Today is my stop on the A Mighty Long Way book tour hosted by TBR and Beyond Tours. Check out my review below. Review: What I’ve learned in the past few years as I read more memoirs written by Black authors, is that there is a lot of history packed into people’s individual stories. You […]
If you follow my blog, then you know I am quick to read a book featuring #BlackGirlMagic or Diverse Magic worlds. I’ve noticed a little trend that I’m loving in middle grades where Black girls and girls of color are taking center stage in a space that previously excluded them. A generation of writers that […]
The Door of No Return by Kwame Alexander is the kind of historical novel that those of us who are adults now deserved when we were in school. This book embraces and emphasizes the narrative that the history of Black people in the diaspora did not begin in the countries where they were enslaved. Our […]
They say you never forget how to ride a bike…but is that really true? Beautiful Words and Flow For some stories that I read, an automatic calm-voiced narrator pops into my head. Neverforgotten by Alejandra Algorta is one of those stories. The words feel like the illustrations. As you read, you feel like you are […]
Blog Tour and Giveaway I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the BLACK PANTHER THE YOUNG PRINCE: SPELLBOUND by Ronald L. Smith Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Make sure to enter the giveaway! Review: Black Panther: Spellbound was a great adventure story about three friends battling evil. If you are into the […]
Storytelling, Mexican Folklore and Futurism I don’t really know how to start this review other than to state that The Last Cuentista is absolutely awesome and beautiful. If you read Ray Bradbury’s “All Summer in a Day” and other short stories in school, then you will immediately recognize that this middle grade book is a […]