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What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker by Damon Young "Wow. While stories like Young's are, unfortunately, by no means new or surprising in the world we live in today, his writings are so powerful and personal, making everything from the microaggressions he experiences, to the blatant racism and violent outbursts of his community into … Continue reading What We’re Reading Wednesday
Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton If you love the movie Stand By Me or any story that deals with young male camaraderie, you'll be entranced by this book. Eli Bell is a naive young boy from an unstable broken home in Brisbane, Australia. He's surrounded by felons, drug dealers, and troublesome kids, yet he still sees … Continue reading What We’re Reading Wednesday
Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon This massive orange book is an action packed fantasy thriller full of engaging female characters and DRAGONS! What more could you really want out of a book? Tensions are high; Queen Sabran has yet to give birth to a daughter, dragons are rising as well as their … Continue reading What We’re Reading Wednesday
Death Prefers Blondes By Caleb Roehrig: Death Prefers Blondes, is a heist novel like you've never seen before. Seventeen year old socialite, Margo Manning and her cohort of highly skilled drag queens are professional cat burglars pulling off heist after heist, and every time the stakes become higher—until it all comes crashing down. This book … Continue reading What We’re Reading Wednesday
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Leguin Le Guin's epic speculative sci-fi novel features a young man who visits an icy alien world to invite the interplanetary community. However, these aliens are unlike any humanoids—they have no sex and will randomly assume one once a month for reproduction, so an individual who has … Continue reading What We’re Reading this Week
The Presidents By Brian Lamb, Susan Swain, & C-Span: Ranking Presidents is one of the great American debates, so great in fact that the science of ranking presidents got its own book in 2012’s Where They Stand, and every few years C-Span polls the nations noted historians to get a new set of rankings. The 2017 … Continue reading What We’re Reading Wednesday
Trickster Makes This World By Lewis Hyde: Trickster is the best. Trickster walks between worlds, between extremes. Trickster is the sacred and profane. Trickster is the only God that matters and Lewis Hyde knows Trickster will—in every culture, from ancient mythologies to modern ones. This book is a must for any who love a good … Continue reading What We’re Reading Wednesday
Emma by Jane Austin It's been about a decade since I've read Emma and being reintroduced to this world has been so refreshing. Reading this classic romance as a grown woman rather than a hormone addled 12 year old gives me a different approach to Emma. I'm now able to see the interesting dynamic that … Continue reading What We’re Reading Wednesday
King of Scars By Leigh Bardugo: "little red bird, every day you choose the work of living." Let's be honest, by now, no one is surprised that Leigh Bardugo writes an incredible novel, but King of Scars was the book I needed to read right now. Conflicts among Ravka, Fjerda, and Shu Han are coming to a … Continue reading What We’re reading Wednesday
Stardust By Neil Gaiman: I read this book as a kid and it has been a favorite ever since—this story is pure magic! It's silly and fun and the perfect little literary escape! —Collyn Unapologetic By Charlene Carruthers: Charlene Carruthers, a black, queer, feminist and national director of BYP100, writes the struggles … Continue reading What We’re Reading Wednesday
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