Welcome to Litsy!

4 stars ⭐️ I don‘t usually like YA but this was so enjoyable. I was sucked into the 1920s plot. It leaves you wanting to learn more- it just gives you a small taste of the Tulsa race riots. That was lacking, but for a quick YA read it was great. The audiobook rocked. #ATYin52books #aroundtheyearin52books

This is a great read thus far.

I‘m loving this book!

As this novel embarks upon the race riot, which took place in Tulsa, Oklahoma, students travel from the present to the past, trying to find out whose body was buried behind Rowan‘s home.

Although my classes are at different parts in this book, we all know that a body from 100 years ago has been found and right now, we don‘t like William nor Vernon. Thank you Jennifer Latham for writing a novel that has captivated my students.

This was the latest read of my RL book club. It's a historical YA with dual perspectives: one a high school student investigating the mystery of a body unearthed during renovations on her family's Tulsa home, and the other a high school student in 1921 Tulsa who gets caught up in the Tulsa "race riot." It felt very YA with teenage perspectives and sanitized language & events. Although intense in spots, it also avoids some hard history.

A present day mystery uncovers secrets from the night of the Tulsa Massacre. A very important piece of history I never knew until I was an adult. Books like this should be available to all teens to learn a more complete history of the US.
#RoadTripUSA Oklahoma

Nobody walks in Tulsa.

#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

3 historical fiction from my TBR, 2 set at Coney Island, 1 the Tulsa Massacre

#BeginsWith

The Tulsa race massacre was horrifying and this novel explores a fictionalized version of those events. It flashes back and forth from the 1921 timeline to the present day. The story is good, but the writing is filled with clichés and hard to swallow at times. The modern-day plot was much less compelling and the characters were very one-dimensional. Still worth reading, but probably better for a younger audience.

I couldn‘t put this down. There‘s nothing more terrifying than angry cis straight white men. I was satisfied with the ending. Last, this is another book that shows why critical race theory/conversations on combatting racism are so important! It‘s been 100 years since the Tulsa massacre…how much has really changed? Read more: https://www.npr.org/2021/05/24/998683497/a-century-after-the-race-massacre-tulsa...

Neo-Nazis, white nationalists, racist skinheads, neo-Confederates, the KKK—up until that morning, I had no idea those were all different things, or that there were so many different ways to hate black people. Racists, it turned out, were into diversity after all.

James and I realized we were soul mates that night, and soul mates are okay with all the bad shit hidden in each other‘s dark corners.

The dead always have stories to tell. They just need the living to listen.

*I am a Medium and I can tell you that this is the truth.

I understand now that history only moves forward in a straight line when we learn from it. Otherwise it loops past the same mistakes over and over again

YA historical fiction--ever hear of the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921? Me neither. When Rowan discovers a body hidden under a floor on her property she discovers who she is. As an affluent biracial teen she is aware of race issues but that's the extent of it. Life circumstances collide with her detective work to reveal the identity of the body shattering her innocence. Told from her perspective and one in 1921, this book keeps you turning pages!

History, mystery, and tough stuff.

✨ 80 percent done with this book and I‘m 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 loving it so far. Definitely placing this on my list of favorite reads for the year.
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#currentlyreading #blitsy #2019reads #dreamlandburning

My #Goodreadschallenge has been 100 for the past few years. Well, this is definitely the soonest I have met this goal.

📚 Current read: Dreamland Burning
📚 Series or stand alone: Stand alone
📚 “So use it.” from Minority Leader by Stacey Abrams
#weekendreads

Since this was SO FUN last time I‘m doing it again!!
Pick what I read in November!
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@TheReadingMermaid #makemereadit #novembertbr

After 2 years I finally found an indie bookstore near my university. Excited to go back!

Excited to add these to the store inventory today. Hands down picks, each one!!

Why do I love historical fiction?! They just make me angry! Really interesting book with tons of evaluation and information about racism. Honestly, the exact same crap is happening now so I couldn't even be like "man, thank God it's not like that anymore!"

I'm super curious about this one! Historical fiction with two timelines, a murder and racism

Great read! It reads like a mystery and I thoroughly enjoyed the alternating viewpoints between the past and modern day. I learned something about the Tulsa race riot in 1921 that I had never learned about. Highly recommended.

I've powered through 56 pages of this one and am loving it so far!

