Author: Ijeoma Oluo Rating: 4/5 stars Genre(s): Nonfiction, Social Justice, Race Publication date: January 16, 2018 Ijeoma Oluo gets real and honest in “So You Want to Talk About Race,” opening discussions about the political landscape of the United States. She focuses on systemic racism and weaves in her own experiences that show just how…
Author: T.J. Klune Rating: 5/5 stars Genre(s): Fantasy, LGBTQ+ Publication date: September 21, 2021 Wallace is dead. This realization comes as he sits in a pew at his own sparsely attended funeral. Wallace was a bad person; he put profits over people, ruined all his relationships and died alone. Now Mei, a reaper who transports…
Unless you were completely unplugged this summer, you’ve probably heard about The Cuckoo’s Calling, the first installment in a new crime fiction series by “debut” author Robert Galbraith. The Cuckoo’s Calling was published in April 2013, but it wasn’t until August that J.K. Rowling was revealed as the true author, which basically caused the internet…
I try not to judge a book by its cover, but the main reason I picked up this book was for its bright yellow sleeve with a silhouette of a young Nigerian woman entitled Little Bee. After reading the short summary on the inside cover I was immediately intrigued. As a huge fan of stories…