Looks like I will be visiting Italy, Alaska and Nova Scotia for #Roll100 in April!
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pickRaw and honest, this is an urbanized fictional perspective of an individual who grew up in the rough streets of Brooklyn, New York. Afro-Latina and trans protagonist Carlotta is released from prison on probation and tries to assimilate back into her community. However, her new identity ostracizes her from everyone as she attempts to navigate while dealing with themes of family, crime, gender, queerness and the threat of gentrification.
pickThis book was so good.it had everything. Childhood trauma, love, sex, murder, and family business. It was 740 pages and I didn't want it to end.
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pickSecret Society is a story about two best friends, Celess and Tina, who have been friends since childhood. Now grown, their lives are full of adventure. They frequent nightclubs, date only wealthy men, and live a life of luxury. However, they harbor a serious secret that could cost them every thing.
pickI am now duly reminded of why I love Jason Reynolds so much. His characters are so credible and authentic! His books can engage even the most reluctant readers. Teen Ali and his pals, Noodles and Needles, live in Bed-Stuy in NYC. (Needles has Tourette‘s, so Ali‘s mom teaches him how to knit - it helps with the tics and outbursts.) It‘s a coming-of-age story, laced with danger. The interconnectedness of the characters is a work of art.
It's like I been away so long that motherfuckers all done learnt a different language from me, an every time they get a second to theyself, they start messin round with that phone. Motherfuckers useta talk to motherfuckers, now ev'body be a zombie trapped in they own li'l world, watchin some apples blow up on a li'l portable TV.
She crossed the street and studied the building closely-no LIVE NUDE REVUE, no xxx movies, nothing Is this where it was at? Yes, definitely. The place had become a haunted house; the sign read TIMES SCARE Huh? So what is it now, like a dead nude revue?
Tina and Celess have been best friends forever. Because they are at the top of their game, they are living life in the fast lane. Right now, Tina is dating Khalil, and Celess is dating, well, three men: James, the rising basketball player from Philly; O, the hustler from Delaware; and Tariq, the realtor from New Jersey. Stay tuned to find out what these boss girls into in the next chapter, January.
pickWhat a voice! This is an unconventional novel told mostly in first person and in Black American vernacular about a trans woman‘s 48 hours after being paroled. I felt Hannaham is riffing on Joyce‘s Ulysses, putting his own spin on it. There is minimal punctuation, stream of consciousness, switches from 1st to 3rd person in the same paragraph...one has to read it carefully. I found it surprisingly exuberant despite the dark subject matter.
