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Best Books Read in February 2023

A recap of the best books I read each month of 2023

An Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak

I read this because my sister loved it and she's got good taste! This is a book from the perspective of a fig tree about a family over the course of a few decades. It's a multigenerational novel about generational trauma, yet it feels quite mystical. It's emotionally heavy but really beautiful.

Monster by Walter Dean Myers

I was assigned this book for class and I'm glad because I wouldn't have read this on my own. It follows a Black teenage boy who was arrested for a murder and is imagining his trial as a movie. I highly recommend it, very emotional and harrowing.

Honorable mentions:

Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust

A story inspired by Sleeping Beauty and a Persian myth, where the princess is also a monster, so to speak. I'm excited to reread this.

Lost in the Moment and Found Again by Seanan McGuire

Another fascinating installment in The Wayward Children series, proving why this is one of the few series I continue to follow.

#best books of 2023 #an island of missing trees #elif shafak #walter dean myers #girl serpent thorn #melissa bashardoust #seanan mcguire #wayward children

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Title: Fresh Ink

Author: Lamar Giles, Nicola Yoon, Malinda Lo, Melissa de la Cruz, Sara Farizan, Eric Gansworth, Walter Dean Myers, Daniel José Older, Thien Pham, Jason Reynolds, Gene Luen Yang, Sharon G. Flake, Schuyler Bailar, Aminah Mae Safi

Series or standalone: standalone

Publication year: 2018

Genres: fiction, anthology, contemporary, LGBT+, fantasy, romance

Blurb: Careful, you are holding fresh ink - and not hot-off-the-press, still-drying-in-your-hands ink. Instead, you are holding twelve stories with endings that are still being written, whose next chapters are up to you, because these stories are meant to be read and shared.

#fresh ink #lamar giles #nicola yoon #malinda lo #melissa de la cruz #sara farizan #eric gansworth #walter dean myers #daniel josé older #thien pham #jason reynolds #gene luen yang #sharon g flake #schuyler bailar #aminah mae safi #standalone #2018 #fiction #anthology #contemporary #lgbt #fantasy #romance

[nathanabhaltersmith-shelf]

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[rosepetals1984]

Retro Review: "Monster" by Walter Dean Myers

*This review was originally posted on Goodreads 4/27/2023. Quick review for a quick read. This was a re-read for me after several years away from it. “Monster” is the story of 16-year old Steve Harmon. Steve is accused of being an accomplice to a murder. The book is a quick read – in physical form I know it’s about 100 some pages, while the audiobook is a little over 2 and a half hours. I…

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#audiobooks #audiobooks I loved #books read in 2023 #crime #drama #Monster #quick read #read in 2023 #realistic fiction #tough subjects #Walter Dean Myers #Young Adult

[nevinslibrary]

Totally Youthful Tuesday

I picked this up because I recognized that author’s name, and, come to find out that the co-author is actually a teen I think, and one of Walter Dean Myers’ fans too. They wrote it together about the soccer star Kevin. He’s good, he’s really good. But, then he gets in trouble for crashing a car, and, his life gets totally turned on its head.

He then has to decide whether he can truly trust police Sergeant Brown who seems to want to help him (and knew his father). Can Kevin stay out of the Juvenile justice system and live up to all the skill that he has?

This seemed very much like a way more ‘real’ teen than a lot of books out there. Kevin’s not a hero, not perfect, and neither are any of the adults in the book. It’s just, real life, which, makes sense since the co-author was a teen. An interesting somewhat soccer themed read during this World Cup.

You may like this book If you Liked: After the Shot Drops by Randy Ribay, The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, or Bronxwood by Coe Booth

Kick by Walter Dean Myers

#nevins memorial library #nmlRA #kick #walter dean myers #totallyyouthfultuesday

[int3rnztstar]

a book i think could’ve been better written, but with great potential + an incredible message and SO so worth a read

#monster #walter dean myers #booklr #book recs #educate yourself #please dear god read a book

[thatwritererinoriordan]

#November 9 #Hedy Lamarr #Anne Sexton #Walter Dean Myers #Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix

