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This was okay. I appreciated the idea but I didn‘t really enjoy the follow through.

Love the dedication!

Every librarian is weeping right now.

I LOVED this book. It felt very Harry Potter…almost like I was reading Harry Potter for the first time all over again! Swooning over this book!

This was a really great challenging read! DiAngelo calls out a lot of harmful acts that are pretty common. She read the book too which I always like.

I loved Evans poetry is this book. It was so devastatingly beautiful

This is super cool!

This was such a great read! Perfect quick summer read! Mystery full of suspense and cultural insights into the Ojibwa tribe in Michigan.

Sorry just noticed I got tagged! So my late questions!Yes! American Born Chinese, the entire Harry Potter series, To Kill a Mockingbird, any Sarah Maas book 😜. Yes! (Librarian rant) the covers are designed to peak the interest fo those who will like that type of book. The cover tells you a lot about the book like the tone My book that reminds me of nature would be The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo

Maybe I‘m just emotional lately but this book got to me. Stories about vulnerability and shame from the Black experience. Laverne Cox, Jasón Reynolds, and so many wrote harrowing essays that just shook me. This book was written for Black people (as it should be) but I think white people need to listen to this for empathy and understanding.

If I could have given this more than 5 stars I would have. I‘m a pretty liberal eater. I give a lot of four and fives but this one is WORTH it! I have not wept like this since Fredrik Backman‘s The Way Home Gets Longer and Longer.

I‘ve been reading a lot of j and teen books this year while I finish up my masters. This one was so good. It showed different Indian perspectives under British rule and how racist views of Indians were brought across seas in a very age appropriate way. Not only that but it was just a good story keeping you on your toes. I will be book talking A LOT!

Read this on my car ride to Chicago. Really enjoyed it!

This is a really cute middle grade book about a boy who is living on Mars when suddenly the adults get sick and the kids have to save them all. Highly recommend for kiddos, especially cat lovers 😉

If you need to cry here is the book for you. It was so good and so Heart breaking. This is probably a book for middle schoolers not younger just because it deals with sexual abuse.

Ummm that sounds like heaven to me. New title: Leave me alone! I‘m Quarantining in the Library

while reading this I kept having those “yes! Someone gets it!” moments. I really enjoyed these and they felt so relatable.

I loved this book. It was so lyrical and beautifully written, a bit eerie but I enjoyed it.

Book spin for May

I just started listening to this and it truly feels like I‘m back with an old friend. This woman has had the most profound impact on me.

I enjoyed this. I would recommend it for teens, but it felt like she was trying to make hard topics more digestible with lots of fluff. It was just a bit much at times. The narrator did a fantastic job!

Yes!

I loved this book. Even being animals I felt pulled in and was emotionally attached. I really liked the end when the author explains how this is not a book that explains all deaf people‘s feelings but mine as a child.

I really enjoyed this novel. It was very fluffy but scratches the surface of k-pop. I think the next will be really good.

So grateful to my book swap buddy @Blackink_WhitePaper for these thoughtful gifts! I‘m so excited to read this and use the gratitude journal!!!

This book was so powerful! I‘m so glad I listened to it. I‘m not sure if it would be as powerful in the book as weird as it feels to say that. The way they produced it was phenomenal!

I‘m so sad I‘m almost done with this! I know there are two more but it feels too soon!

My kids just bought their first pack of Pokémon cards and got this gem. It made me giggle.

March Bookspin - a bit late

Loved it! Such a good story about treating others with compassion and equity with some action! Great historical fiction for middle graders.

I was in 8th grade when this happened and I remember watching it on the news the whole day- this book did a really good job with what happened and showing different points of view. Loved it!

Oh so good! This book made me hate being in grad school and having homework to do. Why do you have to be so good, book?

Birthday book haul!

Beautiful and heart wrenching. I am going to read this one with my kids soon. #bookspin @TheAromaofBooks

Yes! American is not just English! It is not just white. I loved this so much!

Just got delivered! I am super excited to start this tonight!

Little bit of crossed to pass the time on the elliptical? Yes please!

Feb book spin! Can‘t wait to see what I get to read!

Annnnnd I‘m hooked and now need the second in the series.

I really enjoyed this! A cute kids book! #bookspin 19

So excited to start this for my first round of book spin! @TheAromaofBooks

I really loved this book! A cute teen romance overcoming racism and ones own biases.

Love this so much!

My list for my very first book spin! So excited to be part of this now! #bookspin

This book was so informative and well written. It made me pause and think a few times- hopefully to become a better ally. A must read!

A little Neruda brightens my day. Hopefully it will yours as well :)

A great sequel to New Kid.

This book was so beautifully written. It was like a poem for reciprocity and the gifts the earth being us. It‘s a book that requires you to be still and take your time with it. A great read for anytime but especially fall.