Diverse Energies edited by Tobias S. Buckell and Joe Monti is a superb anthology. This book provides a good sample of various authors which is perfect if you’re looking to read more #ownvoices and are not quite sure where to begin. You can check each story out and then delve into the longer works if a […]
Summer Of The Mariposas by Guadalupe Garcia McCall | Book Review
July 30, 2014
After The Summer Of The Mariposas by Guadalupe Garcia McCall passed my threshold, I looked at it with optimism, but not much motivation. Friends, this book sat on my Kindle and then in my house for YEARS because I can sometimes be a terrible blogger. I decided to make McCall’s contemporary-fantasy retelling a summer priority in order to kill two birds with one stone — read an old book from my TBR pile and thus be able to pass it on and also to remove a Netgalley book from my queue. Also, because The Odyssey is mad awesome.
Under The Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall Book Review
October 6, 2011
Under The Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall is a short verse novel, easily readable in two hours, but lingers long after you close the book.
Review of Alicia, Afterimage by Lulu Delacre
May 18, 2010
Alicia, Afterimage by Lulu Delacre is such a hard book to review because it is based on a true story and on a real person who died. I will be upfront and say I did not like this book. Alicia, Afterimage by Lulu Delacre is a book comprised of recollections of this girl, Alicia who dies in […]
Book Briefs: Review of Bird by Zetta Elliott and Only One Year by Andrea Cheng
May 17, 2010
I have seen the idea of mini-reviews floating around the blogosphere and thought I would try my hand at a few, as I am not sure how much I can say about picture books and chapter books for very young readers. Title: Bird Author: Zetta Elliott Publisher: Lee & Low Books Synopsis: The character, Bird, […]