New Books in Bloom
This weekend was pretty productive when it came to reading. I'm working on some Indigenous fantasy as well as a few different longer fantasy books. I also managed to get some studying done and get ahead on reviews. Summary Strange Bedfellows is an engaging comic about the nature of reality and fantasy. The main conflict… Continue reading Exploring Fantasy vs Reality in ‘Strange Bedfellows’
I'm glad to be finishing up July on a high note. I'm feeling a good bit better and getting back to reading productively. I thought I'd do a review today for North of Tomboy by Julie A. Swanson. I'd like to thank NetGalley for providing me with this arc to read. Synopsis Perfect for fans… Continue reading Exploring Gender Identity in ‘North of Tomboy’
I finally got hit by my annual summer reading slowdown. I've been trying to avoid it as much as possible. Trying to read every day from a least a couple of books. However, it came and got me anyway. To be fair, it wasn't entirely my fault. I had lots to do this month. So… Continue reading Books I Managed To Read Despite Setbacks
What is the most interesting fantasy you’ve read recently? I’ve read many good ones, but one of my favorites so far this year has been Rebecca Roanhorse’s Black Sun. The book is the first in the Between Earth and Sky trilogy. It is also the first Indigenous fantasy that I've read. I love the way… Continue reading Rebecca Roanhorse’s Black Sun
I know I'm getting this month in review up late. But July has been super busy for me and continues to be so. Thankfully in the next week or so it should slow down a bit. Did you guys have a productive June when it came to reading?I read about my average of twelve to… Continue reading Monthly Review: June’s Best Reads and Future Goals
I hope everyone had a good Pride Month. I didn't get as much reading done as I would have liked due to school. But I finished at least a couple LGBTQ books and will be reviewing them in the next week or so. One of the books I read was particularly interesting. It was My… Continue reading Exploring Gender Reassignment: My Journey to Her Review
How is everyone going are your weeks going well? Mine is pretty calm. There has however been an uptick in school work. So I'm trying to get a handle on that. But the class seems to be going pretty well overall and I only have about two months left. I've started reading for Pride. I… Continue reading Understanding Gender and Race in Hijabi Butch Blues
Happy Monday. I hope my readers had a good weekend. and that everyone else is getting to relax as well. June here and we are coming up on one of my favorite reading months. June is LGBTQ Pride month as most people know. But even though some would count reading LGBTQ books as diverse enough.… Continue reading Diverse LGBTQ Reads to Celebrate Pride
How is everyone's week going. I managed to get ahead this weekend so everything is going pretty good. I'm just finishing up my reivews for the books I got behind on from Netgalley. I mostly read comics for them and especially enjoyed this one. It Rhymes with Takei by George Takei is an important story… Continue reading It Rhymes with Takei: A Powerful Autobiography
Hello everyone and happy Wednesday, how is your week going? I can't believe it is almost May. April was a very busy month as I expected it to be. I went back to school for my second class in my medical coding certificate. So far it is pretty easy but I'm expecting it to get… Continue reading April Reading Adventures: A Recap
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