for lovers of literature and culture
‘Some day this oil will go and there will be no more fat checks every few months from the Great White Father.’ A chief of the Osage said in 1928. ‘There’ll be no fine motor cars and new clothes. Then I know my people will be happier.’ p. 26 Before the nitty gritty of this […]
Suicide isn’t the only way you can lose someone to depression. Übermensch to Darius, p. 286 A four hour read that’s a lot more uplifting than the above quote suggests. I loved this book from its front cover to its end. Darius Kellner speaks better Klingon than Farsi, and he knows more about Hobbit social […]
Set in South Carolina in 1964, The Secret Life of Bees tells the story of Lily Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the afternoon her mother was killed. When Lily’s fierce-hearted black “stand-in mother,” Rosaleen, insults three of the deepest racists in town, Lily decides to spring them both free. […]
I wanted to immerse myself and be preoccupied with nothing Sequoyah, pg. 58 With his single mother in jail, Sequoyah, a fifteen-year-old Cherokee boy, is placed in foster care with the Troutt family, Literally and figuratively scarred by his mother’s years of substance abuse, Sequoyah keeps mostly to himself, living with his emotions pressed deep […]
If Clap When You Land is on backorder at your local bookstore, see if With the Fire on High is available. Honestly, it’s a great book to read regardless of Acevedo’s other accolades. Side note: an easy book to read while miles deep in brain fog. Ever since she got pregnant freshman year, Emoni Santiago’s […]
Even with moving, working, and life-changing, I’m still making time for reading. Hopefully, I’ll figure out how to make some more time for writing and reviewing soon too! This month though I’m excited to get these books on my shelf: The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi What does it mean for a family […]
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