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2018 in Review – the Books
Once again, icy weather and real life are making it hard to find time to look back at my book life. But, here’s a look at the best of the books I read last year – so many happy book … Continue reading
Black Panther: the Young Prince by Ronald L. Smith
This book didn’t end up getting nominated for the Cybils (unless Marvel swoops in to nominate it during the last week of the publisher/author nominating period) but it’s still worth reading about. Black Panther: the Young Prince by Ronald L. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Fantasy, Middle Grade, Print
Tagged African, Chicago, superheroes, youth fantasy
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May + June Challenge Update
#SummerSoLit Bingo Challenge: My friend Akilah at the Englishist is co-hosting a summer reading challenge going from the Summer Solstice through the Fall Equinox. I must admit that real life is being tough right now and I haven’t been out … Continue reading
Posted in Adult, Books, Challenges, Lists, Middle Grade, picture books, Teen/Young Adult
Tagged #SummerSoLit #ReadDiverse2018
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Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
“What to Read after Black Panther” part 3. It’s not quite Afrofuturism because it’s decidedly mythic past without even the alternate technology of Everfair, and it came out after I made my display. It still belongs here. Continue reading
Posted in Books, Fantasy, Print, Reviews, Teen/Young Adult
Tagged #OwnVoices, African, epic fantasy, teen fantasy
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Everfair by Nisi Shawl
It’s summer reading time at the library. I love crowds of kids excited about reading, but it does make it challenging to get anything else done. But waiting patiently in my own review queue, I have a trio of African-based … Continue reading
Posted in Adult, Audiobook, Books, Fantasy, Historical
Tagged #OwnVoices, African, alternate history, audiobooks, historical fantasy, LGBTQ
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2018 Diversity Reading Challenge Update
This year I’m participating in the Diversity Reading Challenge hosted by Pam at an Unconventional Librarian. I’m really enjoying the way it encourages me to diversify my diversity, as it were. I’m leaving the ones I’d read at my last update … Continue reading
2017 in Review: the Books
Finally, I found a some time to go through the books I read in 2017 and pull together my top-rated books. This is everything I read rated 9 and above. The only thing I’ve cut in the interests of your … Continue reading
9 more Cybils titles I loved
I really do love all the books we put on the Cybils Finalists list this year. But is it really surprising that when we’re considering over twelve dozen books I fall in love with more than seven? I know we … Continue reading
Top 10 Tuesday: Top 10 Books I Hope Santa Brings Me
It’s been… about 6 months since I last did a Top 10 Tuesday (hosted by the dedicated folks at the Broke and the Bookish.) Oops. But I ran across Chachic’s, and now I am distracted from all the books I still … Continue reading
Diverse Reading Round-up Fall 2017
It looks like I missed the last couple of my planned diverse reading round-ups – the last one I could find was my March and April Diverse Reading. Here’s what I’ve read since then, with links to reviews if I’ve … Continue reading