But alas, #HotReadsSummer has begun! The sweet iced tea (my summer sub in for hot cocoa) can be served and the beach chair set out for catching Vitamin D and taking in knowledge at the same time. While I do not enjoy battling tiger mosquitos, there is just something refreshing about sitting outside and reading […]
I wish I had this book when I was younger and asking some of the questions that were covered in Dr. Anton Treuer’s Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask. I grew up in Michigan and I first began learning about Indigenous culture in elementary school from an Ojibway educator […]
When it comes to history and women, I will absolutely take a seat at the table and listen to the story. Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts is a graphic novel that is also a memoir. It is the story of historian Dr. Rebecca Hall’s personal journey as she researched women-led slave revolts. […]
I am super excited for the release of Blackout by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk and Nicola Yoon. This book of stories centers Black teenage love and I am here for it! I remember when Nic Stone shared that this collaboration was going to happen at the 2020 NCTE […]
This one got me… on multiple levels. Look, I walked into this book ready for a romance. I walked away from this book with a new philosophy on life. No, I am not being dramatic. Nicola Yoon literally had me looking at life differently after I finished the book. I had to pause and sit for […]
This will be my second month in a row of planning out my reading list. The month of May went pretty well, so I am looking forward to what June has in store. Currently, I am balancing reading and networking on social media for this blog. It’s funny because I love reading, but I also […]
I saw Hood Feminism: Notes From the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall pop up on Bookstagram a lot in March. It would not have been in my normal TBR list, but I am glad that I stretched and read it. It was well worth the time. Because, I’m going to be straight, […]
This May Reading Wrap-up was an interesting one. I got a little wild-cardy and instead of finishing everything I had on my original TBR list I subbed in a few that caught my attention via audiobook. Did I Achieve My May Reading Plan? In my post at the beginning of the month, Making A Reading […]