#Brandy Colbert

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#Jackson #the boy from mish #Gary Lonesborough #Suzette #Little and Lion #Brandy Colbert #Chester Sibley #Holly and Oak #familiar spirits #r cooper #Wylan Van Eck #six of crows #grishaverse #leigh bargudo #polls #lgbt books

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New Young Adult Releases! (October 3rd, 2023)

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Have I missed any new Young Adult releases? Have you added any of these books to your TBR? Let me know!

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New Standalones/First in a Series:

The Voice Upstairs by Laura E. Weymouth

Kween by Vichet Chum

Up in Flames by Hailey Alcaraz

Beholder by Ryan La Sala

Love in Wonderland by Abiola Bello

And Don't Look Back by Rebecca Barrow

The Homecoming War by Addie Woolridge

The Scarlet Alchemist by Kylie Lee Baker

Curious Tides by Pascale Lacelle

Plan A by Deb Caletti

The Forest Demands Its Due by Kosoko Jackson

When Ghosts Call Us Home by Katya de Becerra

Eight Dates and Nights by Betsy Aldredge

The Blackwoods by Brandy Colbert

A Twisted Tale Anthology by Various

The Spells We Cast by Jason June

How to Get Over the End of the World by Hal Schrieve

Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy by Faith Erin Hicks

Night of the Witch by Sara Raasch & Beth Revis

Before the Devil Knows You're Here by Autumn Krause

All the Things We Never Said by Yasmin Rahman

Salt the Water by Candice Iloh

The Lotus Flower Champion by Pintip Dunn & Love Dunn

The Glass Scientists: Volume 1 by S.H. Cotugno & Sabrina Cotugno

New Sequels:

Silence & Shadows (Blood & Moonline #2) by Erin Beaty

Prince of Thorns & Nightmares (Princes #2) by Linsey Miller

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Happy reading!

#Laura E. Weymouth #Vichet Chum #Hailey Alcaraz #Ryan La Sala #Abiola Bello #Rebecca Barrow #Addie Woolridge #Kylie Lee Baker #Pascale Lacelle #Deb Caletti #Kosoko Jackson #Katya de Becerra #Betsy Aldredge #Brandy Colbert #Jason June #Hal Schrieve #Faith Erin Hicks #Sara Raasch #Beth Revis #Autumn Krause #Yasmine Rahman #Candice Iloh #Pintip Dunn #Love Dunn #S.H. Cotugno #Sabrina Cotugno #Erin Beaty #Linsey Miller #new releases #new books

[the-final-sentence]

Nudge him in the side as I say, 'Hand me those matches.'

Brandy Colbert, from "Oreo"

#brandy colbert #oreo

[flaviathebibliophile]

The Blackwoods by Brandy Colbert (ARC Review)

Title: The Blackwoods Author: Brandy Colbert Type: Fiction Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Historical Publisher:Balzer + Bray Date published: October 3, 2023 A complimentary physical copy of this book was kindly provided by Harper Collins Canada in exchange for an honest review. Paid ad. Ad. Sponsored. The Blackwoods. Everyone knows their name. Blossom Blackwood burst onto the silver screen in…

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#2023 book #2023 books #2023 release #2023 releases #Balzer + Bray #book #book blog #book blogger #book review #book review blog #book reviews #books #Brandy Colbert #contemporary #contemporary YA #frenzy books #harper collins canada #historical #historical YA #the blackwoods #young adult contemporary

[lifeofafemalebibliophile]

Book Review: "The Only Black Girls in Town" by Brandy Colbert

“The Only Black Girls in Town” by Brandy Colbert (2020) Genre: Middle Grade, Contemporary, Fiction Page Length: 368 pages (hardcover edition) Synopsis: Beach-loving surfer Alberta has been the only black girl in town for years. Alberta’s best friend, Laramie, is the closest thing she has to a sister, but there are some things even Laramie can’t understand. When the bed and breakfast across…

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#book blog #book review #books #Brandy Colbert #contemporary #Fiction #Middle Grade #The Only Black Girls in Town

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Poppy Magda's illustrated cover for Brandy Colbert's The Blackwoods.

