Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor (Format used for this read: Audiobook) I am so glad another friend of mine from Be The Bridge recommended this book to me….she told me MULTIPLE times actually! She shares my enthusiasm of YA fantasy fiction….and also loves to read books from diverse authors. She KNEW I would totally love…
Leave The World Behind by Rumaan Alam (Format used for this book: Print–hardback) YALL… This book blew my friggin MIND. I read this book in two and a half days…which in pre-pandemic time (doesn’t that seem like A HUNDRED MILLION YEARS ago????) would have been absolutely no big feat for me. But these days it…
Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery by Mark Charles & Soong-Chan Rah (Format used for this read: Print–paperback) Before I begin my review, I want to take a moment to honor the host peoples of the land that I currently reside on now. Kiikaapoi (Kickapoo) ππ°ππ°ππ· πΌπππ» ππ»πΏπ· ππ°^ππ°^(Osage) OΔhΓ©thi…
Things In Jars by Jess Kidd (Format used for this read: Print–hardback) I absolutely freaking ADORE Book Of The Month. https://www.bookofthemonth.com/ As much as I love the library and it is one of my MOST FAVE places on the entire EARTH…I also realllllly like to buy new books. Since the library here is *still* closed…
Out Of Sorts: Making Peace of an Evolving Faith by Sarah Bessey (Format used for this read: Audiobook…and a teensy flip thru of the e-book) My friend Sarah (not this author LOL….but that would be SOOOO NEAT if I knew her in real life!!!!) recommended this book to me recently. My friend has been witness…
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo (Format used for this read: Audiobook) I always have *at least* two books I am reading at once. Sometimes when I tell people this, they are like “How do you keep up with what is happening? Do you ever get…