For Strong Girls Who Like Poetry: Elizabeth Acevedo’s The Poet X July 26, 2019July 25, 2019 ~ Swapna ~ Leave a comment You Might Like This Book If You… Enjoy YA coming of age books,Struggled with fitting into religious expectations as a teenager,Clashed with your immigrant parents over cultural differences as an American teenager,Love slam poetry Continue reading “For Strong Girls Who Like Poetry: Elizabeth Acevedo’s The Poet X” →
A Classic Remix July 18, 2019July 17, 2019 ~ Swapna ~ Leave a comment You might like this book if you… are a fan of Pride and Prejudice,enjoy YA books that explore coming of age in a world rife with social prejudices,like sassy leading ladies,want to be transported into the world of Afro-Latino culture in Brooklyn,are looking for a strong #ownvoices book,want to listen to an audiobook read by a New Yorker with poetry and soul in her voice Continue reading “A Classic Remix” →
A Book that Broke My Heart: Into the Wild June 18, 2019June 17, 2019 ~ Swapna ~ Leave a comment You Might Like This Book If You… know someone who is young, free-spirited, and difficult to define or pin down,have heard the call of the wild,like nonfiction books in which the writer must do a bit of sleuthing in order to understand their subjects Continue reading “A Book that Broke My Heart: Into the Wild” →