Tomboy Survival Guide by Ivan Coyote Memoir 208 pages Published 2016 This is the second book I read for my personal 24 in 48 challenge, and it was excellent. Ivan is a natural storyteller – each chapter flows seamlessly into the next, even though each is a separate vignette from their life, and they aren’t … Continue reading
Book Review: Saints and Misfits
Saints and Misfits S. K. Ali Young Adult 325 pages Published June 2017 Yet another debut novel that I loved! Saints and Misfits covers a few months in the life of Janna, a Muslim high school student. It opens with her assault by “the monster” as she names him, a well-respected Muslim boy at her … Continue reading
Author Diversity Results
So I went through this blog’s posts and recorded the ethnicity of all the authors I have read. (I included scheduled posts that aren’t live yet.) And the results are both sad and encouraging. Sad in that they HEAVILY skew white, but encouraging in that I can see the point where I began to try … Continue reading
Book Review: Fire and Fury
Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House Michael Wolff Political Documentary/Tell-All 310 pages Published January 2018 It took me a while to get my hands on this one – I was watching the scandal around its release, and laughed my butt off when the publisher scorned Trump’s threats and published it early instead. My … Continue reading
Women’s History Month
March is Women’s History Month! Most of the books I’m reviewing this month are by women, and several of them are about women. My review of Jennifer Chiaverini’s historical fiction about Ada Lovelace will be published towards the end of the month, a book about a Muslim teen dealing with rape culture is coming later this … Continue reading
Book Review: The Clothesline Swing
The Clothesline Swing Ahmad Danny Ramadan Fictional Memoir? 288 pages Published April 2017 I had to force myself to finish this book. It was okay at the beginning – I was hoping it would get better, and it did not. The Clothesline Swing is the the story of two gay Syrian refugees. It’s an interesting … Continue reading