I’m reaching deep into my drafts folder for this one. I was tagged by Leah @ Leah’s Books many many months ago for the OMG! That Song Book Tag and if you’re a regular follower you know books and music is one of my very favorite combinations. This one should be fun! This tag was …
Tag: Jaquira Diaz
June 2020 Monthly Wrap-Up & Book Haul
Hello Readers! How is it that the months are flying by when all I’m doing is staying home?? It’s a weird feeling—wanting this year to be over, but also wanting time to slow down. Anyone else feeling like that?? Looking back at My June TBR, I was happy to see I read all but one—even …
ARC Book Review | Ordinary Girls by Jaquira Díaz
Title: Ordinary GirlsAuthor: Jaquira Díaz Genre: MemoirPublished On: October 29, 2019 (Paperback on June 16, 2020)Publisher: Algonquin BooksSource: ebookPages: 336 Synopsis: One of the Must-Read Books of 2019 According to O: The Oprah Magazine * Time * Bustle * Electric Literature * Publishers Weekly * The Millions * The Week * Good Housekeeping “There is more life packed on each page of Ordinary Girls than …
My June TBR
Hello Readers! I hope you’re safe and well during these distressing times. I’m a few days late with my June TBR (to-be-read), but it gave me more time to shift a few books around. Wanting to contribute whatever positivity I can right now, I decided to add more black authors and/or books with black characters …
May 2020 Monthly Book Haul
Hello Readers! I would like to start by saying that posting a normal monthly book haul post seems strange while my country and the world is hurting. As a person with white privilege, I sometimes feel unequipped to even begin to understand what people of color are going through, have gone through, and will go …