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…
Tag: Young Adult Lit
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…
Black Lives Matter
A movement, a rallying cry, a plea and an inalienable truth for America to aspire to… to embody, right now because, black lives matter. When…