Serena Agusto-Cox's Blog, page 8
May 15, 2023
Mailbox Monday #734
Mailbox Monday has become a tradition in the blogging world, and many of us thank Marcia of The Printed Page for creating it. It now has its own blog where book bloggers can link up their own mailbox posts and share which books they bought or which they received for review from publishers, authors, and […]
May 10, 2023
The Other Americans by Laila Lalami (audio)
Source: Audible Audiobook, 10+ hrs. I am an Amazon Affiliate The Other Americans by Laila Lalami, narrated by Mozhan Marnò, P.J. Ochlan, Adenrele Ojo, Ozzie Rodriguez, Susan Nezami, Ali Nasser, Mark Bramhall, Max Adler, and Meera Simhan, is less the story of the murder of Driss Guerraoui, a Moroccan immigrant, and more about the other […]
May 9, 2023
Road of Bones by Christopher Golden
Source: Purchased Paperback, 240 pgs. I am an Amazon Affiliate Road of Bones by Christopher Golden is set in the coldest part of Russia on Siberia’s Kolyma Highway, which was built by hundreds of thousands of forced laborers from the gulag who were interred in the pavement after dying during its construction during the Stalinist […]
May 8, 2023
Mailbox Monday #733
Mailbox Monday has become a tradition in the blogging world, and many of us thank Marcia of The Printed Page for creating it. It now has its own blog where book bloggers can link up their own mailbox posts and share which books they bought or which they received for review from publishers, authors, and […]
May 4, 2023
Tonight at DiVerse Gaithersburg 7 p.m.: A Night of Poetry
May 4 at 7 p.m. I’ll be joining Fran Abrams at the Casey Community Center in Gaithersburg, Md., for the DiVerse Gaithersburg poetry reading series. You can register here. This is an in-person event. Address of the center: 810 S Frederick Ave, Gaithersburg, MD 20877 Can’t wait to see everyone! May the 4th Be With […]
May 3, 2023
Four Aunties and a Wedding by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Source: public library Hardcover, 304 pgs. I am an Amazon Affiliate Four Aunties and a Wedding by Jesse Q. Sutanto bring the aunties together with Meddy, Nathan, and Nathan’s family. The wedding plans are under way and it’s a destination wedding to Oxford, England. For some reason I went into this sequel just assuming there […]
May 2, 2023
Thank You For Listening by Julia Whelan
Source: Borrowed Audiobook, 11+ hrs. I am an Amazon Affiliate Thank You for Listening by Julia Whelan, narrated by the author, is my 5th book in the 12 books, 12 friends reading challenge, and it was the perfect book for my state of mind. Sewanee Chester, successful audiobook narrator and former actress, is worried about […]
May 1, 2023
Guest Post: The Value of Social Emotional Learning (SEL) in the Wake of the Pandemic by Laura Shovan
Today, we have a guest post from Laura Shovan regarding social emotional learning in the wake of the pandemic. Shovan is the author of Welcome to Monsterville. Before we get to her guest post, let’s learn more about her new poetry book to help young readers with their emotions. Welcome to Monsterville, where the residents […]
April 30, 2023
Mailbox Monday #732
Mailbox Monday has become a tradition in the blogging world, and many of us thank Marcia of The Printed Page for creating it. It now has its own blog where book bloggers can link up their own mailbox posts and share which books they bought or which they received for review from publishers, authors, and […]
April 29, 2023
Virtual Poetry Circle: Haki R. Madhubuti
Because all of us enjoy reading and love books of all kinds, I thought this poem was highly appropriate: From Haki R. Madhubuti: So Many Books, So Little Time For independent booksellers & librarians, especially Nichelle Hayes Frequently during my mornings of pain & reflection when I can’t write or articulate my thoughts or locate […]
