Books 08.03.17

Stack one:

• What it Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah
• Promise of Shadows by Justina Ireland
• Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly
• Saints and Misfits by S. K. Ali
• The Guns Above by Robyn Bennis
• Want by Cindy Pon
• The Audacious Crimes of Colonel Blood: The Spy Who Stole the Crown Jewels and Became the King’s Secret Agent by Robert Hutchinson

Books 07.15.17

Oops, I forgot to post at the start of the month. Sorry.

Stack one:

• Three Souls by Janie Chang
• Body Horror: Capitalism, Fear, Misogyny, Jokes by Anne Elizabeth Moore
• Promise of Shadows by Justina Ireland
• I Believe in a Thing Called Love by Maurene Goo
• When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
• Want by Cindy Pon
• Nobody: Causalities of America’s War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond by Marc Lamont Hill
• Solve for Happy: Engineer Your Path to Joy by Mo Gawdat
• Daughters of the Samurai: A Journey from East to West and Back by Janice P. Nimura

Books 06.19.17

Stack one:

• Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson
• What Language Is (And What It Isn’t And What It Could Be) by John McWhorter
• Promise of Shadows by Justina Ireland
• That Thing We Call a Heart by Sheba Karim
• Nobody: Casualties of America’s War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond by Marc Lamont Hill
• Solve for Happy: Engineer Your Path to Joy by Mo Gawdat
• The Devil’s Feast by M. J. Carter

Books 06.03.17

Stack One:

• Too Much and Not the Mood by Durga Chew-Bose
• One Day We’ll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter by Scaachi Koul
• Mama’s Homesick Pie: A Persian Heart in an American Kitchen by Donia Bijan
• Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson
• What Language Is: And What It Isn’t And What It Could Be by John McWhorter
• Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown
• Geekerella: A Fangirl Fairy Tale by Ashley Poston
• Solve for Happy: Engineer Your Path to Joy by Mo Gawdat
• The Devil’s Feast by M. J. Carter
• Hamlet Globe to Globe: Two Years, 190,000 Miles, 197 Countries, One Play by Dominic Dromgoole
• The Golden Legend by Nadeem Aslam

Books, 05.17.17

I was at RT Booklovers in Atlanta at the beginning of the month, so I didn’t really have any library books checked out (ok I had two, but that’s not very interesting) and thus skipped the blog post. Hopefully I’ll get around to sharing what all I brought home from the convention, but until then you’ll just have to make do with all of the library holds I have now reactivated and checked out.

Stack one:

• Ghachar Ghochar by Vivek Shanbhag
• Buffalo Soldier by Maurice Broaddus (these novellas that Tor has been putting out have been all been EXCELLENT so far)
• Maman’s Homesick Pie: A Persian Heart in an American Kitchen by Donia Bijan
• Star-Crossed by Barbara Dee
• What Language Is: And What It Isn’t And What It Could Be by John McWhorter
• No One Can Pronounce My Name by Rakesh Satyal
• Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit by Jaye Robin Brown
• Geekerella: A Fangirl Fairy Tale by Ashley Poston
• The Last Days of Café Leila by Donia Bijan
• The Sultan and the Queen: The Untold Story of Elizabeth and Islam by Jerry Brotton
• Solve for Happy: Engineer your Path to Joy by Mo Gawdat
• Atlas Obscura: An Explorer’s Guide to the World’s Hidden Wonders

Books 4.19.17

Stack one:

• Passion Favors the Bold by Theresa Romain
• My Fair Duchess by Megan Frampton
• Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter
• A Taste of Honey by Kai Ashante Wilson
• Hammers on Bone by Cassandra Khaw
• After the Crown by K. B. Wagers
• Unf*ck Your Habitat: You’re Better Than Your Mess by Rachel Hoffman
• Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
• Star-Crossed by Barbara Dee
• Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones
• The Sultan and the Queen: The Untold Story of Elizabeth and Islam by Jerry Brotton
• How to be a Bawse: A Guide to Conquering Life by Lilly Singh
• Among the Ruins by Ausma Zehanat Khan

Books 04.06.17

Stack one:

• Passion Favors the Bold by Theresa Romain
• A Taste of Honey by Kai Ashante Wilson
• Hammers on Bone by Cassandra Khaw
• Yarn: Remembering the Way Home by Kyoko Mori
• The Impossible Fairy Tale by Han Yujoo
• After the Crown by K. B Wagers
• Shame the Stars by Guadalupe García McCall
• The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
• Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones
• The Dream of Water by Kyoko Mori
• Among the Ruins by Ausma Zehanat Khan

Books 03.20.17

I attended LibTech last week, so this got a little bit delayed. Oops.

Stack one:

• News of the World by Paulette Jiles
• Yarn: Remembering the Way Home by Kyoko Mori
• After the Crown by KB Wagers
• As Brave As You by Jason Reynolds
• Shame the Stars by Guadalupe García McCall
• The Dream of Water by Kyoko Mori
• Miranda and Caliban by Jacqueline Carey
• Shakespeare: Staging the World by Jonathan Bate and Dora Thornton

Books 03.02.17

Stack one:

• The Sorcerer of he Wildeeps by Kai Ashante Wilson
• The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle
• Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
• Breath of Earth by Beth Cato
• After the Crown by K. B. Wagers
• Shelter by Jung Yun
• As Brave As You by Jason Reynolds
• Timekeeper by Tara Sim
• In the Land of Giants: A Journey Through the Dark Ages by Max Adams
• Shakespeare: Staging the World by Jonathan Bate and Dora Thornton

Books,.17.17

Stack one:

• We Gon’ Be Alright: Notes on Race and Resegregation by Jeff Chang
• Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
• Breath of Earth by Beth Cato
• Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake
• The Man Who Shot Out My Eye Is Dead by Chanelle Benz
• Ghost by Jason Reynolds
• Timekeeper by Tara Sim
• In the Land of Giants: A Journey Through the Dark Ages by Max Adams
• Selection Day by Aravind Adiga
• Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi
• Shakespeare: Staging the World by Jonathan Bate and Dota Thornton