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BOOK REVIEW: Hollywood Park by Mikel Jollett
Hollywood Park by Mikel Jollett (# 45 in 2020) Thank you to @celadonbooks for my finished copy and to @librofm for my advanced...
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BOOK REVIEW: 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff (#60 in 2020) On October 5, 1949, Miss Helene Hanff, New York City resident, responded to an...
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BOOK REVIEW: The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta
The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta (#79 in 2020) 🦩Michael is half Jamaican and half Greek Cypriot. He feels misplaced when it comes to...
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BOOK REVIEW: The Mothers by Brit Bennett
The Mothers by Brit Bennett (#78 in 2020) After her mother's suicide, Nadia buries herself in her social life and winds up in bed with...
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BOOK REVIEW: A Court of Thorns and Roses
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas (#75 in 2020) Feyre kills a wolf... the wolf is actually a faerie in disguise... and...
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BOOK REVIEW: Tin Man by Sarah Winman
Tin Man by Sarah Winman (#73 in 2020) The story begins with the friendship between two young boys, Ellis and Michael, but the...
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BOOK REVIEW: Florence Adler Swims Forever by Rachel Beanland
Florence Adler Swims Forever by Rachel Beanland (#76 in 2020) Thank you to @simonbooks for my gifted copy- new this week! Over...
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BOOK REVIEW: Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds (#74 in 2020) Will's brother gets shot, and Will knows the rule - get revenge. When Will steps onto...
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BOOK REVIEW: The Extraordinaries by TJ Klune
🦸♂️The Extraordinaries by TJ Klune (#71 in 2020) Thank you to @macmillan.audio for sending me an advanced copy of this new book (Pub...
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BOOK REVIEW: Peak by Roland Smith
Peak by Roland Smith (#69 in 2020) Whenever I read something from the YA genre, I have to consider the book from two different...
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BOOK REVIEW: The Deep by Alma Katsu
The Deep by Alma Katsu (#41 in 2020) Thank you to @putnambooks for my finished copy! It's the Titanic... but haunted. This...
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BOOK REVIEW: Stamped (Remix)
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi (#65 in 2020) "Segregationists are haters. Like, real haters....
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BOOK REVIEW: Before Familiar Woods
Before Familiar Woods by Ian Pisarcik (#64 in 2020) Thank you to Crooked Lane Publishing for my advanced copy of this book. There's a...
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BOOK REVIEW: The Knockout Queen
The Knockout Queen by Rufi Thorpe (#63 in 2020) Thank you to Knopf Publishing for my advanced copy of this new book! Bunny and Michael...
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BOOK REVIEW: Saving Ruby King
Saving Ruby King by Catherine Adel West (#59 in 2020) Thank you to Park Row Books for my advanced review copy It all takes place on the...
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BOOK REVIEW: The Stand
The Stand by Stephen King (#55 in 2020) A deadly mysterious illness with flu-like symptoms, suspected of having been created in a lab, is...
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Middle Grade Books on Diversity
Let's not forget about our middle grade readers! When it comes to teaching about diversity, there are many avenues we can take to help...
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BOOK REVIEW: The Girl Who Smiled Beads
Two years ago, I read Clemantine Wamariya's memoir, The Girl Who Smiled Beads. This book was so absorbing, evocative, and poignant that I...
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BOOK REVIEW: This is My America
This is My America by Kim Johnson (#58 in 2020) Thank you to @getunderlined and @kcjohnson for my advanced review copy - PUB DATE:...
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YA Books from Black Voices
“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate,...
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Blonde, bookish, and anonymous, thebookblondie spends her free time reading, writing, and teaching. She sets ambitious reading goals and takes pleasure in surpassing her own expectations. Thebookblondie is a middle school English teacher and seeks to foster a love of reading in all of her students. She grades in purple ink and is known to crack a pun from time to time. It's already known that blondes have more fun, and thebookblondie seek to prove that blondes also have more books.
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