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Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
4.5
This doesn’t feel as far away from today’s America as I would like. Ugh, prescience.
Flamboyants: The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I'd Known by George M. Johnson
3.0
The illustrations in this book are beautiful.
Didn't We Almost Have It All: The Genius, Shame, and Audacity of Whitney Houston by Gerrick Kennedy
3.5
Oh, Whitney. 😢😢😢
This is a 3.5 for me; an interesting and engaging piece of cultural criticism focused on how the media and the public treated arguably the best pop vocalist ever. There are some redundancies throughout the essays that make up this book, and I noticed a couple typos in the digital version, but overall I thought this was a lovely, deeply personal reflection on Whitney Houston’s talent and the society and media ecosystem that helped lead to her destruction.
This is a 3.5 for me; an interesting and engaging piece of cultural criticism focused on how the media and the public treated arguably the best pop vocalist ever. There are some redundancies throughout the essays that make up this book, and I noticed a couple typos in the digital version, but overall I thought this was a lovely, deeply personal reflection on Whitney Houston’s talent and the society and media ecosystem that helped lead to her destruction.
These Letters End in Tears by Musih Tedji Xaviere
3.5
Pretty affecting story or “forbidden” young love and the consequences it can have in a repressive society.
A World Between by Emily Hashimoto
emotional
medium-paced
3.5
Really enjoyed this book and devoured it very quickly. Good story, set in a number of specific times & places (some of which hold special importance for me), with characters who feel like fully formed human beings.