Maybe it's because my mom is a history teacher, so I grew up immersed in classroom, soaking up all of the American history that I could. Whatever the reason, my favorite genre of books, and the genre I keep coming back to when I'm in a slump, is historical fiction.
Only two books this year have earned five star reviews from me, and I don't think it's a coincidence that both have been from African American authors, and both have been tackling hard issue of being black in a white America.
I love rereading books! I often find that when I revisit a book after a few years, I find new things to connect to and new details I missed out on the first go round. This is a list of ten books that I love rereadng and will definitely reread in the future!
The Hate U Give is a poignant story about a African American teen faced with an impossible situation and a difficult decision. Throughout her trauma, she must figure out who she is and what she wants her identity to be. This is The Hate U Give book review.
I'm cheating a little bit, because Top Ten Tuesday used this topic ages ago. But I already wrote about this week's Top Ten Tuesday topic (My 2018 Reading Goals) and I haven't written about books that I really, truly love in a while, so here we are!
Hardest. Top Ten Tuesday. Ever.
Beautiful words, intriguing plot twists, and characters that scream with personality... this novel has everything a great YA book needs!
So I definitely had to go through Goodreads to figure out which novels I've read this year... Even if I slacked off on the blog, Goodreads kept track for me. At the beginning of the year, I set a goal to read 36 books by the end of the year. I figured, I'm in grad … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Books I Read in 2014
Summer school has ended, and so has my graduate assistantship. That means, after a week-long vacation to Colorado, I am currently unemployed and without classes for the next two weeks.Of course, I've already read THREE novels. (In 2 weeks. Success.)I must say, I had really forgotten what it was like to lose myself in a … Continue reading Three Reviews for the Price of One.
“Having a friend made everything else suck less.” ― Laurie Halse Anderson, The Impossible Knife of Memory
