Brown Girl Dreaming

I know I don’t usually read children’s/middle grade books, and Woodson has written “adult” books, so I’m not really sure what made me feel like this needed to be the first one by her that I read. But there was definitely a reason, because I bought this a year or so ago and have had…

Sulwe

I don’t think I have read a picture book since I was actually the age for reading picture books. But one of the prompts (#4) for The Reading Women Challenge 2020 is to read a Picture Book by a BIPOC Author, so here was my chance to try something “new.” I had legitimately no idea…

Wonder

I chose this one as my March book for the Just One More Pa(i)ge Reading Challenge 2019, the prompt for which was to read a book by someone differently-abled in honor of Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. Now, after reading it, I recognize that technically there was no representation for developmental disabilities in this book at…

A Wrinkle in Time

I am not usually one for rereads (unless it’s Harry Potter) because there are just so many books I want to read and I always have a hard time talking myself into reading something again instead of reading something new. However, with the new movie (here's the trailer, if you haven't seen it yet) coming…

Rejected Princesses

If anyone follows me closely (either on the blog or on Goodreads), you’ll notice that this book has been listed under my “currently reading” since the summer. Well the reason why is a super cute story, so buckle up. I saw a few photos of pages from this book and absolutely fell in love with…