Book ReviewMaya Seale goes from juror on a high profile case to defense attorney to being accused of murder. To clear her name, she must get to the bottom of the 2009 case she convinced everyone the defendant was innocent of committing. With multiple POVs that go back and forth between cases, the truth is slowly exposed, but not every question is ultimately answered.
After reading The Silent Patient, I went on a bit of the thriller kick, and then a legal thriller kick. So when I had to choose between The Holdout and The Girl with the Louding Voice for February’s BOTM, I decided to get The Holdout from my local library. (One day I will create a post entirely dedicated to declaring my love for libraries, especially city libraries like they are a god send but back to the point!) After patiently waiting my turn, I finally got my hands on this novel and then devoured it. Like, I typically take the time to take notes about the book after every chapter, and I had to make an agreement of every 7 chapters for this one! I did not want to put it down!
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book REviewHiram is born into slavery; when his mother is sold away, Hi loses all memories of her and discovers this mysterious power that saves him years later from drowning in the river. After his brush with death, he decides to escape and starts on a journey he would have never imagined that led him to help in the underground war effect to bring justice to the south and freedom to families.
I am kicking myself for letting this sit on my TBR for so long! In one of my many book related emails, I had seen a lot of rave about this book coming out. I recognized the name, though I hadn’t read any of Coates other work. So it was my easy choice for October’s Book of the Month (BOTM) selection. They warned that you needed to be in the right mind space for this deep read, which is why I waited until now to try to dive in (haha get it? dive in, water dancer… I want to be puny). I’m glad I did, because this is a beautiful book that deserved my full attention. book ReviewWhite Fragility is a nonfiction novel in which Robin DiAngelo looks into the relationship between race, racism, and white people. The book’s intended audience is white people, and DiAngelo discusses at length what she believes to be one of the root causes of disconnect between people of color and white people when talking about racial issue: white fragility. The book breaks down ideas on preconceived notions of what racism is, and forces readers to look and think about their daily lives and interactions in a different light, to hopefully help our society move forward towards a more truly progressive state.
This novel has been on my TBR for a long time. And to be honest, the reason I didn’t pick it up sooner is because I didn’t want to be that white person. You know, the one that thinks they’re so cool and progressive because they read books about why white people aren’t cool and progressive. I was worried people would judge me as uppity and stuck up because I’m in an interracial relationship and now think I’m so “woke” and I don’t know. But I let this fear keep me from reading this book until I was stuck at home in quarantine. I've decided to post a review of it because I've read a lot of novels that involve race these last few weeks, and everything going on in the world. Book ReviewOak Knoll is the picturesque neighborhood with book clubs, neighbors that check in when you’re sick, and beautiful trees, flowers, and bushes. Valerie had been raising her biracial son here peacefully for ten years when the Whitman family moved with. With the most the families have in common being a property line, when a budding romance starts, they begin to wonder what it means to be a good neighbor when having to weigh everything from race to class.
This was my Book of the Month (BOTM) pick for March, and to be honest, I almost skipped the month. I wasn’t sure I was in the mood for a book featuring interracial relationships, but I knew I wouldn’t get to it right away and that I’d eventually want to read this book. Surprisingly, the interracial relationship aspects ended up being my favorite part of the novel. Book ReviewInfinity Son follows two brothers—Emil and Brighton Reyes—in a fantasy world with celestials (those born with powers) and spectors (those who take powers violently from endangered magical creatures). While they both dreamed of developing powers and becoming part of a Celestial group called the Spell Walkers that tries to save others, when one brother develops powers only a spector should have and the other has to try to take condolence in being around his lifelong idols, it’s far from the dreams they once had.
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Welcome to the blog equivalent of a messy bun! While you could easily find most of this information by checking out the About section, I figured I'd take the time to personally write it out. I really like letters, and find writing blog posts like letters to my invisible friends I don't even know exist (yes, I was the kid that had imaginary friends for too long; in my defense, most of them were book characters). Since ratings are a common thing in book reviews, but they are by no means standardized, I thought I'd include my system for ratings. Important Note: while I don't typically use stars as my rating item during my reviews (I try to pick an item from the novel instead), for the sake of this page, I will be using stars. One Star: These are for books I should have DNF'ed but didn't because i thought there was one or two qualities that would redeem the book but didn't. I won't write many reviews for a one star unless I feel like I need to for a feminist analysis. |
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