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Jul 17, 20242 min read
Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1916-2019 edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain
This book has been on my tbr for some time. I kept telling myself I should read it. I knew I would love it but I also knew that it was one..
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Jul 10, 20248 min read
The Best Books Of The 21st Century According To Me
I'm often at odds with the choices that The New York Times makes so here are my best books of the 21st century.
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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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Oct 11, 20227 min read
September Wrap-Up
Where Wild Peaches Grow - Cade Bentley 3.75 stars Rep: Black American (Biracial, Southern) This contemporary fiction novel is about two...
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Aug 4, 20222 min read
Peter Darling by Austin Chant
Finally finished this book! My boyfriend got it for me a couple of months ago and it was on my Pride tbr, but my mood kept shifting 😅...
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Aug 1, 20221 min read
Love Radio by Ebony LaDelle
A teen love story for the ages! Rating: 5 stars Genre: YA Romance Representation: Black American teens, disability (side character)...
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May 31, 202217 min read
May Reading Reviews
A Thousand Beginnings and Endings: 16 Retellings of Asian Myths and Legends edited by Ellen Oh and Elsie Chapman Rating: 5/5 stars Click...
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Mar 14, 20222 min read
Homicide and Halo-Halo by Mia P. Manansala
Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Representation: Filipina-American, PTSD, Black, Latinx, South Asian & Disabled Content warning:...
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Mar 8, 20222 min read
Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi
Thank you to NetGalley for the electronic advanced readers copy in exchange for an honest review. Rating: 5 stars Genre: Young Adult -...
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Jan 3, 20222 min read
When We Make It by Elizabet Velasquez
Rating: 5 stars Genre: Young Adult - Novel in Verse Representation: Nuyorican girl, poverty Content Warnings: rape, classism, abuse, teen...
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Dec 31, 20212 min read
My favorite books of 2021
Happy New Year! These are the books I enjoyed reading the most in 2021. You can find the list below this collage. Listed by genre: Poetry...
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Dec 15, 20212 min read
So Many Beginnings by Bethany C. Morrow
Rating: 4 stars Genre: Historical Fiction Representation: African American, possibly Asexual (there wasn't an understanding of asexuality...
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Nov 27, 20212 min read
Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
Rating: 5 stars Genre: SciFi/Fantasy Representation: Indigenous, Transgender, Queer, Nonbinary, Blind (author: Black Indigenous)...
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Sep 11, 20210 min read
Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade
Rating: 4 stars Genre: Romance Spice: 🔥🔥🔥 (out of 4) Representation: Fat-positive, sex-positive, dyslexia Description: Marcus...
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Sep 8, 20212 min read
The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang
Rating: 4 stars Genre: Romance Description: When violinist Anna Sun accidentally achieves career success with a viral YouTube video, she...
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Aug 26, 20212 min read
Radha & Jai’s Recipe for Romance by Nisha Sharma
Rating: 4 stars Genre: YA Romance Description: Radha is on the verge of becoming one of the greatest kathak dancers in the world... until...
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Aug 8, 20212 min read
Blackout by Dhonielle Clayton & More
Rating: 5 Stars Genre: Young Adult Romance Description "A summer heatwave blankets New York City in darkness. But as the city is thrown...
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Jun 22, 20212 min read
The Library of the Dead by T.L. Huchu
Teen/Young Adult | Mystery/Fantasy/Magical Realism Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Description: "Ropa dropped out of school to become a...
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Jun 4, 20217 min read
Pride Month Recommendations
Note: You'll notice that many of my recommendations are by/or about Black, transgender, and femme folx. This is because I have made a...
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May 13, 20212 min read
The Bride Test by Helen Hoang
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Synopsis: "Khai Diep has no feelings. Well, he feels irritation when people move his things or contentment when...
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