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Sometimes I feel like I have walked into the middle of a movie. Maybe I can make my own movie. The film will be the story of my life. No, not my life, but of this experience. I'll call it what the lady who is the prosecutor called me. Monster. Fade In: Interior Court. A guard sits at a desk behind Steve. Kathy O'Brien, Steve's lawyer, is all business as she talks to Steve. O'Brien Let me make sure you understand what's going on. Both you and this king character are on trial for felony murder. Felony Murder is as serious as it gets. . . . When you're in court, you sit there and pay attetion. You let the jury know that you think the case is a serious as they do. . . . Steve You think we're going to win ? O'Brien (seriously) It probably depends on what you mean by "win." Sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon is on trial for murder. A Harlem drugstore owner was shot and killed in his store, and the word is that Steve served as the lookout. Guilty or innocent, Steve becomes a pawn in the hands of "the system," cluttered with cynical authority figures and unscrupulous inmates, who will turn in anyone to shorten their own sentences. For the first time, Steve is forced to think about who he is as he faces prison, where he may spend all the tomorrows of his life. As a way of coping with the horrific events that entangle him, Steve, an amateur filmmaker, decides to transcribe his trial into a script, just like in the movies. He writes it all down, scene by scene, the story of how his whole life was turned around in an instant. But despite his efforts, reality is blurred and his vision obscured until he can no longer tell who he is or what is the truth. This compelling novel is Walter Dean Myers's writing at its best.

#book: monster #author: walter dean myers #genre: african american literature #genre: young adult #genre: contemporary #year: 1990s

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Monster walter dean myers study guide

Film review from The Hollywood Reporter.

Watch Mandler and Harrison discuss the movie here!.

The indie film, directed by Anthony Mandler, stars Kelvin Harrison Jr., Jennifer Ehle, Jennifer Hudson, and Jeffrey Wright.

Monster, a movie adaptation of the novel, premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.

Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare.

Guilt - The novel examines the difference between innocent and "not guilty" as demonstrated by the characters present in the trial. Justice - Through illustrating the damaging emotional effects of imprisonment and being on trial, Myers makes an argument about the injustice that overwhelms the justice system. Lies and Betrayal - Steve makes the critical mistake of trusting the wrong people key characters in the trial lie for self-preservation or to protect others.

Engage with the text in creative ways, such as dramatic performance and analysis of illustrations.

Evaluate how Steve's time in jail affects him emotionally and develops him as a character.

Examine the author's choice of using two main formats-journal entries and a screenplay.

Trace themes regarding discrimination in the criminal justice system, deception, and the effects of peer pressure.

Discuss to what extent Steve is guilty and in what way.

Draw the distinction between legal and moral guilt as it relates to the characters.

Extracting the truth from Steve's unreliable narration.

Keeping track of all the key characters in the trial.

The interesting format of journal entries and screenplay excerpts.

What Your Students Will Love about Monster Despite being found innocent in the end, he is plagued by the trial's aftermath.Ĭontent Warning: Although middle-grade readers are the intended audience for Monster, the novel contains references to violence, drug use, and sex, so the maturity of your class should be considered. Forced to confront the consequences of his choices, Steve grapples with guilt and self-perception as he endures brutality in jail and institutional racism in court. Harmon describes his emotionally challenging experiences in prison through a series of journal entries and the events of the trial in a screenplay format. Part epistle, part screenplay, Monster tells the story of 16-year-old Steve Harmon, a teenager from Harlem on trial as an accomplice to murder. Printz Award for Excellence in Literature for Young Adults

Awards: 1999 National Book Award Finalist, 2000 ALA Best Books for Young Adults, New York Times Notable Book of the Year, 2000 Michael L.

And if the retail value of your order is at least $2,500, you'll save 35% on all your paperbacks. If the retail value of your order is at least $500, you'll save 30%. You'll always save at least 25% on any paperback you order. Facilitate classroom discussion about the degree to which Myers succeeds in creating an empathetic character, and how Steve's introspection and experiences both limit and expand the story.Ĭourt is in session: Learn everything you need to know about Monster below!

Authors often uses these tactics to emphasize a character's humanity, with struggles and flaws. Students who enjoy the visual arts will appreciate applying themes from the novel to analysis of these illustrations.īeyond making the novel structurally interesting, Myers makes unique narrative choices, employing literary devices such as flashback, stream of consciousness, and unreliable perspective. Additionally, the author incorporates thought-provoking artwork by his son, Christopher Myers.

