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My Mothers Day gifts🖤 they know me so well!! #aaponth #aapi #blacklead #monsterlove

Happy AAPI MONTH!! Happy Spring.

I decided to do a book spin for this month to get out of my reading slump. I have a D20 dice, I listed books, book themes, and activities. I have some AAPI authors or protagonists in my bookspin to celebrate AAPI.

What are your AAPI recs?

What is everyone reading out there?

question for my DnD folks - what are some good DnD-themed or inspired books that you would recommend?
#dnd #bookspin #aapi

I recently picked up several random graphic novels at the library, including this one. Caroline can't stop thinking about the popular girl she has started tutoring at school and finds that they have more in common than she could imagine. I really enjoyed this. The character building is great and the art is beautiful. Their texting style reminded me of when my husband and I first started. #LGBTQIA #comics #AAPI

I'm not all that into superhero comics because they just don't interest me enough, but I do really enjoy the Marvel Voices collections. My favorite in this one was definitely the issue that reimagined several characters including Wolverine and Venom (and characters I don't know) in a Japanese mythology landscape. #comics #inclusive #AAPI

Wang explores many topics from friendship and strict parents to childhood illness and not being seen as Chinese enough or American enough. I really enjoyed exploring these topics through Christine's struggles as she navigates self expression, academics, friendship, and family to find where she belongs.
#GraphicNovel #AAPI #Childhood

This was a difficult novel to read. It became more violent over time, but it is a novel about war. It was an interesting approach to the Vietnam War because all characters were flawed. It was impossible to determine who was right and who was wrong wich made the book more interesting. The story is told from the perspective of a Vietnamese refugee.#AAPI#vietnamwar#traumaticexperience#immigrantexperience

Happy May!! What are some of your favorite AAPI writers or stories? #aapi

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander month so that our theme this Monday! #AAPI

Christina Soontornvat wrote the tagged book- a Thai-inspired retelling of Les Mis with magical elements that rocked my world and in doing so became a must-read author for me! In this version, the daughter of the prison warden hunts down a prison-born boy who is trying to escape his doomed life.

What titles would you recommend for #MiddleGradeMonday ?

This was a very cool read!
I really liked the main character, Nell.
I didn't read the description, so I was surprised there was a little bit of magic in this story.

#aapi #aapiauthor #thecartographers