June 2017 Month in Review
This post is linked up at the Monthly Round-Up Wrap-Up @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction. Is summer here yet? The season has been slow to arrive where I live. But if the weather forecast can be relied on, then I […]
Exploring Biracial Identity in The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond
The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond by Brenda Woods Format/Source: Hardcover/Library Published: January 2014 Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books Length: 240 pages Genre: Contemporary middle grade Rating: ★★★★ GoodReads | Indigo | IndieBound | Wordery Violet is a smart, funny, brown-eyed, brown-haired girl in a […]
The 50 Books I’ve Read So Far in 2017
My mid-year check in is still coming on 5 July, but I decided I also wanted to do this post as a way to: remind myself of all the great books I’ve read this year easily share my reviews thus […]
Family Reads: Borne by Jeff VanderMeer
Born out of a desire to get a family of book lovers to connect more over what they’re reading, Family Reads is an occasional feature where my mom, dad or sister and I read and discuss a book. Why we chose […]
Diversity Spotlight Thursday #2
Read and Enjoyed: Star-Crossed by Barbara Dee Mattie, a star student and passionate reader, is delighted when her English teacher announces the eighth grade will be staging Romeo and Juliet. And she is even more excited when, after a series of […]