To further engage your class, consider having students perform parts of the screenplay or write journal entries from the perspective of another key character. Instead of using the traditional chapter-to-chapter format, Myers structured Monster as a work of confessional literature, shifting between Steve's emotional journal entries and a screenplay Steve wrote about the trial. Moreover, how does each type of guilt affect the characters differently? Which kind has a more lasting impression? Additionally, the role Steve's race plays in how he is perceived by the jury can lead to an in-depth discussion about prejudice and discrimination. As they read, students should note which characters are guilty and in what manner. Myers subtly draws a distinction between legal guilt and moral guilt through the actions and emotional state of each character involved in the trial. The core themes of this novel address justice, institutional racism, deception, guilt, and the effects of peer pressure. A teenager named Steve Harmon finds himself on trial, facing the death penalty, for being the "lookout" during what turned out to be a lethal burglary. Sometimes, a small choice has monstrous consequences, and there's no better example of this predicament than the story told in Walter Dean Myers's award-winning novel Monster.

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[filmnoirsbian]

Hi !! I was wondering if you had any book recs/favorite books? Things that you think of as inspiration or just plain like? Genuinely curious. <3 im in love with your work btw i spent the other day binging your patreon

Some favorites that deeply impacted me from a young age up into teenagedom: the Animorphs series by K. A. Applegate, Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein, Oddly Enough by Bruce Coville, The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Little Sister by Kara Dalkey, The Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia C. Wrede, The Tale of Desperaux by Kate DiCamillo, A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket, The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander, Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury, the Septimus Heap series by Angie Sage, Piratica by Tanith Lee, the Inkheart series by Cornelia Funke, His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman, Holes by Louis Sachar, The View from Saturday by E. L. Konigsburg, Shizuko's Daughter by Kyoko Mori, The Sea-Wolf by Jack London, Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech, Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins, Everything on a Waffle by Polly Horvath, Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie S. Tolan, The Last Book in the Universe by Rodman Philbrick, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg, The Iliad and Odyssey (allegedly) by Homer, The Táin by many people, Harlem by Walter Dean Myers, Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan, The Wall and the Wing by Laura Ruby, The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkein, The Hainish Cycle by Ursula K. Le Guin, Till We Have Faces by C. S. Lewis, The Ethical Vampire series by Susan Hubbard, The Howl Series by Diana Wynne Jones, the Curseworkers series by Holly Black, The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick, Android Karenina by Ben H. Winters, An Autobiography of Red by Anne Carson, Beloved by Toni Morrison, A Stir of Bones by Nina Kiriki Hoffman, the Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson, Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente, World War Z by Max Brooks, This is Not A Drill by K. A. Holt, Fade to Blue by Sean Beaudoin, Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu, The Moth Diaries by Rachel Klein, Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman, Crush by Richard Siken, Hopscotch by Julio Cortázar, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo, Devotions by Mary Oliver, The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Some favorites read more recently: The Expanse series by James S. A. Corey, Engine Summer by John Crowley, Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff, The Princess Bride by William Goldman, Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot, My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix, Reprieve by James Han Mattson, House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski, Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn, Kindred by Octavia Butler, Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi, Station Eleven by Emily St. John-Mandel, The Crown Ain't Worth Much by Hanif Abdurraqib, The Refrigerator Monologues by Catherynne M. Valente, Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, Tender is the Flesh by Augustina Bazterrica, The Girl with All the Gifts by Mike Carey, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson, The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, She had some horses by Joy Harjo, Bright Dead Things by Ada Limón, The King Must Die by Mary Renault, Books of Blood by Clive Barker, Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin, Cassandra by Christa Wolfe

Plays: The Oresteia by Aeschylus, Electra by Sophocles, Los Reyes by Julio Cortázar, Angels in America by Tony Kushner, August: Osage County by Tracy Letts, The Bald Soprano by Eugène Ionesco, The Trojan Women by Euripides, Salome by Oscar Wilde, Girl on an Altar by Marina Carr, Fences by August Wilson, The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams, M. Butterfly by David Henry Hwang, Our Town by Thornton Wilder, Sweeney Todd by Christopher Bond

