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Task #13: An Oprah Book Club selection
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Task #3: A book by a woman or AOC that won an award in 2018
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Task #3: A book by a woman and/or AOC (Author of Color) that won a literary award in 2018
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2019 Read Harder Challenge Plans
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Task #3: Read a mystery where the victim(s) is not a woman
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Task #4: Read a book that’s been challenged recently in your school district/library OR read one of the most-challenged/banned books of the year by a queer and/or BIPOC author.
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2017 Read Harder: POC Goes on a Spiritual Journey
Second Review, June 2017
One of my book clubs selected this book based on my recommendation and I decided to go ahead and reread the book. I read it so fast the first time it was well worth a reread, even just a few months apart. I wanted to update this review to add a few of my favorite parts of the book.
Here are a few that are just hilarious and made me laugh out loud:
-Big Mav's prayer to Black Jesus thanking him for "Sekani's miraculous, sudden ...more
Second Review, June 2017
One of my book clubs selected this book based on my recommendation and I decided to go ahead and reread the book. I read it so fast the first time it was well worth a reread, even just a few months apart. I wanted to update this review to add a few of my favorite parts of the book.
Here are a few that are just hilarious and made me laugh out loud:
-Big Mav's prayer to Black Jesus thanking him for "Sekani's miraculous, sudden ...more
Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement and the shooting deaths of unarmed black men by police, this debut novel examines the intersection of race and violence in contemporary America. The novel opens with Starr Carter attending a neighborhood party in her hometown of Garden Heights. After a fight breaks out at the party, she leaves with her childhood friend, Khalil. On the way home, the car is pulled over by a police officer for a broken tail light and the officer ends up shooting and killi
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Hoooolllly crap. This book broke my heart, brought me to tears, knocked the wind out of me, made me angry, riled me up, you name it. So engaging and enraging and thought-provoking and sad and wonderfully written. I don't know what to do with myself right now.
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This book is so powerful and so important to understanding our current time. An unarmed 16 year old African American boy is shot by the police and the story explores how that changes the main character, Starr, and her neighborhood. It is also one of the most accessible explanations for why riots happen that I've ever read.
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This is such an important book. I am still processing all of it, but I am so impressed with the depth of exploration into the characters' lives and the assessment of race relations and inequality in America, while being essentially a YA book. One of my top books of the year.
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Powerful. This is a powerful story. I'm overwhelmed by the beauty and truth of Starr's story. Read this, everyone!
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