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#FBCReadathon is back!

By Renee Powers • April 21, 2022

Check back throughout the weekend to see the prompts and the winners! Day 1: Friday, April 22 Surprise Launch Giveaway!Instagram winners: @paulakhance and @booksandcoffeerequiredTwitter winners: @lyea86 and @utilitybelts Prompt: Introduce yourselfInstagram winners: @bookstacam and @poses_and_prose_and_pupsTwitter winners: @drmloveslit and @lagliplit Prompt: Are you setting any goals or challenges for the weekend?Instagram winners: @rubyhooplaburlesq and @thelostbookworms Prompt: […]

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The Sharp Edge of Mercy

By Natalia Santana • April 21, 2022

Well hello everyone, long time no write! I’m here today to share an interview I did with author Connie Hertzberg Mayo about her latest novel The Sharp Edge of Mercy coming out May 6, 2022. I received the book as part of a sponsorship but I think we all know by now that all opinions

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Life on the Rocks: An Interview with Juli Berwald

By Rah Hernandez • April 21, 2022

In this episode Mariquita talks with Juli Berwald about the future of coral reefs, a new inventive way of helping to ease climate change, and why it is important to talk about the lack of diversity in academia. Books mentioned: Spineless by Juli Berwald Life on the Rocks: Building a Future for Coral Reefs by

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Take Me Away: Novels in different locations

By Ashley Paul • April 20, 2022

Novels set outside of New York City, Los Angeles, Paris, and London are rare. A point of reading is to be traversed to new places; get into cities you may never visit yet feel you have been because of the writer’s sumptuous descriptions. With the FBC Readathon starting in just a few days, here are some

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12 Books That Are Pure Joy—Because We Could All Use Some

By Steph Auteri • April 19, 2022

As I write this, the #FBCReadathon is coming in hot (April 22-24!) and I’m starting to think of ways in which I might get rid of my family for the long weekend. As a work-at-home mom whose husband and child are always up her butt, it’s tough to find quiet reading time. This is a

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Labyrinth of Lineage and Education with Kimberley Baker Guillemet

By Rah Hernandez • April 19, 2022

In this episode Ashley interviews Kimberley Baker Guillemet about her memoir, Black Prep: Life Lessons of a Perpetual Outsider. In the interview, Ashley and Kimberley discuss family lineage, writing about childhood, being a Black girl receiving an outstanding education, and Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination. Books mentioned: Black Prep: Life Lessons of a

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Graphic Novels to Mix up your Readathon

By Nina Avila-Garcia • April 18, 2022

Picture it: you’re deep into the FBC readathon, you’ve been reading for hours and you need a break, but are still in the mood to keep going. Enter the graphic novel. Easy to digest, usually quick-paced, and aesthetically pleasing, graphic novels and comics are a great way to visually break up all the reading that

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Book Review: Open by Rachel Krantz

By Lillie Gardner • April 15, 2022

CW: Abuse Rachel Krantz’s memoir Open could not be any more of just that. Subtitled “An Uncensored Memoir of Love, Liberation, and Non-Monogamy,” Open is filled with vulnerable moments across the emotional and physical spectrums as Rachel Krantz details her beginning explorations of non-monogamy and polyamory. Along the way, she comes into her queerness, interrogates the patriarchy, and meets

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Feminist Sci-Fi to Add to Your Shelf

By Nina Avila-Garcia • April 14, 2022

Science fiction is a genre of speculative fiction that contains elements that do not exist in our world. While the earliest origins of science fiction are contested, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is widely recognized as the first in the sci-fi genre. Much like fantasy literature, sci-fi credits white men with being its best and well-known writers.

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We hate Audible, but we definitely love the Readathon

By Rah Hernandez • April 14, 2022

A fun look at audio books + Readathon FAQ answered Do you enjoy audio books? Perhaps you just enjoy reading with a community? In this two segment episode you can clearly see that we’re not here for audible and how much we love the Readathon. Up first, Mariquita talks about the different available audiobook platforms

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Stirring the System: Inclusivity in Hollywood

By Ashley Paul • April 13, 2022

When April Reign tweeted her side-eye disdain about all the white actors nominated at the 2015 Oscars, it sent a seismic shift in Hollywood and many archaic to commit to diversity and its power through storytelling. For some organizations, the shift has hardly moved. As many award shows have been postponed this year, the Golden

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Persian New Year: History & Traditions

By Yasi Agah • April 12, 2022

As January 1st comes and goes, it’s easy to feel like all of the resolutions that held high hopes have slowly dwindled away. It’s the dead of winter and a fresh start is just what people need. January is full of motivation, February starts to slow down and by March, well, everyone is over it.

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#FBCReadathon is back!

The Sharp Edge of Mercy

Our contributors:

Take Me Away: Novels in different locations

12 Books That Are Pure Joy—Because We Could All Use Some

Labyrinth of Lineage and Education with Kimberley Baker Guillemet

Graphic Novels to Mix up your Readathon

Book Review: Open by Rachel Krantz

Feminist Sci-Fi to Add to Your Shelf

We hate Audible, but we definitely love the Readathon

Stirring the System: Inclusivity in Hollywood

Persian New Year: History & Traditions

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