It Is Wood, It Is Stone is Gabriella Burnham’s debut novel where the female American protagonist, Linda spends a year in Sao Paolo, Brazil. She lives with her husband, Dennis who is a visiting offer of history at the University of Sao Paolo. Apart from the gorgeous cover, the novel, written from Linda’s perspective, is […]
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It’s easy to feel useless in the face of a white supremacist society that was created to bolster your own privilege. Sure, you can read every book on anti-racism. Support the small businesses built by those within marginalized communities. Lift up other voices. Attend rallies. But what good are you if you can only talk
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In case you were unaware, which I hope is not the case, the primary election is coming up. On November 3rd, 2020 the United States will be engaging in a primary election following four years of an eventful presidential term. Voting is one of the most important acts that a person can do in the
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I sat (virtually) down to interview author Layne Fargo about her newest book They Never Learn (out today – Happy Publication Day!) and the very first thing out of my mouth was a chipper and excited “So, I’m not a thriller fan!” …smooth right? But what followed was an amazing conversation about how it’s ok to
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An informal solo series reviewing everything FBC founder Renee reads each month. Listen to this podcast using the player above! Mentioned in this episode: Smash It! by Francina Simone Wandering in Strange Lands: A Daughter of the Great Migration Reclaims Her Roots by Morgan Jerkins (podcast episode here) Running by Natalia Sylvester (podcast episode here)
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Afterlife is Julia Alvarez’s latest novel for adults, after a hiatus of nearly fourteen years. Alvarez was born in New York but she had spent a part of her childhood in the Dominican Republic. I enjoyed her novels, be it the historical novel, In the Time of the Butterflies, a fictionalized account of the Mirabal
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I enjoyed this book filled with the glamorous (and dramatic) world of telenovelas. It was a delight to read, and also very steamy at times. It’s also one of the most diverse romance books I’ve read in 2020, making it a wonderfully refreshing read. Synopsis Leading Ladies do not end up on tabloid covers. After
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I’m pretty sure I bought the book for myself. Sure, it was an all-ages graphic novel, aimed at younger readers. But some of my favorite comics are all-ages comics, and this one allegedly had a witch in it. Count me in! I read the book and enjoyed it well enough. Then I did what I
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An informal solo series reviewing everything FBC founder Renee reads each month. Listen to this podcast using the player above! Mentioned in this episode: Pizza Girl by Jean Kyoung Frazier Genres: Contemporary literary fiction Read if you like: unusual pizza toppings, protagonists with complicated relationships, witnessing people make questionable choices like drinking while pregnant. Also
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Before discussing memoirs that are written in the form of graphic novels, I would like to present a thumbnail definition of graphic novels, which are longer than comic books and are often a story in itself without being serialized (although that is possible). Often published as stand-alone books, graphic novels can be a part
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Always the Last to Know is my first Kristan Higgins book and it is definitely not my last. The book can be classified as contemporary women’s fiction with a huge helping of drama and romance. Focusing on the lives of the Frost family of Stoningham, Connecticut, the novel features interesting characters. Barb and John Frost
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I dove into A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow thinking I would just get a fun, young adult novel about mermaids and Black girl magic, but it was so much more in the best of ways. It’s a magical realism story serving up the beauty of sisterhood and showing that racism and misogyny
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