This week's New Title Tuesday pick is Octavia E. Butler’s Kindred a Graphic Novel Adaptation by Damian Duffy and John Jennings. I have not read the original novel - partly because I tend to swipe left to books with a time-travel-science-fiction element. But this book is as compelling and as suspenseful as other books I've enjoyed. … Continue reading Octavia E. Butler’s Kindred a Graphic Novel Adaptation – New Title Tuesday
It took luck to get my hands on a Library copy of The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish because it is very much in demand. This week's New Title Tuesday selection is not only a story of a survivor of emotional and physical abuse, but a testament to the philosophy that a person can survive … Continue reading The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish – New Title Tuesday
This week’s New Title Tuesday recommendation, Another Brooklyn, comes from a familiar author, Jacqueline Woodson. She is a highly lauded writer of books targeted for children, middle schoolers, and young adults. But Another Brooklyn is a mature story of grief, dreaming, growing, and the dangers young people face on the way to adulthood. Publisher’s Summary: … Continue reading Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson, A Reader’s Advisory
My New Title Tuesday recommendation You Can’t Touch My Hair and Other Things I Still Have to Explain, by Phoebe Robinson is, “A hilarious and timely essay collection about race, gender, and pop culture from upcoming comedy superstar and 2 Dope Queens pod-caster Phoebe Robinson.” We have come face-to-face with the racial, gender, and class divisions in our … Continue reading You Can’t Touch My Hair by Phoebe Robinson, A Reader’s Advisory
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