June Reading Wrap-Up
Anywayyyyyy, here are the four books I read last month:
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Jul 172 min
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..
Jul 108 min
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.
Jun 213 min
The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine
The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017 by Rashid Khalidi was everything I’d...
Jun 214 min
May Reading Wrap-Up
I finally have some time to share my May reading wrap-up! I got married this June and the planning has been all-consuming for so long...
Jun 213 min
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...
Jun 202 min
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...
Jun 202 min
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...
Jun 202 min
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...
Jun 143 min
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...
Feb 102 min
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...
Jan 11 min
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...
Aug 31, 20231 min
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...
Aug 31, 20235 min
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...
Aug 31, 20231 min
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...
Aug 31, 20231 min
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,...
Aug 31, 20232 min
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...
Aug 29, 20231 min
💖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...
Aug 29, 20232 min
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...
Aug 29, 20232 min
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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