Graphic novels: The Crow by James O'Barr, DMZ by Brian Wood and Riccardo Burchielli, Eternals (2021) by Kieron Gillen and Esad Ribić, Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons and John Higgins, My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris, Maus by Art Spiegelman, Tank Girl by Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett, Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, Through the Woods by Emily Carroll, Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol

#watchmen is difficult to recommend on account of the misogyny but beyond that it really did change my life lol #asks #an open window #book recs #also i know technically eternals isn't a graphic novel it's a comic run directly related to the avengers and such at large BUT #it is sooo so good and u don't really have to know much abt what the avengers losers are up to in order to understand it #i didn't include any other favorite comic runs bc they require other things to be read for context. ur welcome.

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Title: Flying Lessons & Other Stories

Author: Ellen Oh, Jacqueline Woodson, Kwame Alexander, Walter Dean Myers, Meg Medina, Tim Tingle, Kelly J. Baptist, Soman Chainani, Matt de la Peña, Tim Federle, Grace Lin

Series or standalone: standalone

Publication year: 2017

Genres: fiction, anthology, contemporary, cultural

Blurb: Whether it’s basketball dreams, family fiascos, first crushes, or new neighbourhoods, this anthology celebrates the uniqueness and universality in all of us.

#flying lessons and other stories #flying lessons & other stories #ellen oh #jacqueline woodson #kwame alexander #walter dean myers #meg medina #tim tingle #kelly j baptist #soman chainani #matt de la peña #tim federle #grace lin #standalone #2017 #fiction #anthology #contemporary #cultural

[shorlibteens]

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

[simshousewindsor]

KINGS CITY, San Myshuno (SNN) - - Queen Katherine I and Prince Rainier had an audience with Pope Francis XVI at the Vatisim on Thursday. The pope expressed his “deepest personal esteem” for the queen for bearing “the weight of such vast responsibilities with so much simplicity and dignity.”

Francis Benedict XVI, the Holy Pope, is Chief Pastor of the worldwide Cathlosim Church and Head of The State of King’s City in San Myshuno. It was the first time Queen Katherine met Pope Francis and she took with her on the plane home gifts for the royal children. Pope Francis also handed the queen a precious stone brooch with a cross on it.

His late Majesty King George I visited the pope during an informal visit the month before his passing.

Queen Katherine was invited for a formal visit and was greeted by Dean of the College of Cardinals, Abraham Criste, one of three Cardinal bishops.

Nathan Banks, Windenburg's ambassador to the Holy See, described the visit as a "reaffirmation" of the ties between the Holy See and the UK, noting that it was taking place in the centenary year of the formal re-establishment of diplomatic relations between the two.

However, the visit was not without its potential tensions. Ronald Jacobs, a papal expert at the University of Reading, said: "Thursday's meeting comes at a time when, on the surface, relations between the Cathlosim church and the Church of Windenburg are at an all-time high. But dig a little deeper and issues arise."

He singled out the C of W's ordination of female priests and push for female bishops. Another issue that some said could have set the two heads of state on a collision course is the status of the Manushkin Islands, the Windenburg territory in the Simmy Channel over which Windenburg and Mt Komorebi went to war in 1979.

Queen Katherine (wearing Princess Amelia's Fife Fringe tiara, Queen Lara-Leigh's 4-strand pearl necklace, the Order of the Garter, and the Royal Family Order of King George I) and the Prince consort (in the Order of the Garter) joined Cardinal Criste and the other two Cardinal bishops, Walter Tesmond and Luke Nicholas, for a photo op in front of the Vatisim.

Breaking from tradition, the Camerlengo, Benjamin Carmichael III was among the Cardinal bishops greeting the queen.

The Vatisim has a dress code - those visiting cannot wear low-cut or sleeveless dresses, miniskirts, shorts and hats. Black lace is customary when visiting the Pope and Queen Katherine stayed with tradition rewearing the classic “Till Death Do Us Part” dress.

On their website it states: 'The Vatisim is an independent state in which the Catholisim Church is based and imposes its dress rules throughout the city.

