As a feminist and a women’s studies major, I’ve read stories about adults who are transgender and who struggled who reach a point in their lives where they are truly happy with themselves. In fact, I have a very close friend from graduate school who is transgender, and who is still leaning to accept himself […]
The Boy In The Black Suit by Jason Reynolds | Book Review
August 28, 2015
The Boy In  The Black Suit is the second book I’ve read that has been authored by Jason Reynolds. Each time, each book of his I read, I am blown away by his solid, quiet writing and portrayal of life. Make no mistake, I think that Reynolds is going to be an author that you […]
Sherlock Holmes in A Study In Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle illustrated by Gris Grimly | Book Review
August 27, 2015
Why Did I Read This Book? You know how you kind of open a book and glance at it for a cursory second and then make assumptions about it based on one second? I did that with Sherlock Holmes in A Study In Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle illustrated by Gris Grimly. I took a […]
Liars, Inc. by Paula Stokes | Book Review
August 19, 2015
Writers who are versatile with their writing are kind of my favorite. Thus, it stands to measure that Paula Stokes is among my favorite authors. She’s gone from historical fantasy under a pen name to contemporary with finesse. The next undertaking by Paula Stokes that I’ve read is Liars, Inc. another book in a different genre. Liars, […]
The Orphan Queen by Jodi Meadows | Book Review
August 17, 2015
The story of my reading life is WHY DID I NOT READ THE BOOK I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT SOONER? And you know what? I am kind of okay with that because it means that there is always another good book just around the corner for me. Like, for instance, The Orphan Queen by Jodi Meadows. […]
Love May Fail by Matthew Quick | Book Review
August 6, 2015
I am the sort of person who rations books by authors I love — but then occasionally ends up binging. A few years ago, I read one of Matthew Quick’s book and it was instalove for me. Yes, that instalove that we all love to criticize and be all well that never happens. Yo, it […]