#poppy magda #the blackwoods #brandy colbert #book covers #american literature

[amaramiyu]

[Review] Pointe

Author: Brandy Colbert

Synopsis: Theo is better now.

She’s eating again, dating guys who are almost appropriate, and well on her way to becoming an elite ballet dancer. But when her oldest friend, Donovan, returns home after spending four long years with his kidnapper, Theo starts reliving memories about his abduction—and his abductor. Donovan isn’t talking about what happened, and even though Theo knows she didn’t do anything wrong, telling the truth would put everything she’s been living for at risk. But keeping quiet might be worse.

Spoilers Ahead!

Trigger Warnings: Eating disorders, mental health and sexual abuse.

First of all I must express that this is a great debut novel it’s a real page-turner. The combined elements of ballet, suspense, mystery, and the contemporary setting tied together beautifully in Pointe.

Our main heroine 17 year old Theodora “Theo” Cartwright throughout the novel is on a journey of self-discovery and has to come to terms with not only what happened to her friend Donovan, but also that she was essentially raped/sexually abused by her boyfriend who is a child predator/pedophile when she was only 13 years old and he was 26 years old (he told Theo that he was 18) at the time. Theo experiences so much pain and heartbreak and I felt her pain and suffering as a reader. She’s a talented ballet dancer and one of her class’s star students. I’m glad Theo had such supportive parents throughout the whole ordeal as well.

Hosea Roth is Theo’s main love interest a senior high school student who attends the same school as her and is the school’s local drug dealer. He moved to Chicago from Nebraska. He has musical talent and is Theo’s ballet class’s new piano accompanist. Hosea and Theo come to like each other and emotionally connect with one another. They also happen to bring out the best in each other in a way. They eventually start making out and sort of begin dating each other in secret behind Hosea’s girlfriend’s back. Ellie is Hosea’s public girlfriend and Theo is his private girlfriend. Unfortunately, Hosea kept making up excuses for why he couldn’t break up with Ellie, and eventually all of this sneaking around comes to a head. 

The author did a fantastic job of easing the reader into the story and sprinkling in key pieces of information as the story went along. 

Recommendation: I highly recommend Pointe it’s a great realistic fiction contemporary YA novel that touches upon many important subject matters. Also, I can see this being adapted into a limited TV series or a film. 

#pointe #brandy colbert #ballet #book review #young adult

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#the seven husbands of evelyn hugo #taylor jenkins reid #little and lion #brandy colbert #books #lgbt books #polls

[fiction-quotes]

The day is winter-wet. The kind of damp that hangs in the air from morning to night, when old snow melts into slush under the sun and cools into ice after dark.

  —  Pointe (Brandy Colbert)

#book quotes #ya fiction #brandy colbert #pointe (brandy colbert) #winter #weather #damp #cold #snow #slush #ice #description

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Review: Up All Night edited by Laura Silverman

Review: Up All Night edited by Laura Silverman

Up All Night: 13 Stories Between Sunset and SunriseEdited by Laura SilvermanAlgonquin Young ReadersPublished July 13, 2021 Amazon | Bookshop | Goodreads About Up All Night When everyone else goes to bed, the ones who stay up feel like they’re the only people in the world. As the hours tick by deeper into the night, the familiar drops away and the unfamiliar beckons. Adults are asleep, and a…

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#Amanda Joy #Anna Meriano #Brandy Colbert #Children&039;s Literature #collection #Francesca Zappia #friendship #Julian Winters #Karen McManus #Kathleen Glasgow #Kayla Whaley #Laura Silverman #Marieke Nijkamp #Maurene Goo #Nina LaCour #Romance #Tiffany D. Jackson #Up All Night

[first--lines]

I wish I could say the day Donovan came home was extraordinary from the start, that I woke up knowing something special would happen that Thursday evening in October.

