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Jun 21, 20243 min read
April Reading Wrap-Up
Welcome to my April reading wrap-up! Like many others, I’ve been struggling to stay on top of my old reading goals so I’m just gonna...
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Jun 20, 20242 min read
March Reading Wrap-up
It’s time for my March Reading Wrap-up! Stats Books Read: 6, Pages Read: 1,761, Hours Listened: 40.5 Author Stats: 83% books by & about...
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Jun 20, 20242 min read
Minor Detail by Adania Shibli
Format: audiobook via Libby app After seeing this book pop up on my timeline quite a lot, I thought I’d add it to my TBR. I didn’t want...
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Jun 20, 20242 min read
February Reading Wrap-Up
I’m back w/ my reading wrap-up for the month of February. The Stats 100% were by & about Black, Indigenous, & Latine folks! I read 7...
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Jun 14, 20243 min read
How To Read Now by Elaine Castillo
So much of this book resonated with me. Especially Castillo’s argument on reading as empathy building. Many of us raised in U.S. school...
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Feb 10, 20242 min read
A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay by Octavia E. Butler
My first read of the month was A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay by Octavia E. Butler! This essay was originally published...
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Feb 4, 20243 min read
January Reading Wrap-Up
Wrapping up January 2024! I read a bit less than I used to but I'm amazed I even read this much with everything that's been going on. So...
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Jan 7, 20242 min read
38 Books I Want To Read This Year
It’s a snowy day and I finally have some time to share some of the books I really want to read this year. Some of them are upcoming...
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Jan 7, 20242 min read
My 2024 Bookish Goals
This year, I’m not really interested in reaching a certain number of books. I don’t feel like it 😄So here’s what I narrowed my goals...
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Jan 1, 20241 min read
My Favorite Reads of 2023!
Let’s get into my favorite books of 2023! I read 119 books this past year and here are my top 27. Romance Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan...
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Jan 1, 20242 min read
Updates and Reflections
Hey y'all! I know it's been quite a while but I'm back now. 2023 felt like it lasted two seconds for me. So much happened that I keep...
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Aug 31, 20231 min read
A beautiful reflective narration of one’s feelings during the pandemic, especially as a Black person
Ain’t Burned All The Bright by Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin As you can probably guess this book is 5 stars ⭐️. (This is marked as for...
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Aug 31, 20235 min read
The Trans Rights Read-a-thon 2023
🏳️⚧️Have y’all heard about the Trans Rights Read-a-thon yet?🏳️⚧️ It was from March 20-27th in 2023. Sim Kern (@sim_bookstagrams_badly...
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Aug 31, 20231 min read
Adriana Herrera, you thought you could put someone like me on the page and I wouldn’t notice?!
I’m obsessed with this book!! Rating: 4.5 Stars We’ve got workaholic, family gal, and creative Alba and the stern, rich, former Olympian...
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Aug 31, 20231 min read
A Gothic Tale of Blood and Sapphic Love
House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson Rating: 4.25 ⭐️(out of 5) Content Warnings: Blood, graphic violence, sex, emotional abuse, torture,...
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Aug 31, 20232 min read
I finally read Bloodmarked!!
I read Legendborn in 2021 & loved it so book two was on my radar & I planned to read it right when it came out but couldn't connect the...
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Aug 29, 20231 min read
💖Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert💖
I read this book in January but ended up running out of steam to write and share my review. So here it is: Talia Hibbert's first YA book...
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Aug 29, 20232 min read
The Blood Trials by N.E. Davenport deserves more hype!
5 stars ⭐️ — New Adult Fantasy (has a little spice) -brutal & mysterious -betrayals -found family -ruthless mc Y’all, how did I read this...
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Aug 29, 20232 min read
I just finished To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquil Blackgoose and I’m obsessed!!!
Without a doubt, this is a 5-star read 👑 An incredible start to a historical fantasy series! I devoured this book quickly despite the...
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Jul 13, 20232 min read
Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo
And now, I share one of my latest five-star reads... Another incredible novel by Elizabeth Acevedo! In her debut adult novel, the Marte...
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