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RoyallyReading
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A Good Cry is a solid poetry and prose collection. It's the third Nikki Giovanni collection I've read over the past four years (and I'm working on reading a 4th). I definitely recommend her work!
Poet Nikki Giovanni smiles, her hands clasped, against a black background on the cover of A Good Cry: What We Learn from Tears and Laughter.
April 18, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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Finished reading this tonight - stayed up way later than I should've to do so. Suzanne Collins is a master. Crafts a brilliant story while equally horrifying & traumatizing me as a reader. Love that for me. 😂

Highly recommend for fans of The Hunger Games series.
A gold flint striker resembling a snake and bird facing each other with upward-pointing spikes connecting them in the middle, on a purple background, lays on the cover of Suzanne Collins' book, Sunrise on the Reaping.
April 4, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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Today I read Dear Ijeawele by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. It makes a lot of valid & interesting points. Black feminism/black feminists have been a reading theme for me w/this challenge; I've loved each book! Definitely recommend this one. Short, but informative, especially about Igbo culture! #💙📚
Yellow and orange lettering over a girl's silhouette and purple background for the cover of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions.
March 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Last night I finished Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston.

It's a very interesting discussion about perceptions and limitations of Black women in the early 1900s. It's a really good examination of race, social status, marriage, and aging. Couldn't believe that last twist!
A black woman lays on the grass liking up towards the sky and tree branches on the cover of Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God
March 17, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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There's something insanely satisfying about checking out a stack of brand new manga from your local library 💖📚 #Booksky
Stack of new manga including Choking on Love, The Forest Spirit, Destroy All Humans, Fall in Love You False Angels, TankChair, Honeko Akabane's Bodyguards, and Pupposites Attract
March 15, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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Eloquent Rage is the first audiobook I've listened to by a black author this year. I love that Cooper reads it herself, since that's how it's most impactful. I loved hearing about her personal experiences & her family's interactions. Def recommend for anyone diving into feminism & race discussions
Black words with yellow highlighting on a white background for Brittney Cooper's book, Eloquent Rage.
January 24, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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Think Zootopia, but shorter and focused on a cat/dog detective duo 😊 #BookSky 📚💙
A one-eyed cat stands atop a stack of boxes and a dog stands in a coat beside her on the black and blue cover of The Underdogs Catch a Cat Burglar.
January 23, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Recitatif by Toni Morrison is the only short story written by the author. Brilliant in subversion of racial dichotomy in terms of narration. Thought-provoking & all-around brilliant in its presentation. Cannot recommend enough, especially for fans of classic literature & short story composition
A dark blue cover with two lighter shades of alternating blue lettering for Toni Morrison's Recitatif.
January 16, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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James Finds the Beat by Ty Chapman and Anastasia Magloire Williams is a great book with vibrant illustrations that addresses overstimulation and social anxiety/shyness in a fun and relatable way.
James stands in front of a crowd of kids.
January 16, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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Today I read Bella Ballerina by Sharon M. Draper, illustrated by Ebony Glenn.

It's such a cute, lovely book. I highly recommend it for all the little dancers and dance fans out there 💖 💙📚
4 ballerinas stand in dance positions, three girls in pink leotards and tutus and a boy in a white shirt. Bella has a spotlight shining on her.
January 12, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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Benjamin Banneker: Scientist by Garnet Jackson, Illustrated by Rodney Pate

This was a very informative easy reader picture book introducing Benjamin Banneker, with easy to read rhymes. This book was published in the 1990s and is one I never came across at my local libraries.
An illustrated portrait of Benjamin Banneker, an African American scientist, next to a wooden clock he invented, with a starry night sky behind both.
January 8, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Honey, I Love and Other Poems by Eloise Greenfield

This is a #ReadingRainbow Selections book. I'd never heard of Eloise Greenfield before, but I really liked this collection and want to look for more of her work! 💙📚
A black girl with an Afro looks to the right, a child's drawing in yellow is on the left, placed on her profile.
January 8, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Just finished reading Captain America: The Ghost Army by Alan Gratz & Brent Schoonover. Second book of 2025. 📚💙

