(Warcross #1)
by Marie Lu
I didn’t know I needed this book in my life till I started it. It’s populated with my personal wish fulfilment characters in a rainbow of representation.
Monthly archives: December 2018
Picture Us in the Light
by Kelly Loy Gilbert
** spoiler alert **
Rabbit: The Autobiography of Ms. Pat
by Patricia Williams, Jeannine Amber
★★★★
The Bluest Eye
by Toni Morrison
★★★
Ayiti
by Roxane Gay
★★★½
1100 Words You Need to Know
by Murray Bromberg, Melvin Gordon
The format of a page a day is superb, not overwhelming. The words are well-chosen, usefully balanced between not too common and not too obscure, but the paragraphs that are supposed to introduce the words in context are so awkward and unnatural.
My Sister, the Serial Killer
by Oyinkan Braithwaite
★★★★½
The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After
by Clemantine Wamariya, Elizabeth Weil
A peripheral impression from this vital autobiography is of Clemantine’s sister Claire not seeing her as a full person in their experiences together, and how most adults don’t treat children with recognition, of having the universal capacity for pain and insecurity and dreams, and as equally … Read more
Practice Makes Perfect: French Conversation
by Eliane Kurbegov
It’s excellent to have grammar, vocabulary, and idiomatic phrases in context. Well-formatted and easy to breeze through.
Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City
by Tanya Talaga
★★★★½