Book review of Poetry for Kids: Emily Dickinson, by Emily Dickinson and Susan Snively (editor)

Read this aloud to my kids, one poem a day. I'm glad it had a couple of her classics and ones I remembered from my mom's Dickinson book from when I was a kid. The illustrations were lovely, too. Good for elementary and middle school. A high schooler might enjoy it too, but as it's more of a picture book, it may turn them off.

Book review of Hellboy: The Troll Witch and Other Stories

I really love how experimental Mignola is with the Hellboy stories. Love the poetry, love the connections to myths from varying cultures. Would read again.

Book review of Hellboy: Into the Silent Sea by Mike Mignola

This is a great short and it took me way too long to read it because my life is too busy. I loved the inclusion of the poetry (poetry + comics = love) and it’s just a nice Hellboy adventure. I need to re-read The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

Book review of I Gave Her a Name by Rachel Hunt Steenblik

I think I prefer the shorter book, Mother's Milk, by Steenblik. This had some lovely poems in it, though. Maybe it suffers from the lack of novelty that the first book had? I liked it. I didn't get the version with the color images, so I can't say anything about that. Absolutely would gift this book.

Book review of The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

This is a very quick listen/read, but you need to pause and think about it. Very important reading- they should have had us read this in school. It consists of two letters and the letter format makes it really accessible. We still have so far to go with racism in this country.

Book review of Trans-Galactic Bike Ride: Feminist Bicycle Science Fiction Stories of Transgender and Nonbinary Adventurers by Lydia Rogue

We Bike Book Club April 2021

I really enjoyed this collection of short stories. In other feminist sci-fi short story compilations by Microcosm Publishing, you get a few inexperienced writers and the writing suffers from that, but this collection is full of professional writers, which made it really enjoyable to read. Definitely recommend for the bicycle science fiction readers out there.

Book review of Passing by Nella Larsen

Read this for the RS book group April 21.

I listened to the audiobook. It was very quick. I started it before I knew that it is counted among the works created during the Harlem Renaissance.

It was easy to listen to and you are definitely left with questions. I'm on side "she was pushed."

Book review of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw

Really enjoyed these stories. There should be more books like this in the world.

Book review of The Old Guard, Book Two: Opening Fire by Greg Rucka and Leandro Fernández

Felt faster than the first volume. Glad I read it before watching the movie because other reviews say the movie spoils some of the characters in this volume. Will definitely read the third.

Book review of The Old Guard, Book One: Opening Fire by Greg Rucka and Leandro Fernández

I like to read things before I watch the show, so here I am doing that. It’s definitely piqued my interest and I’ll go on and read the next installment.