Diversity Reading Challenge: Check Up
Diversity Reading Challenge Check Up It’s check up time! How has the Diversity Challenge been treating you? I’ve seen some…
What’s on My Radar: The Sweetest Heist in History (Randi Rhodes, Ninja Detective) by Octavia Spencer
A year or so ago I got to meet Octavia Spencer as she debuted her new middle-grade novel: Randi Rhodes,…
Taking the Mystery out of Black History Month: All The Right Stuff by Walter Dean Myers
There’s a reason the late great Walter Dean Myers was named the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature: he gets…
Taking the Mystery out of Black History Month: Freedom Summer
Don’t know what to read during Black History Month? Why not try The Freedom Summer Murders A non fiction read…
Kinda Like Brothers by Coe Booth a ListenUp Audio Review #DiversityReadingChallenge
It’s no secret by now that I LOVE Audible.com! They’ve made the past 6 months of my life immensely more…
What’s In My Ear? Kinda Like Brothers by Coe Booth
Thanks to the generosity of Audible.com (LOVE) I’m enjoying Kinda Like Brothers by Coe Booth. Stay tuned in a day…
An Unconventional Librarian’s 2015 #DiversityReadingChallenge
IT’S TIME FOR DIVERSITY! I’ve been wanting to start my own reading challenge and I’ve finally done it! Let’s ring…
Banned Books Week Giveaway Hop
Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom To Read All this week I’ll be celebrating banned books week by highlighting challenged…
Good Writers Live in Our Hearts Forever: Maya Angelou and Walter Dean Myers
It’s true: while we want our fave writers to live forever, it’s just not possible. I mean, realistically, what would…