Monster: A Graphic Novel by Walter Dean Myers, adapted by Guy A. Sims and illustrated by Dawud Anyabwile is a book that I decided to read in the beginning of 2016 because it is an adaptation of Myers’s book by the same title, and because I am someone who cannot get enough of graphic novels. Further, with listening to Serial, watching Making Murderer and reading All American Boys, I cannot get enough of media that explores the American justice system, flaws and all.
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely | Book Review
January 25, 2016
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely is a superb collaboration between two powerful young adult writers who are able to encapsulate sharp, incisive insight into contemporary issues with their solo books. This book melds that characteristic writing and takes it up to a new level, making the story even more hard hitting […]
Light Of Day by Allison Van Diepen | Book Review
January 13, 2016
Light Of Day by Allison Van Diepen is one of those books that I began almost immediately after finishing a previous book by the same author -Â On The Edge. I had no clue what to read next, however, because I had a book in a similar style on hand, I went with it. Do you […]
Bombay Blues by Tanuja Desai Hidier | DNF Book Review
November 26, 2015
Why’d I Pick Bombay Blues by Tanuja Desai Hidier To Read? Bombay Blues by Tanuja Desai Hidier is a book I read based on nostalgia. How many of you are nostalgic about books you read in high school for fun? (I won’t lie, I also get nostalgic about assigned reading!) One book I read in high school […]
A Thousand Nights by EK Johnston | Book Review
October 21, 2015
Is it just me or is this the year of the A Thousand And One Nights retellings? Either way, this is an abundance of non-white richness and I am a huge fan of that. EK Johnston’s A Thousand Nights is right on point with this young adult trend. While it might lack the richness of The Wrath And The […]
Juba!: A Novel by Walter Dean Myers | Book Review
October 2, 2015
The thing about Walter Dean Myers’s books is that there is something for everybody. Walter Dean Myers was a prolific writer with books about young adults of color that span a wide variety of genre and situations. Juba!: A Novel is the last book that Myers wrote and for the most part it is a book […]