  —  Pointe (Brandy Colbert)

#book quotes #ya fiction #brandy colbert #pointe #csa tw

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🖤 Black History Month ❤️

💛 Queer Books by Black Authors 💚

[ List Under the Cut ]

🖤 Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender ❤️ Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta 💛 Warrior of the Wind by Suyi Davies Okungbowa 💚 I'm a Wild Seed by Sharon Lee De La Cruz 🖤 Real Life by Brandon Taylor ❤️ Ruthless Pamela Jean by Carol Denise Mitchell 💛 The Unbroken by C.L. Clark 💚 Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova 🖤 Skin Deep Magic by Craig Laurance Gidney ❤️ The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi 💛 That Could Be Enough by Alyssa Cole 💚Work for It by Talia Hibbert

🖤 All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson ❤️ The Deep by Rivers Solomon 💛 How to Be Remy Cameron by Julian Winters 💚 Running With Lions by Julian Winters 🖤 Right Where I Left You by Julian Winters ❤️ This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story by Kacen Callender 💛 The Weight of the Stars by K. Ancrum 💚 This Is What It Feels Like by Rebecca Barrow 🖤 Son of the Storm by Suyi Davies Okungbowa ❤️ Black Boy Joy by Kwame Mbalia 💛 Legendborn by Tracy Deonn 💚 The Wicker King by K. Ancrum

🖤 Pet by Akwaeke Emezi ❤️ You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson 💛 Once Ghosted, Twice Shy by Alyssa Cole 💚 Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron 🖤 Let's Talk About Love by Claire Kann ❤️ A Spectral Hue by Craig Laurance Gidney 💛 Power & Magic by Joamette Gil 💚 The Black Veins by Ashia Monet 🖤 Treasure by Rebekah Weatherspoon ❤️ The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow 💛 Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James 💚 Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett

🖤 The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta ❤️ Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee 💛 A Phoenix First Must Burn (edited) by Patrice Caldwell 💚 Rise to the Sun by Leah Johnson 🖤 Things We Couldn't Say by Jay Coles ❤️ Black Boy Out of Time by Hari Ziyad 💛 Darling by K. Ancrum 💚 The Secrets of Eden by Brandon Goode 🖤 Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé ❤️ Off the Record by Camryn Garrett 💛 Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers 💚 Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

🖤 How to Dispatch a Human by Stephanie Andrea Allen ❤️ Black Girl, Call Home by Jasmine Mans 💛 The Essential June Jordan (edited) by Jan Heller Levi and Christoph Keller 💚 A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark 🖤 A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney ❤️ Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo 💛 Dread Nation by Justina Ireland 💚 Punch Me Up to the Gods by Brian Broome 🖤 Masquerade by Anne Shade ❤️ One of the Good Ones by Maika Moulite & Maritza Moulite 💛 Soulstar by C.L. Polk 💚 100 Boyfriends by Brontez Purnell

🖤 Hurricane Child by Kacen Callender ❤️ Quietly Hostile by Samantha Irby 💛 Coffee Will Make You Black by April Sinclair 💚 The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi 🖤 If It Makes You Happy by Claire Kann ❤️ Sweethand by N.G. Peltier 💛 This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron 💚 Better Off Red by Rebekah Weatherspoon 🖤 Friday I’m in Love by Camryn Garrett ❤️ Rainbow Milk by Paul Mendez 💛 Memorial by Bryan Washington 💚 Patsy by Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn

🖤 Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon ❤️ How to Find a Princess by Alyssa Cole 💛 Yesterday is History by Kosoko Jackosn 💚 Mouths of Rain (edited) by Briona Simone Jones 🖤 Dead Dead Girls by Nekesa Afia ❤️ Love's Divine by Ava Freeman 💛 The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr 💚 Odd One Out by Nic Stone 🖤 Symbiosis by Nicky Drayden ❤️ Thanks a Lot, Universe by Chad Lucas 💛 The Passing Playbook by Isaac Fitzsimons 💚 Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin

