In many ways, Wing Jone is the book that I’ve been searching for for half my life. (I’m in my mid-twenties, so that’s not an exaggeration.) See, I’m of biracial descent. Even though I’ve sought books with biracial protagonists all my life, I’ve come across very few. Combine that with sports, one of my many passions, and odds of finding such a book plummet to near zero. Then Wing Jones came along and that book made my heart sing.
Hot off the Press – February 20, 2017
Most of the time I try to identify the hyped, underrated or diverse books to help you guys pick out which books might interest you. But with all the division over Carve the Mark, self-harm and the threshold for artistic expression, I’m beat. If you want to know my stand, I tweeted a thread and posted on Instagram. Without further comment, here are this week’s YA releases.
Love-a-Thon 2017: Fancy Yourself a Poet?
Book spine poetry’s hands-down my favourite kind of bookish challenge. I was excited to see it return for this year’s Love-A-Thon. This time round I limited myself to my TBR pile. Another personal goal was to use at least eight or seven books.
Love-a-Thon 2017 Mix & Match — Sports
The point of Mini-challenge #2 is to mash up non-bookish interests with our bookish lives. How we do that is up to us. Of course, I chose photography as my medium. My first thought was to focus on book photography but figured with bookstagram, that’d be too straightforward. Haha. So, I chose sports.
Love-A-Thon 2017 Introduction
Another round of Love-A-Thon has arrived! This year Alexa is hosting it together with Cee, Kristin and Mel. The bookish community is constantly growing, which makes the annual Love-A-Thon a great avenue to meet new people. It’s also a fun time to reconnect with friends as we participate in the various mini challenges. With that, let’s dive into the questionnaire!
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