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Josh1021

Josh1021

Joined September 2016

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Parable of the Talents | Octavia E. Butler
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This book just feels too real and too close to our potential future.

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When the Moon Was Ours | Anna-Marie McLemore
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Miel and Sam have been the best of friends since they were kids. They both have their own secrets that are going to be exposed soon. Can their relationship survive these secrets? This is the story of figuring out your past and your future. This story is also an interesting mix of Afghani and Mexican culture reflecting the la llorona story with an LGBTQ twist.

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The Book of Phoenix | Nnedi Okorafor
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She starts it in her place, in her own moment, in her own point of view. As long as you listen, she is in charge of your destiny. You and the storyteller share everything, even your existence.

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Angel Catbird, Volume 1 | Margaret Atwood
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It's a bird, it's a plane. No, it's Angel Catbird?!? Such an interesting idea and execution from Margaret Atwood (yes, that Margaret Atwood), Johnnie Christmas, and Tamra Bonvillain. This is the story of Strig Feleedus and how he become an owl, cat, person hybrid. He also discovers the world of half-cats among other animal-person hybrids. This superhero comic us like nothing else I have read and I liked it.

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Labyrinth Lost | Zoraida Cordova
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This is a story of self-discovery. Alex needs to find her self and her magic after banishing her family to Los Lagos. She along with her budding love interest Rishi and Nova, the random guy she keeps running into, have to fight their way through Los Lagos to rescue Alex's family. While the chosen one trope is often used in YA lit, we need more books that feature gay Latinix characters like this one.

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Labyrinth Lost | Zoraida Cordova

We create gods to look like us, don't we? Only better. The gods of the butterflies would look like a butterfly, right? So our gods have human qualities, but also the great power that makes them individuals.

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Nervous Conditions | Tsitsi Dangarembga
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This is a great book looking at the late colonial period in Zimbabwe. It is an interesting look at patriarchal families, gender roles, and post-colonialism in Africa.

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Nervous Conditions | Tsitsi Dangarembga
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Just don't want to stop reading even during dinner.