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If you like books about modern issues, you‘ll love this book. So far in the novel, I‘ve come to learn that Starr experiences lots of racism and discrimination in her own school and social life. She‘s now become away that she is dating a white male and starts to question it as she is African American. This book is written in first person perspective and allows the readers to feel the emotions that are written on the pages by using words such as ‘I‘

I cried my way through much of this. Angie Thomas does an excellent job of juxtaposing violence and injustice with love and supportive family and community. Her characters are nuanced, and her teens are realistically conflicted. Especially striking is her portrayal of the need to keep living daily life while huge events tear things up. Now I can watch the movie.

God I love this book so much. Just finished a reread with both my kids & it provided some deep and important conversations. What‘s a book you think everyone 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙨 to read?

Thought provoking read!

What an amazing parcel from @faelinwolf ! Books were the tagged beauty, plus The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin, and The Black God's Drums, by P Dark Clark. Plus so many other goodies! I can't wait to dig into all of these! Thank you so much!! ❤️📚❤️

Finished my book, then walked down for ice cream. A nice end to the day.

Finished part one yesterday. Appreciate the narrative, the voice comes through well.

Guys I honestly can not put this book down. Why did I sit on this for so long?? I love the way the author breathes life into her characters. I just want to see what they do next. Help it‘s a problem I have homework to do.

Book 3 completed for #contemporaryathon ANOTHER 5 ⭐️ read!! This book made me cry, got me angry, made me smile at times but most important of all.. it made me think!

Uhm my #cupidgoespostal box was AMAZING and I can‘t wait until lunchtime to give @nelehelen a proper thank you. In the meantime, the scarf went perfect with my planned outfit and I could not wait to start The Hate U Give. So I took them both to school so here‘s a cheesy af picture.

“Sometimes you can do everything right, and things will still go wrong. The key is to never stop doing right.”

Merry Christmas, Littens! Hope this holiday bring you joy, peace, and of course #goodreads. 🎄

This is one of those books that I really think everyone would benefit from reading. It's written from the perspective of Starr, a 16 year old who witnesses her best friend get murdered by a cop for driving while black. The worst part is that this happens all too often in the real world.

I'm only 50 pages in, and this book is already so heavy. 😔 It pains me to know that this story isn't even stretching the truth.

Who else is participating in #nanowrimo ? This is my first time and I‘m excited to see what I get accomplished! (So far I‘ve written 3,419 words! Woohoo!) With that said, I have no idea how much reading I‘ll get done, so these are a few books I‘d like to get read in the near future, and we‘ll see if they get read this month or not 😄 #tbr

Diving into this stunner tonight 🎃