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Skim ~ Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki
Skim ~ Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki
Rating: 3/5
A coming of age story about a young Asian American, not slim, maybe Wiccan teen trying to figure out her place in a high school where everyone is catty and insensitive. One of her peers commits suicide, and it calls into question everyone’s mental health. Kim shares about others saying she’s acting depressed or acting suicidal, and the ex-girlfriend of the boy who committed suicide…
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Y: The Last Man Vol 9 & 10 ~ Brian K. Vaughan
Y: The Last Man Vol 9 & 10 ~ Brian K. Vaughan
Rating: 3.5/5
The conclusion to the Y: The Last Man series! Finally! I made it to the finish line. I feel a sense of… relief. I ultimately found that I did not enjoy the series as much as I had hoped, but the ending did put things into a better perspective. Yorick’s dreams were rightfully crushed, and Vaughan stuck with the chaotic feeling that I believe carries his certain level of charm that…
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How Does it Feel to Be a Problem? ~ Moustafa Bayoumi
How Does it Feel to Be a Problem? ~ Moustafa Bayoumi
Rating: 3/5
Book Riot’s Read Harder #12 – Read a work of investigative nonfiction by an author of color.
This is a hard book to give a rating for, because it’s not a book that can be summed up in a number. It’s also still one of the few of its kind. Investigative non-fiction feels like a more rare genre, and there’s not a clear form to follow here. The subjects investigative journalism cover…
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Blue Bear Woman ~ Virginia Pesempaeo Bordeleau
Blue Bear Woman ~ Virginia Pesempaeo Bordeleau
Rating: 3/5
Trigger warnings: Violent deaths, car accidents, alcoholism, incest, sexual abuse, child abuse, rape, violence against first nations people, marital infidelity.
This is a very unique collection of essays from Bordeleau. Non-linear, these are stories about her quest to discover more of her Cree kin and culture, to discover her home, to discover herself. Through the course of the…
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Lock and Key ~ Sarah Dessen
Lock and Key ~ Sarah Dessen
Rating: 4/5
Yet another Dessen novel, yet another mother-daughter relationship gone awry. Lock and Key presents Ruby, a girl left to live out the last 9 months before her 18th birthday alone. Her mother has taken off, to where Ruby has no idea. All she knows is that she thinks she can pull it off, continuing the job she had been working with her mother, keeping her head down until she’s 18…
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Letter to My Daughter ~ Maya Angelou
Letter to My Daughter ~ Maya Angelou
Rating: 5/5
Short and sweet, this collection of essays by Angelou is a series of messages and anecdotes she wanted to pass on to her children. All of the essays have something worth sharing, and it was lovely how bite sized they were. The whole audiobook comes in at about two and half hours, so if you’re looking for a short book, this is a great one for you.
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