Mid Year Book Freak Out Tag
So, my friend Tyler did this and I just watched a Jack Edwards video where he did this so I guess I’ll do it because I’ve not posted anything in two minutes (so much...
Category: Blog
Book Judgement
We have all heard we shouldn’t judge a book by it’s cover. Book could have a beautiful cover and suck, or it could have a sucky cover and be awesome. This goes for people...
“Old” White Authors Who aren’t James Patterson or James Patterson can Bite Me
I was at the library’s used bookstore yesterday. James Patterson books took up nearly an entire floor to ceiling bookshelf. At Target there were at least four of his books displayed prominently before any...
The Book Was Better: Fight Club Edition
The first rule of Fight Club is you don’t talk about…screw it. I’m going to talk about Fight Club. I actually talk about it a lot. I wrote two different papers on the book...
Sci-Fi Sunday: Afrofuturism
Definition: Afrofuturism is a cultural aesthetic that combines science-fiction, history and fantasy to explore the African-American experience and aims to connect those from the black diaspora with their forgotten African ancestry. Well, that’s a complicated...
Why We Need Queer Literature
Confession time. I have not always been comfortable with reading LGBTQ+ books. I also was not comfortable with reading romance novels marketed to black people. My thought process was “This wasn’t written for me.”...
22 Books that Define My Reading Taste
This list feels excessive. I was trying to fit something in from each genre/subgenre I read extensively. I say extensively because I will read anything, including cereal boxes. I also picked books that have...
So You Want to Write a Book Review…
It has come to my attention that there are some reviewers out there who don’t know how to write a book review. By that I mean they are slamming books and the author and...
