Happy Valentine’s Day! I don’t think today’s festivities need any introduction. However, I would like to clarify that Valentine’s Day is not only for those lucky enough to spend it with their soulmate but for everyone! Love isn’t only found between two people, love can be expressed to friends, family, ourselves, and even our beloved…Continue Reading A Non-Traditional Valentine’s Day Booklist
Almost everyone knows that February is Black History Month, but did you know that it is also National Cancer Awareness Month? Many factors lead to the over 100 types of cancer experienced globally. An estimated 40% of U.S. citizens will have some form of cancer in their lifetime, and every year more than two million…Continue Reading National Cancer Awareness Month Reads
In my last post, I briefly mentioned “How Long Til Black Future Month” by N. K. Jemisin, though because this is a collection of short stories, I felt that it deserved a more in-depth post itself. So today I will be doing exactly that! I will also be formatting this review slightly differently from my…Continue Reading Book Review: How Long Til Black Future Month by N.K. Jemisin
I love astronomy. There’s just something so special about staring up at the empty night sky, dotted with stars and planets from thousands of miles away. And then there is the occasional blinking satellite, slowly drifting across the horizon. It’s been 68 years since the first satellite, Sputnik 1, launched, and four years later the…Continue Reading In the Shelves and Stars
As promised in a previous post, I am going to give a full review of the book Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao. Tomorrow is the Lunar New Year, and seeing as this book is heavily influenced by early Chinese culture and history, I figured that discussing it would be a great way to celebrate…Continue Reading Book Review: Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
As 2025 begins, the first quarter of the 21st century comes to an end and quite the quarter-centennial it has been. But with New Years, comes new books, and seeing as I just picked, prodded, and praised 10 books I read last year, I think it is only fair to share 10 more books that…Continue Reading Books Coming in 2025
Everyone knows National Selfie Day, but did you know that January 22 is Shelfie Day? A day similar to Selfie Day, except you get to add the book you are, or want to read, exciting for every book lover, and what is a library if not a bunch of book lovers. So, I asked some…Continue Reading It’s Shelfie Day!
Did you know that Art has a birthday? Or that it is today? Or that it is supposedly 1,000,063 years old? According to French artist Robert Fillou, there was no art until one million years ago (in 1963), and since then, every January 17 has been dedicated to the “birth” of art. So, today I…Continue Reading Celebrating Art for the 1,000,063rd Year
Over the fever dream that was 2024, I somehow managed to read 32 books. From fantastical novels to memorable memoirs, I’ve seen it all, and now as we enter 2025, I’ve begun reflecting on my book choices. So today, I am going to share 10 of the best, and worst, books I read this year….Continue Reading The Best (and worst) Books I Read in 2024
Wow, it’s already been a month of 2025. And as we welcome February, we also welcome the celebration of Black History Month! The adoption of Black History Month as a federally accepted holiday was 49 years ago, though it has been around for far longer. Nearly one hundred years ago, in February of 1926, the…Continue Reading Celebrating Black History in Books
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