Pandemic Booklist for H.

The Serpent's Secret Giveaway

So. I have (double) pneumonia and a headache, and a ton of school related deadlines coming up, and am feeling, in general, pretty ick. So, for this week's (belated) giveaway, I picked a comfort read. I had the privilege of meeting Sayantani DasGupta last year at a conference, and she's a lovely and brilliant human being. I really enjoyed talking to her about folklore and the ways that our stories unite us. I love fantasy based in folklore of various cultures, and I love brave girls, and this book has both. Instead of trying to type more about how awesome this book is, I'm just going to pop in an overview I wrote from the protagonist's point of view for a class last semester. Ahem. A lot of parents tell their little girls that they're princesses. Except, it turns out that when my parents said "Kiranmala, you're a princess!", they were being literal. And not just any princess, oh no! A princess of ANOTHER DIMENSION. Which is information ...

One Crazy Summer Giveaway

As you can tell from all the hardware on the cover, I am in astute company when I tell you: this book is good. It received a Newbery Honor, the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction and the Coretta Scott King Award. It was also a National Book Award Finalist. The other good news is that it's the first in a trilogy-- so when you finish it (and love it), you can move right on to the next book. During the summer of 1968, sisters Delphine (11), Vonnetta (9), and Fern (7), are sent from their home in Brooklyn to Oakland, California, to visit their mother. It has been nearly 7years since any of them have seen her. Their mother is a poet who by all indications views her children's presence as an imposition. When they arrive, Nzilla (formerly Cecile) packs them off to a summer day-camp run by the Black Panthers as often as possible. The girls spend their summer making new friends, struggling with their relationship with their mama, learning chants, and painting signs. ...

Pandemic Booklist for Jessica.

I met Jessica in college because we had some mutual friends, but we didn't really know each other. We reconnected several years later when we argued in the comment section of a blog, and then AGAIN a few years later when we started chatting on Facebook. Third time's a charm, I guess, because she's one of my best friends now. Jessica and I have fairy disparate reading preferences, so it's a challenge to make a list for her-- she still pooh-poos my love of romance novels and she loves suspense (which makes me hide under my blankets) but I keep chipping away anyway. These books are listed approximately in order from least-angsty to most. She wanted well done lit with lower intensity than her normal reads. Here is my attempt. https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780399180996 https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780316556347 https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781101971062 Soulless is just plain fun. It's a comedy of manners with werewolves and airships. Band Sinis...

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