Category: read in 2022

• January 19, 2022

  The Love Songs of W. E. B. du Bois by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers

  “We are the earth, the land. The tongue that speaks and trips on the names of the dead as it dares to tell these stories of a woman’s line. Her people and her dirt, her trees.” – Honoree Fanonne Jeffers, “The Love Songs of W. E. B. du Bois” Review: The Love Songs of W.…
• January 17, 2022

  Ground Zero by Alan Gratz

  “Brandon stared at the picture of himself. Dark, messy hair. Brown skin and high cheekbones, like his dad. A slightly upturned nose and blue eyes, like his mom. His name—Brandon Chavez—was printed beneath the picture, along with the date: September 11, 2001.” – Alan Gratz, “Ground Zero” Review: Trigger Warnings: 9/11 terrorist attacks, War on…
• January 15, 2022

  Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman

  “Since the world is round, There is no way to walk away From each other, for even then We are coming back together. Some distances, if allowed to grow, Are merely the greatest proximities.” – Amanda Gorman, “Call Us What We Carry”: poems Review: Call Us What We Carry first recalls the imagery of Herman…
• January 14, 2022

  Paper Towns by John Green

  “What a treacherous thing to believe that a person is more than a person.” – John Green, “Paper Towns” Review: Paper Towns is a story that essentially breaks down to three acts: the adventure, the last weeks of school, and the road trip. If you’re looking for a page turner, this book does not disappoint.…
• January 12, 2022

  The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray

  “A colored girl named Belle Marion Greener would never have been considered for a job with Mr. J. P. Morgan. Only a white girl called Belle da Costa Greene would have that opportunity.” – Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray, “The Personal Librarian” Review: It took me longer than I expected to finish this book.…
• January 10, 2022

  Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

  “I wonder how many people at H Mart miss their families. How many are thinking of them as they bring their trays back from the different stalls. If they’re eating to feel connected, to celebrate these people through food. Which ones weren’t able to fly back home this year, or for the past ten years?…
• January 8, 2022

  If This Gets Out by Sophie Gonzales and Cale Dietrich

  “Everyone wants the world to see them as they are. The truth isn’t the problem. The problem is that the world doesn’t always make the truth safe for us to share.” – Sophie Gonzales and Cale Dietrich, “If This Gets Out” Review: I hadn’t planned for this to be the first book I finished in…
• January 5, 2022

  The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri

  “Where there are bees there are flowers, and wherever there are flowers there is new life and hope.” – Christy Lefteri, “The Beekeeper of Aleppo” Review: Trigger Warnings: PTSD, flashbacks, death of a child, violence, allusion to rape I won a copy of The Beekeeper of Aleppo in a Goodreads giveaway last year, but with…