🖤 Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert ❤️ My Government Means to Kill Me by Rasheed Newson 💛 Pleasure and Spice by Fiona Zedde 💚 No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell Turnbull 🖤 The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus ❤️ Filthy Animals by Brandon Taylor 💛 The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin 💚 Peaces by Helen Oyeyem 🖤 The Beauty That Remains by Ashley Woodfolk ❤️ Every Body Looking by Candice Iloh 💛 Bingo Love by Tee Franklin, Jenn St-Onge, Joy San 💚 The Heart Does Not Bend by Makeda Silvera

🖤 King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender ❤️ By Any Means Necessary by Candice Montgomery 💛 Busy Ain't the Half of It by Frederick Smith & Chaz Lamar Cruz 💚 Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo 🖤 Sin Against the Race by Gar McVey-Russell ❤️ Trumpet by Jackie Kay 💛 Remembrance by Rita Woods 💚 Daughters of Nri by Reni K. Amayo 🖤 You Know Me Well by Nina LaCour ❤️ The Summer of Everything by Julian Winters 💛 Butter Honey Pig Bread by Francesca Ekwuyasi 💚 Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyem

#black history month #queer romance #queer books #queer community #queer #book list #book blog #booklr #bookstagram #book lovers #book reader #book reading #books to read #reading #batty about books #battyaboutbooks

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There are four books coming out tomorrow, plus one we missed earlier this month. Which of these have caught your eye?

Flower and Thorn by Rati Mehrotra Wednesday Books

One girl. One boy. A promise broken. A magic stolen. Irinya has wanted to be a flower hunter ever since her mother disappeared into the mysterious mist of the Rann salt flats one night. Now seventeen, Irinya uses her knowledge of magical flowers to help her caravan survive in the harsh desert. When her handsome hunting partner and childhood friend finds a priceless silver spider lily--said to be able to tear down kingdoms and defeat an entire army--Irinya knows this is their chance for a better life. Until Irinya is tricked by an attractive imposter. Irinya's fight to recover the priceless flower and to fix what she's done takes her on a dangerous journey, one she's not sure she'll survive. She has no choice but to endure it if she hopes to return home and mend the broken heart of the boy she's left behind.

If You'll Have Me by Eunnie Viking

Momo Gardner is the kind of friend who’s always ready to lend a helping hand. She’s introverted, sensitive, and maybe a little too trusting, but she likes to believe the best in people. PG, on the other hand, is a bit of a lone wolf, despite her reputation for being a flirt and a player. Underneath all that cool mystery, she’s actually quick to smile, and when she falls for someone, she falls hard. An unexpected meet-cute brings the two together, kicking off the beginning of an awkward yet endearing courtship—but with their drastically different personalities, Momo’s overprotective friend, and PG’s past coming back to haunt her, Momo and PG’s romance is put to the test.

A Bright Heart by Kate Chenli Union Square & Co.

What if you could avenge your own murder? A brilliant young woman gets a second chance at life in this debut YA tale of vengeance, court intrigue, and romance, inspired by classic Chinese tropes. Mingshin outsmarted three princes to help the man she loved become king. But she doesn’t see Ren’s betrayal coming, not until she’s lying in a pool of her own blood on the palace steps. As she’s dying, Mingshin makes a desperate plea to the gods to turn back time and give her a chance to make things right. Mingshin wakes up two years earlier, her prayer granted, and swears two things: Ren will never become king, and she will never fall in love again. But the timeline in this life has changed: a dignitary gifted with dark magic is threatening her kingdom’s peace, and Ren’s thirst for power runs deeper than Mingshin could have imagined. She finds herself allying with Jieh, another contender for the throne. Mingshin knows better than anyone not to give her heart to a prince. But in the viper’s nest of the royal court, she and Jieh prove a phenomenal team. Can Mingshin avert the catastrophe of her past by once again learning to trust…and maybe even love?

