pickI had to skim this book because I literally have 20 books checked out right now and two of them are work assignments that I'm behind on. I enjoyed this book! It gets us. I'm truly just feeling disappointed right now that speed reading and skimming are going to be the only ways I will ever HOPE TO get through my TBR.
We are taught to be grateful that we made it, no matter what we had to leave behind.
pickI haven't successfully read at bedtime in almost forever, until last night. This new book is fabulous so far. Please excuse my also-new obsession with the Litsy stickers.
pickI was having a terrible weekend...
then I found this!
I waited until I finished one chapter to say,
YESSSSS!!!!
(Of course I will give an updated review if it's horrible.)
This cover speaks to me so hard. And we need more of this! Not just in comic books but in all genres!!!
My heart is real full RN.
pickThese poems strike many of the chords in my half-brown queer self. This is likely the best book I've read all year and I plan to keep many of the poems close to my heart. Also, Shraya gets major credit for donating some of the profits to a local indigenous center after pointing out that they (Shraya) are a colonizer themself, and also for hat-tipping the other amazing POC poets they read as inspiration before/while writing this.
this is what needs to be said, needs to be shown, and needs to be told
because our daughters will one day grow old
and maybe they'll be women
with short-term memories
practicing daily burial ceremonies
focused on forgetting
-Helen Knott
