Interviewing This Author For The #blerdbookclub And So Excited! We Love Interviewing Folks!

February 2020 Illustrations ヽ(• ‿ •)ノ

This is glorious and even thought it doesn’t fit in the range of all the paranormal, I MUST share

It works like this: You tell Kitestring that you’re in a dangerous place or situation, and give it a time frame of when to check in on you. If you don’t reply back when it checks your status, it’ll alert your emergency contacts with a custom message you set up.

It doesn’t require you to touch anything (like bSafe) or shake your phone (like Nirbhaya) to send the distress signal. Kitestring is smarter, because it doesn’t need an action to alert people, it needs inaction.

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White Latinos please collect your anti black trash.

Lover of romance books? Enter this bookish giveaway!

Lover of romance books? Enter this bookish giveaway!

We’re feeling festive so I’ve joined forces with these amazing authors to bring you a HUGE giveaway running from the 15th December – 20th. Looking forward to the New Year’s sales? We’ve got $500 cash to give away, perfect for treating yourself or stocking up on goodies for next year. Check out the authors involved then enter below. And don’t forget to stop by Love Books’ Facebook pagefor more…

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Dumpster Diving: An Observation on Class in Children’s Books

When my sister and I were kids, we used to play next to (and sometimes on) the dumpsters in the parking lot while my mother cleaned offices. At the age of twenty-two, my mom was a single parent of two small children, putting herself through college while working as a waitress and cleaning lady. We were on food stamps and participated in WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) and AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children). I had free lunch at school. Welfare paid for our childcare so my mom could work and take classes, and somehow, we managed to squeak by.

 Eventually my mom graduated and took a job as a teacher, and things improved. They improved even more when she remarried and we became a two-income household. My lunches went from free to reduced-price. And by high school I paid top dollar for my soggy pizza and curly fries and had an allowance of three dollars a week. Which wasn’t half bad in the 1980s, all things considered.

I was a smart kid and did well at school. I got a generous financial-aid package to attend Harvard and found myself living in the Yard, taking classes from future and former US Cabinet officials when I was the age my mom had been when she was cleaning offices and struggling to put food on the table. I was surrounded by private school kids and legacy students. To say I experienced culture shock is putting it mildly.

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wow how about that

My only requirement for #mcm today? He must be British!!!!!! @its_lucien #bookboyfriendmaterial #britishboys

This is so beautiful!

The Unforgettables by GL Tomas

“With that kiss, I was free to finally be myself instead of the person I pretended so long that I was. I wasn’t the perfect person and I wasn’t the perfect daughter, and now I understood that that was okay. I had to start letting my heart guide me in the right direction, otherwise, I’d never find the bravery to do something like that again.”

Why Book Reviews Matter! Part One-The Creative Side

Why Book Reviews Matter! Part One-The Creative Side

I’m sure everyone is tired of hearing about the conversation about reviews. As an author they’re helpful, as a reader they’re helper, but I know some folk think reviews aren’t important. I was actually inspired by an author friend M. Hollis, who recently wrote a twitter thread about how helpful reviews are to marginalized writers, who have the hardest time getting their books in front of the…

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I Don't always review every book I read but after reading a blog post by one of my fave book bloggers, I sure do plan on going back and leaving a review for every book I've at least read this year😍