Spotlight on Diverse Books: Listen, Slowly by Thanhhà Lại

I am just bouncing back-ish from being down with the sickness, so sorry this is a day behind. I just finished listening to this book and want to tell everyone I come into contact with about it. I love the weaving of Vietnamese and American culture. I love the concepts presented. Also, Lulu Lamb has …

Spotlight on a Diverse Book: Strange Fruit by Joel Christian Gill

Hi All!  I just found this book, entirely by accident, on Goodreads and I thought it might be an interesting read.  I was wrong.  It was a great read!  Even though I a little late to this party (the book was released 2014) I just had share this book.  Plus, there are less than 400 …

Spotlight on Diverse YA Books-Lily and Dunkin by Donna Gephart

What's It About: Lily is a girl living in a boy's body.  Dunkin is a boy with a history of mental illness with a family going through a troubling time.  The two meet and make a connection but they are quickly pulled apart by the politics of middle school.  Separately, they must navigate their changing …

Spotlight on Diverse YA Books- A Darkly Beating Heart

A Darkly Beating Heart by Lindsay Smith After a traumatic break up with her girlfriend and the subsequent mental breakdown she had afterwards, Reiko is sent to Japan to recover. Working as an intern for her uncle's graphic design firm, Reiko finds that she has been included in her cousin's plan to become a teen idol. …

Spotlight on Diverse YA Books: Ask Me No Questions by Marina Budhos

One of my favorite quotes related to reading is by George R. R. Martin, "I have lived a thousand lives and I've loved a thousand loves. I've walked on distant worlds and seen the end of time. Because I read." While Game of Thrones is not my cup of tea, I think that this quote …