Interview with Julian Winters | Shattering Stigmas

Welcome back to Shattering Stigmas! Today we welcome Julian Winters, author of The Summer of Everything, to talk about his books, keeping a balance between the good and the bad in fiction, and, of course, mental health! Q: Welcome to Shattering Stigmas! Let’s start by talking about your books, particularly your newest release The Summer of […]
June 2020 Reading & Blog Wrap-Up

June 2020 is over which means it’s time to wrap up. I read six books(!!) and posted five blogs which I think is pretty good for someone trying to come back during an energy-draining pandemic.
Miss Watching Sports? Read About Them Instead!

If you’re anything like me, you miss watching sports a whole heck of a lot. So here are 21 book recommendations split into five categories — middle-grade fiction, young adult fiction, adult fiction, non-fiction, and memoirs!
End Of The Year Book Tag

Yes, yes, I know. It’s not quite the end of 2019. I mean, we still have a little bit of November and all of December to worry about, but boy oh boy are those some busy times. When I mentally ran over my schedule for the rest of the year, I realized I’m not going to […]
July 2019 Reading and Blog Wrap-up

I attempted the Reading Rush readathon and ended July with quite a few new books on my Read list. Here’s to Mercury finally being out of retrograde!
June 2019 Reading and Blog Wrap-up

June 2019 was such a busy month! Between BookExpo and 30 Days of Pride, there's a whole to talk about.
Queer Books to Look For in the Last Half of 2019 | 30 Days of Pride

As I’m making a post for my most anticipated releases of the last half of 2019, I realized there were quite a few that I didn’t really want to put on the list because I received ARCs of them at BEA. So what excuse could I make up to talk about queer books coming out later this year? Here are nine coming out later in 2019.
Queer Books with Happy Endings by Ben Ace | 30 Days of Pride

Welcome back to 30 Days of Pride on Ace Of Bens! Today, I wanted to add a Part Two to a post I did back in February. Here is a second list of books with queer characters that don’t suffer because of their identity.
Julian Winters: Eight Books You Need to Fill Your Summer with Pride | 30 Days of Pride

Welcome back to 30 Days of Pride on Ace Of Bens! Today, I’m welcoming Julian Winters, author of Running With Lions (2018) and How To Be Remy Cameron (2019). If you’ve been at a loss of what to read this Pride Month, Julian has some awesome recommendations to help you queer up your TBR list! Eight […]