Love the art style, very solid story. Great entry on the 2024 Texas Mavericks Graphic Novel Reading List 😊⭐ #MarvelComics
Captain America stands in his uniform, silhouetted, airplanes flying overhead and a smaller version of him running alongside Bucky Barnes as soldiers stand armed next to him.
January 2, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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I need more Indigenous graphic novels in my life. I enjoyed both Visions of the Crow and A Girl Called Echo & would love to find more. I love seeing more & more writers get into graphic novel storytelling
#BookSky #DiverseBooks #Comics
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An indigenous girl with her hair braided wears a jacket and places an earbud into her ear. A crow has its wings outstretched in the center, an indigenous man sits atop a horse in the back left, a boy (Damon) with headphones around his neck faces forward to the crow's right. An indigenous drum rests at the bottom underneath the crow.
December 31, 2024 at 2:10 AM
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💔 Currently Reading 💔
Pretty Boys are Poisonous by Megan Fox

I didn't know she published a poetry book. This should be an interesting experience.
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A snake slithers, held between a women's teeth, her lips featuring a piercing.
December 28, 2024 at 6:10 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge

Day 20: Blacksad by Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido
A black cat stands with a weasel-like companion in front of a bridge as a dark figure stands lurking above them on the cover of Blacksad: They All Fall Down.
December 10, 2024 at 7:38 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge

Day 19: The Lightning Thief by Rock Riordan
Medusa, a Minotaur, and Cerberus emerge from a lightning bolt streaked across a gray background on a cover of Rick Riordan's book, The Lightning Thief.
December 8, 2024 at 2:15 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge

Day 18: Prom & Prejudice by Elizabeth Eulberg
A blue satin prom dress is held up on a hanger, held in a girl's hand. Her other hand holds a pair of scissors hovered over one of the shoulder straps.
December 7, 2024 at 3:07 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge

#Ecology #Zoology #NonfictionBooks

Day 17: The Odyssey of KP2 by Terrie M. Williams
A Hawaiian monk seal rests it's about on a ledge, the rest of its body in water on the cover of The Odyssey of KP2: An Orphan Seal, a Marine Biologist, and the Fight to Save a Species by Terrie M. Williams.
December 6, 2024 at 1:45 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge

Day 16: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
A gorilla sits on a wood floor back to back with a baby elephant. A fake jungle background is behind them on the cover of Katherine Applegate's Newberry winning novel, The One and Only Ivan.
December 4, 2024 at 4:09 AM
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Drop the Lock Screen

#GreenGoblin #Marvel #MarvelComics #LockScreen
Marvel Comics' Green Goblin from Sam Raimi's Spider-Man films looks to the right menacingly on a black backdrop, serving as the lock screen of my phone which is at 58% charge.
December 3, 2024 at 2:32 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge

Day 15: Delay of Game by Bex Jalise
A small man and woman sit atop either corner of a giant clip board, a whistle dangling from it. A hockey stick, puck, and helmet are on the foreground in front of the clipboard.
December 2, 2024 at 8:52 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge

Day 14: Deltora Quest by Emily Rodda
A knight with gold armor and a horned helmet wields a sword in front of a forest backdrop on the cover of Emily Rodda's Deltora Quest.
November 30, 2024 at 3:04 AM
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Who are your four favorite Marvel characters?

Mine are Spider-Man, Spider-Gwen, Venom, and Jeff the Landshark 🕸️🦈

#MarvelComics
Gwen Stacy as Spider-Gwen/Ghost Spider swinging on a comic cover. Venom in a classic snarling pose on a cover of Lethal Protector Peter Parker Spider-Man shoots web while swinging, in front of a full moon. Jeff the Landshark happily swirls around in a washing machine
November 28, 2024 at 6:53 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky 💙📚
#BookChallenge

Day 13: Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales by the Brothers Grimm
A girl stands wrapped in her own long, blonde hair, gold gilding on a green background.
November 28, 2024 at 3:07 AM