

  • The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline (Book Review)

    Introduction The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline is a YA Indigenous, futuristic, dystopian novel. The text delves into an assortment of themes including humanity, dreams, community, and fear. It is a coming of age novel that follows Frenchie, an Indigenous teenager on the run from the recruiters, or Marrow Thieves. Despite the title, the novel…

  • Three Books in the BWCA (Book Reviews) 

    On a recent week-long camping trip to the BWCA with my family, I was reading almost every moment I wasn’t canoeing, portaging, setting up camp, or swimming. Throughout that time, I managed to read three wonderful books (1152 pages total). As follows are short reviews of them.  The Rest of Us Just Live Here About…

  • Dean Atta’s Only On The Weekends (Book Review)

    Only on the Weekends is written lyrically and in verse, creating a calm ambience. Mack has been in love with the same guy since forever, but K feels out of reach. When K likes Mack, they form what should be the perfect couple, but was what Mack envisioned better than the reality? Mack’s dad is…

  • Adib Khorram’s Kiss&Tell (Book Review)

    Adib Khorram’s Darius The Great Duology was incredible; how could he create the same energy with his third book: Kiss&Tell? Hunter isn’t able to speak out to the public, but more importantly, to his bandmates. He wears whatever “gay” clothes The Label puts him in, but when his private texts are leaked online, he’s pushed…