– Completes Me! There may come a time when references to cassette tapes and a walkman no longer make sense, but the heart of this…
Tag: Young Adult Lit
Book Review: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou It seems that lately, any book that discusses the ‘real life ugliness’ that too many…
Review: Among the Imposters (Shadow Children Series #2) by Margaret Peterson Haddix
If you’re following my reviews…I decided to go ahead and keep reading this YA dystopian series! In this second book of the series, the…
Dear Martin by Nic Stone- Book Review
Completes me! (5 stars) What happens when you read a recommendation from your teenage niece? Weeping. Lots of weeping on a Sunday night as you…
January Round Up
As I try to tackle the feat of 100 books in 2020, I thought it might be interesting to try and do a monthly “round…
Illuminating Color
In 2017 I read Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi. It was a breakout, much anticipated first novel by young black woman responding to America’s…
Savor or Speed Read?
I finished A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi in less than 24 hours. I cannot tell you the last time I read a…
#mood
There is no shame in anyone’s reading game. I wholeheartedly believe that. The other day I was at a coffee shop with a dear gym…
Living the Complexity of Human Emotions
So apparently I am in a season of feeling all the feelings and I’m going to go with it…for now. Earlier this month I decided…
Unpacking the “Fun Read”
After close to ten years, it has become almost… …almost rote packing for my 5 or 8-day silent retreat. The part I wrestle with each…