'The clothing required is modest and requires for respect of the sacredness of the institutions the coverage of certain areas of the body.'

Before a private audience, the queen gave the pope a hamper of what the Vatisim said was "jams and drinks" produced on lands owned by the royal family. One of the drinks was a bottle of whiskey from Windsor Vineyard.

As a pair, the queen and the pope are leaders to millions of sims around the world.

The pope did not attend His late Majesty's funeral and is not confirmed to attend Her Majesty's coronation in May.

While in San Myshuno, the Queen is also scheduled to meet Henry Myers, 4th Earl of Stafford. Myers is head of one of the five noble families in Windenburg, a fourth-generation homesteader and devoted father. Lord Henry controls the largest contiguous ranch in Windenburg - the Stafford Myers Ranch.

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[gehayi]

In case you or some kids you know need some books to read...

Books under Fire: A Hit List of Banned and Challenged Children's Books, Second Edition

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie Thirteen Reasons Why, by Jay Asher Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress, by Christine Baldacchino Something Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story about Racial Injustice, by Marianne Celano and Marietta Collins The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky Al Capone Does My Shirts, by Gennifer Choldenko The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963, by Christopher Paul Curtis Lily and Dunkin, by Donna Gephart George, by Alex Gino Looking for Alaska, by John Green Summer of My German Soldier, by Bette Greene Prince & Knight, by Daniel Haack It’s Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health, by Robie Harris The Popularity Papers series, by Amy Ignatow I Am Jazz, by Jazz Jennings The Giver, by Lois Lowry Monster, by Walter Dean Myers Alice series, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor The Best Man, by Richard Peck Captain Underpants series, by Dav Pilkey This Day in June, by Gayle E. Pitman In Our Mothers’ House, by Patricia Polacco And Tango Makes Three, by Justin Richardson Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark series, by Alvin Schwartz Bone series, by Jeff Smith This One Summer, by Mariko Tamaki Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, by Mildred Taylor Drama, by Raina Telgemeier The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo, by Jill Twiss Nasreen’s Secret School, by Jeanette Winter

#banned books reading list #libraries transform minds #for the better

[bookishtunes]

March Book Wrap Up

Radio Silence by Alice Oseman (Mar 10th)

Rumble Fish by S.E. Hinton (Mar 13th)

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz (Mar 18th)

The Misfits by James Howe (Mar 23)

Monster by Walter Dean Myers (Mar 25)

#books and reading #book list #radio silence #rumble fish #aristotle and dante discover the secrets of the universe #the misfits #monster

[maybeimawhale]

Tagged by: @xzombiepop ah, thank you! I almost missed this bc Tumblr has been very spotty with my notifications. It's been a very very long time since I did a tag meme.

Tag nine people to get to know better

Three ships: Honestly, the only real "ships" (and I say this inclusive of platonic and romantic) that come to mind are CloudxTifa, ZackxAerith, and UriangerxMoenbryda. Besides the latter, not even for the romance--I just enjoy their dynamics.

First ever ship: Harry and Mabel Mae, probably... from The Dragon Takes a Wife by Walter Dean Myers.

Last song: "Keeping Your Head Up" by Birdy

Last Movie: I think it was Across the Spiderverse.

Currently reading: I am very, very slowly reading through the Eorzea Encylopaedia 2, I suppose? I finally got it years later from @pearlescent-scales after a few missed opportunities to change hands. xD Perhaps more interestingly, the last two books I finished this year were After the Dragons by Cynthia Zhang (fiction), and Sky Burial by Xinran (non-fiction).

Currently watching: Not watching anything as I don't have any streaming subs or a TV. Most of my YT time is probably just playing music or Arknights PV/EPs... The latest series on my radar is the donghua Link Click!

Currently consuming: Cold teabag water (wherein I have a used teabag and I lazily add any-temperature water instead of bothering to boil hot water)

Currently craving: Deep fried chicken.

Tagging: @pearlescent-scales @grumpy-limsan-customs-cat @brokeu-haku @kazehita @sleepysoren @sasslett @fenrishion @galla-xiv @malaquill

I don't check tumblr as religiously as I used to so I apologise if you've already done this! feel free to leave me a link to it so I can read it!

#meme #memed