First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if, instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? The Rules: First Lines: “The Day of the Flight I had to […]
Son of Hamas: A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices Since he was a small boy, Mosab Hassan Yousef has had an inside view of the deadly terrorist group Hamas. The oldest son of Sheikh Hassan Yousef, a founding member of Hamas and its […]
Between Dragons and Their Wrath Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an ARC of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review. From Aurealis Award–nominated author Devin Madson comes a new sweeping epic fantasy full of dragons, alchemical magic, and forbidden romance that unfolds as three people […]
This week’s prompt is a relationship freebie, and we’ve talked about so many different kinds of relationships. One of my favorite relationship types is also one of my favorite tropes to see in books—found family. So for this week, I want to build my own found family out […]
The Temple of Fortuna Thank you to Jenny Lu & Union Square & Co. for sending me a copy of this ARC in exchange for an honest review. The gripping final installment in Elodie Harper’s bestselling Wolf Den Trilogy. Amara’s journey has taken her far—from enslavement in Pompeii’s […]
There are so many aspects of today’s topic that we can discuss. Audiobooks happens to be a really broad topic, but I’m pretty sure you all know that I’m talking about the way that gatekeeping is used to say that listening to audiobooks doesn’t count as “real reading.” […]
The Phoenix Keeper Thank you to Orbit, NetGalley, and Angela Man for providing me with a copy of this ARC in exchange for an honest review. Set in a magical zoo teeming with mythical beasts, The Phoenix Keeper is a fierce joy of a cozy fantasy novel with […]
First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if, instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? The Rules: First Lines: “‘Shhh,’ her brother says. She’s giggling. She can’t […]
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man “You cannot fix a problem you do not know you have.” So begins Emmanuel Acho in his essential guide to the truths Americans need to know to address the systemic racism that has recently electrified protests in all fifty states. “There is […]
Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew From two New York Times bestselling authors, a timely, disarmingly honest, and thought-provoking investigation into antisemitism that connects the dots between the tropes and hatred of the past to our current complicated moment. For Emmanuel Acho and Noa Tishby no question about Jews is off-limits. […]
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