All These Sunken Souls: A Black Horror Anthology edited by Circe Moskowitz Amberjack Publishing

Welcome to the Dark. We are all familiar with tropes of the horror genre: slasher and victims, demon and the possessed. Bloody screams, haunted visions, and the peddler of wares we aren’t sure we can trust. In this young adult horror anthology, fans of Jordan Peele, Lovecraft Country, and Horror Noire will get a little bit of everything they love—and a lot of what they fear—through a twisted blend of horror lenses, from the thoughtful to the terrifying. From haunted, hungry Victorian mansions, temporal monster–infested asylums, and ravaging zombie apocalypses, to southern gothic hoodoo practitioners and cursed patriarchs in search of Black Excellence, All These Sunken Souls features the chilling creations of acclaimed bestsellers and hot new talents, with stories from Kalynn Bayron, Donyae Coles, Ryan Douglass, Sami Ellis, Brent Lambert, Ashia Monet, Circe Moskowitz, Joel Rochester, Liselle Sambury, and Joelle Wellington.

The Blackwoods by Brandy Colbert Balzer + Bray

The Blackwoods. Everyone knows their name. Blossom Blackwood burst onto the silver screen in 1962, and in the decades that followed, she would become one of the most celebrated actors of our time—and the matriarch of the most famous Black family in Hollywood. To her great-granddaughters, Hollis and Ardith, she has always just been Bebe. And when she passes away, it changes everything. Hollis Blackwood was never interested in fame. Still, she’s surrounded by it, whether at home with her family or at the prestigious Dupree Academy among Los Angeles’ elite. When private photos of Hollis are leaked in the wake of Blossom’s death, she is thrust into the spotlight she’s long avoided—and finds that trust may be a luxury even she can’t afford. Ardith Blackwood has always lived in the public eye. A television star since childhood, she was perhaps closer with Blossom than anyone—especially after Ardith’s mother died in a drug overdose. Ever since, she has worked to be everything her family, her church, and the public want her to be. But as a family secret comes to light and the pressures from all sides begin to mount, she wonders what is left beneath the face she shows the world. Weaving together the narratives of Hollis, Ardith, and Blossom, award-winning author Brandy Colbert tells an unforgettable story set in an America where everything is personal, and nothing is private.

#flower and thorn #if you'll have me #a bright heart #all these sunken souls #the blackwoods #new releases

[the-final-sentence]

Because now I can't imagine Ewing Beach without her.

Brandy Colbert, from The Only Black Girls in Town

#Brandy Colbert #the Only Black Girls in Town

[mending-up-your-fences]

Something about Brandi and the Hanseroth Twins and their collective ability to write a folk song that sounds like it has existed for a century

This Time Tomorrow - Brandi Carlile (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, 2021)

#brandi carlile #the Hanseroth twins #Brandi Carlile band #side note: this is one of her best all time suits

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It's February! This month—and every month—is a great time to learn about Black history. Start with these titles, available at your local library:

THIS MONTH'S RECOMMENDED READS

Realistic Fiction:

Invisible Son / Kim Johnson

Nigeria Jones / Ibi Zoboi

The Black Flamingo / Dean Atta

Monster / Walter Dean Myers

Sci Fi, Fantasy, and Alternate Histories:

Pet / Akwaeke Emezi

Children of Blood and Bone / Tomi Adeyemi

Blood Debts / Terry J. Benton-Walker

The Davenports / Krystal Marquis

Nonfiction:

Inheritance : A Visual Poem / Elizabeth Acevedo

We are not yet equal : understanding our racial divide / Carol Anderson with Tonya Bolden

The beautiful struggle : a memoir / Ta-Nehisi Coates

Freedom! : the story of the Black Panther Party / Jetta Grace Martin, Joshua Bloom, Waldo E. Martin, Jr.

Black birds in the sky / Brandy Colbert

Graphic Novel:

Victory. Stand! : raising my fist for justice / Tommie Smith, Derrick Barnes, Dawud Anyabwile

#recommended reads #black history month #ya lit #books & libraries #ya books