I started this book in May from the Library and abandoned it when I had no option for renewal. I decided to get the book and start again so I could watch the author chat from the MMD Summer Book Club. LOVED this book! Every high school student should be required to read this book (along with The Help). What an amazing telling of the Tulsa race riots. Brava Jennifer Latham! #mmdbookclub #dreamlandburning #jenniferlatham

Saved one of my books from @Sfbeavers in the #wintersolsticebookexchange hosted by @MrBook @BookBabe and @Avanders so I could feel like I was participating in #jolabokaflod ...Iceland is on to something with that idea!!!

A fictional account of a real riot in 1921 that I'd never heard about - and will be researching now.
A YA novel told in the present day by Rowan, a bi-racial teen who intends to find the identity of the skeleton unearthed by a construction crew behind her home. Alternating chapters are told by William, a bi-racial teen in 1921 who survived the riot.
While I wanted the story to give me more, it kept me guessing and was a decent YA read.

Restarting this book. I had it from the library and had to return it. Invested in my own copy. Love reading cozied up on a Sunday night! #mmdbookclub

This is an important story, well told, and I really liked Rowan. 4 stars.

Not for me - I so wanted to like it

WOW! I was seriously blown away by this book. I fell in love with the characters and couldn't put it down. The pacing was great and the way the author weaved the past and present was magnificent. I got chills at the end and am getting them again now just thinking about it. I highly recommend!

New band name 💁🏼💩😹

Hubs: Do you want me to pick up *kid* at school?
Me: No no I'll do it 🙋🏼📚

Can you really like a book while also finding it hard to read? That is what my experience was with this book. The dual narrative and the mystery in it were very engaging. But the historical parts were sometimes hard to read, but that's part of what books can do for us -- make us aware of parts of history (and the present) that are hard to face.

I buckled down and finished these two books, which were good but I had been dragging my feet because I've been really distracted. I finished at lunch, because I was determined to count them in August.

It took me a while to finish this and I was iffy at first, but it ended up being a great read. Thanks to this book and Between Shades of Grey, I've learned that I really enjoy historical fiction. For both books, I actually wasn't aware of the events that occurred before reading so it was interesting to have that added level of learning also while reading a fiction book.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I couldn't put it down.

An older #ModernMrsDarcyBookClub pick. Sure hope I like this one better than the last.

An intriguing book, full of suspense, murder + centuries old Jim Crow. The storyline flashes easily between it's two main characters;
Will Tillman 17--Tulsa race riots of 1921
Rowan Chase 17--present day, finder of skeletal remains on her families property.

Rowan tries to solve the mystery while her own life is uncertain. I love how the plot raises more questions than provides answers making it hard to put down. A wonderful intensive read.

I read this book several days ago and can't stop thinking about it. This book has strong themes of friendship and identity plus it tells of events I had never heard of, which has caused me to learn more on my own. I love books that inspire me to do research. I can tell this one will be with me for a long time.

I finally received my #Litmail #ChristmasInJuly presents today from @sunflowers I love everything! I especially love the personalised cards, the gorgeous hardcovers of Strange The Dreamer, Nevernight & Dreamland Burning, the Book Nerd mug (even though the post broke its handle😒) the bookmarks with an Alice quote & a TOG quote & the pins, especially the corgi! And the book light! I just love all of it!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Returning this thoroughly enjoyable novel to the library (will be included in my monthly mini reviews tomorrow) as I check off my annual birthday to-do list!
✅ run🏃‍♀️
✅ solo lunch 🍣
✅ pedicure 💅🏻
✅ library 📚
Now off to grab iced coffee and read 🤓📖
Also! Send up a HBD to JK Rowling and Harry Potter today- I am infinitely delighted to share the birthday of such righteous individuals ⚡️

#SizzlinSummerBooks | Day 30: #HotStuff | #DreamlandBURNING by #JenniferLatham 🔥

Some bodies won't stay buried.
Some stories need to be told.

When 17-year-old Rowan Chase finds a skeleton on her family's property, she has no idea that investigating the brutal century-old murder will lead to a summer of painful discoveries about the past and the present. It brings the Tulsa race riot of 1921 to life and raises questions about US race relations.

Wow this book was good! It combines finding a skeleton in an outbuilding with flashbacks telling the story of how it got there & who it was. This is all set against a backdrop of racial tension today and the race riots in Tulsa in 1921. In glad I saw this in the #modernmrsdarcy summer reading guide.

YA take on the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot. Not as well-developed as I'd hoped, but still a very good read. Def going to hand this one over to my 15-year-old.
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This book tells a compelling story and will engage you from beginning to end. Based on an actual event, and told with a back and forth between present and past, the two narrators stories intertwine in an interesting historical YA novel. If I hadn't known it was YA, I wouldn't have categorized it as such. A really good book. 📚❤️