Tsundoku @lapis@booktoot.club

Put your #YAMGBookClub nominations here, if you want to do any themes, state so.

Young Adult pick for February is :

"The Stars and the Blackness Between Them" - Janauda Petrus

#YAMGBookClub

Love, Hate & Other Filters - Samira Ahmed

Tangerine - Edward Bloor

To Kill a Kingdom - Alexandra Christo

The Bone Witch - Rin Chupeco

Labyrinth Lost - Zoraida Córdova

P.S. Longer Letter Later - Paula Danziger; Ann M. Martin

Star-Crossed - Barbara Dee*

Otherbound - Corinne Duyvis

If I Ever Get Out of Here - Eric Gansworth (Indigenous)

George - Alex Gino*

None of the Above - I. W. Gregorio (Intersex)

Spare and Found Parts - Sarah Maria Griffin (Halloween-y)
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(RE) #Introductions
25+ #ActuallyAutistic person (pronouns she/they)

This is my book, podcast, and TV account. I never shut up about Riverdale.

Fave Books: Marriage of a Thousand Lies (SJ Sindu), The Song of Achilles (Madeline Miller), Winternight Trilogy (Katherine Arden),

Obsessed with #Tortall
I run the #YAMGBookClub, which you should join if you want to read #YoungAdult or #MiddleGrade books. My profile has the current book pinned.

My Riffle is in the profile.

Book Blog- @lapis

For obvious reasons (especially if you've seen the Weed Is Life shit go down) I'm locking this account. I'll probably approve most of y'all but better safe than sorry.

(Yes I've already been warned that parts of the book are heavy. Parts of the first book were heavy)

(Also I don't necessarily equate "heaviness" to "literary")

Me earlier today: I should have a literary book to chew upon. I haven't read one of those in a while.
Mail: *Solutions and Other Problems by Allie Brosh arrives*
Me: Fuck it. Funny blog life is what I need right now.

I get why they're called that, but why not Menvellos - novellas for men

Book shots: novellas for MEN!!!!

Like I said privately on my elekk account, my grandmother died yesterday. I have many complicated feelings I won't share here.

Basically, I'm going to try to absorb myself in crochet, games, and reading, though that may not be possible, depending on the arrangements required.

Anyway probably a lot of romances. I have a few stockpiled.

Reading recommendations are welcome.

If anything profound comes of this, I'll write about it.

Here's a sample of books I'm thinking of reading next:

* Autobiography of Malcolm X
* Me and White Supremacy
* When They Call You a Terrorist
* The End of Policing
* Sister Outsider
* An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
* Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect
* Black Skin White Masks
* Freedom is a Constant Struggle
* Why are all The Black Kids sitting together in the cafeteria?

I know this sounds like I listed everything but I didn't. I just have a lot.

Finished it! I'll think for a bit about what to read next that's relevant to this tag.

And the racism in reporting I was familiar with in Katrina. But I think it was really lost on me how racist the media (and Bush) was in handling of this situation.

I haven't read Bush's post-presidential memoir, but did you know he 1. Did NOT cut taxes to benefit the rich, 2. that he did NOT lie about the Weapons of Mass Destruction we never found 3. Also being called a racist about hurricane Katrina made him sad.

Good. Fuck him.

Okay I realize I sound oblivious saying this but I did NOT realize "Ebonics" came from "Ebony" + "Phonics".

I'm also learning that the "Colorblind" policy may have been partially inspired by mapping the genome and such.

And DAMN, Kendi is NOT holding back on the Florida debacle in the 2000 election or "No Child Left Behind"

#AntiRacistReads

Part of me wants to put goodreads back on my phone but I next to never read a physical book anymore, and the scanner is the only good part of it.