Come Juneteenth

I‘m not entirely happy with this board and there are some numbers I‘m hoping are NOT called but I can‘t figure out what to replace them with so I‘m 🤷🏼‍♀️ rolling with it. #bookspin #june

TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks haha well, just as a reminder, bailing on a book still counts as #BookSpin progress 😂 3y

mrsmarch @TheAromaofBooks In that case I am prepared for victory 😆 3y

TheAromaofBooks I actually had someone a month or two ago who made her list out of books she didn't know why she even owned - basically books she was pretty sure were going to be bails. She said it was actually pretty satisfying because she ended up getting rid of somewhere around 15-20 books, all ones that had been sort of niggling at her because she kept putting them off haha 3y

MaleficentBookDragon I really liked

Three Dark Crowns (Three Dark Crowns #1)

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crhealey

Come Juneteenth | Ann Rinaldi

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This book is strange & made me very angry. It tries to grapple w/ the choice many white Texans made to not tell their slaves that they had been freed until 1865 (Juneteenth). In creating drama, Rinaldi centers the story on the premise “if only we told the slaves they were free” instead of “if only we didn‘t ascribe to this racist institution” and seemingly unintentionally absolves its white characters of any agency w/ in the story. #soproblematic

crhealey Not sure the character limit or my mental energy can truly capture how much of the Lost Cause ideology and glorification of Southern tradition is present in the book. Even the end, which attempts to demonstrate growth for the characters is inherently racist and problematic as well. 5y

crhealey And I like Ann Rinaldi‘s other works! I don‘t remember them all being this problematic! #rantover 5y

Chrissyreadit I think sometimes I need to know these books exist as proof that the crazy rascist way of thinking is alive, well and in many places still being taught. I have had people try to tell me it doesn‘t exist. One of the reasons I stopped Facebook. 5y

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lover.of.the.classics

Come Juneteenth | Ann Rinaldi

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This book was HORRIBLE! It started out pretty bad, but I kept reading thinking/hoping that it would get better better. But sadly it did not. Every other book that I have read that was written by Ann Rinaldi was GREAT, I guess I was just a little disappointed.

Just_reading This was on my to-read list. I usually love Ann Rinaldi too but I guess even the best authors are allowed some fails! 6y

lover.of.the.classics @Just_reading It is well written, it‘s not sluggish or boring, but the story is very, very sad. I mean in the end she ends up accidentally killing her best friend, who is also her brothers lover. 6y

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EchoLogical

Come Juneteenth | Ann Rinaldi

This was my first substitution of my #litsyAtoZ challenge, #LetterC. ? I really tried to get thru "The Country of Ice Cream Star" and I just couldn't. When I saw "Come Juneteenth" at work, I took it as a sign and threw in the towel. Glad I did, nice easy read.

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