***I'm going to change up this series a tiny bit and do one book at a time. Will be doing a lot more of these posts, especially this month! 🙂 I hope that I can convince more people to read these books, especially fellow bi people as we don’t get represented nearly enough! Not all… Continue reading Bi Recommendations #3|Running With Lions
Watch Us Rise by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan Goodreads Summary: Jasmine and Chelsea are sick of the way women are treated even at their progressive NYC high school, so they decide to start a Women's Rights Club. They post everything online—poems, essays, videos of Chelsea performing her poetry, and Jasmine's response to the racial… Continue reading {Review} Watch Us Rise by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan|Importance of Intersectionality in YA
Dear White People by Justin Simien In the satirical tradition of the New York Times bestseller Stuff White People Like comes this witty companion book to the incredibly entertaining (Indiewire) film of the same name, which heralds a fresh and funny new voice (Variety). Right out of college, Justin Simien wrote a screenplay about the nuanced experiences of four… Continue reading 5 Sentence Reviews: Dear White People +When They Call You a Terrorist
Happy Friday! In an effort to get back to the blogging and reading world, I thought I would share what I'm currently reading. I am actually in the middle of a bunch of books but I'm only going to tell you two that I'm more into and will (hopefully) finish in the next few days.… Continue reading Currently Reading|Still in a Reading Slump LMAO!
Vengeful by V.E. Schwab Goodreads Summary:The sequel to VICIOUS, V.E. Schwab's first adult novel. Sydney once had Serena—beloved sister, betrayed enemy, powerful ally. But now she is alone, except for her thrice-dead dog, Dol, and then there's Victor, who thinks Sydney doesn't know about his most recent act of vengeance. Victor himself is under the… Continue reading Currently Reading:1/18/19|In a Slight Reading+ Blogging Slump
They Hate U Give is out, and I’m incredibly excited to see one of my favorite books on screen this week! It’s important to view more POC representation in big movies, and it’s even better to see the Black Lives Matter Movement in a realistic and positive light since media outlets love to misinterpret the… Continue reading My Thoughts on Black Reviewers and Why Their Voices Matter|Part 1
Dread Nation by Justina Ireland Goodreads Summary: Jane McKeene was born two days before the dead began to walk the battlefields of Gettysburg and Chancellorsville—derailing the War Between the States and changing America forever. In this new nation, safety for all depends on the work of a few, and laws like the Native and Negro… Continue reading [Review] Dread Nation by Justina Ireland|Reconstruction Era Black Female Zombie Slayers
Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson Goodreads Summary: Jade believes she must get out of her neighborhood if she’s ever going to succeed. Her mother says she has to take every opportunity. She has. She accepted a scholarship to a mostly-white private school and even Saturday morning test prep opportunities. But some opportunities feel more demeaning… Continue reading [Review] Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson|A Difficult Book to Review but One You Should Read
I've read a lot of books recently but I don't have any "strong" feelings towards them so here are some mini-reviews! The first two (yes, only two) books I read for #TBRJARRAT. Style by Chelsea M. Cameron ★3/5 Stars★ Review: If you like the enemies to lovers and the opposite attracts trope look no… Continue reading Mini Reviews|#TBRJARRAT Wrap Up+Random Books (Queer Girls, Some Nonfiction and a Mediocre Contemporary)
Friday Reads 8/24/2018
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