This is probably not a complete list; I’ve not been able to read every 2019 release, and sometimes book descriptions don’t reveal a protagonist’s orientation. If there’s any that I’ve missed, comment and let us know so everyone can enjoy all the YA books about queer girls! The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan Unable to come out to her conservative Muslim parents, Rukhsana Ali keeps that part of her identity hidden....
Novel Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury) Trouble the Saints by Alaya Dawn Johnson (Tor Books) The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones (Saga Press/Titan UK) Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Del Rey US/Jo Fletcher Books UK) The Midnight Bargain by C. L. Polk (Erewhon Books US/Orbit UK) Novella Ring Shout, or Hunting Ku Kluxes in the End Times by P. Djèlí Clark (Tordotcom) “Stepsister” by Leah Cypess (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction,May/June 2020) Flyaway by Kathleen Jennings (Tordotcom) The Four Profound Weaves by R....
Memoir and autobiography Find Where the Wind Goes: Moments from my Life by Mae Jemison Dr Mae Jemison made history as the first African-American woman to go into Space. Astronaut, actress, doctor, scientist, teacher, here she tells the story of her life of adventures and of being a truly modern hero. Devil in Deerskins: My Life with Grey Owl by Anahareo Anahareo was an Mohawk writer, environmentalist, and activist. Here she recounts her life and marriage to Grey Owl, a white trapper turned conservationist who faked his Apache heritage....
(From Etsy) Who was James Baldwin? The American novelist, social critic, and essayist wrote about race, homosexuality, writing, history, and more in his non-fiction—his most famous works including essay collection Notes of a Native Son and long essay and letter to his nephew, The Fire Next Time. Baldwin fictionalized the lives of gay and bisexual African American men in his novels and plays such as Go Tell It On the Mountain and Giovanni’s Room, as well as exploring the urban life of Black Americans in Another Country....
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(Are you here and wondering “what the heck is a bullet journal?” Don’t worry, I’ve got you. Click here to learn more.) How About Something Inspirational? “To live would be an awfully big adventure.” —Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie “Courage does not always roar. Valor does not always shine.” —Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi “When you can’t find someone to follow, you have to find a way to lead by example....
Book Character Costumes For Kids You Can Buy Madeline from Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans Lorax from The Lorax by Dr. Seuss A Hobbit from The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien Mary Poppins from Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers Max from Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak Magnolia from The Princess in Black by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz by L....
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In Daevabad, djinn summon flames with the snap of a finger, blood can be dangerous as any spell, and a clever con artist from Cairo will alter the fate of a kingdom in the thrilling sequel to THE CITY OF BRASS. As Nahri carefully navigates life in the dangerous royal court, Ali has been exiled and must rely on the frightening abilities gifted to him by unpredictable spirits in order to survive....
Teen life is hard enough, but for teens who are LGBTQ, it can be even harder. When do you decide to come out? How do you meet people to date? Queer is a humorous and honest guide that helps LGBTQ teens come out to friends and family, navigate their social life, figure out if a crush is also queer, and challenge bigotry and homophobia. Personal stories from the authors and sidebars on queer history provide relatable context....
Now Now, Not Ever by Lily Anderson Ellie’s summer options are not the greatest—stick around and get conscripted in her step-mom’s production of The Importance of Being Earnest, mock trial camp at UCLA, or head to her mom’s air base in Colorado. What she really wants to do is go to the summer camp for nerds to study Octavia Butler, her hero. So she comes up with a rather clever and devious plan to circumvent her parents, reinvents herself as Ever, and heads out…only to have her carefully laid plans thwarted by her cousin Isaiah....
Seventeen-year-old Carley Allison had it all. She was on the edge of fame as a singer and was reaching for the highest levels as a competitive skater. Her world came crashing down when she was diagnosed with a rare kind of cancer in her trachea. Faced with an uncertain future, Carley rose to the challenge and performed on television for an audience of millions. Now her memory lives on in the countless people she touched with her courage....
There is also the fact that hauntings in books often either stem from or cause domestic disruption, further destabilizing the interior of the home and annihilating any feelings of being safe or protected. Even the Gothic romances, from which the modern haunting story stems, were about the inversion and disruption of the domestic space. So their modern descendants come by it rightly. There is also a good deal to be said with regards to the relation between women, hauntings, and domestic spaces, and if that is an area which interests you make sure you check out Sarah Smeltzer’s post on Women, Trauma, and Haunted Houses....
As a side note, I decided not to include a few that insisted on assigning a gender. One book subscription service that I won’t name gave as an example box Frozen books for girls and truck books for boys. I’ll have you know, my one-year-old knows the difference between an excavator, loader, and bulldozer. Trucks and Frozen are things that can be enjoyed by any child, regardless of gender. I did end up including two gendered subscription boxes, for very specific purposes, which I’ve listed....
In his best-known work, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, there’s also one of the most-known Douglas Adams quotes, wherein he explained the supreme utility of the towel in intergalactic travel: “…it has great practical value – you can wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of Jaglan Beta; you can lie on it on the brilliant marble-sanded beaches of Santraginus V, inhaling the heady sea vapours; you can sleep under it beneath the stars which shine so redly on the desert world of Kakrafoon; use it to sail a mini raft down the slow heavy river Moth; wet it for use in hand-to-hand-combat; wrap it round your head to ward off noxious fumes or to avoid the gaze of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal (a mindboggingly stupid animal, it assumes that if you can’t see it, it can’t see you – daft as a bush, but very, very ravenous); you can wave your towel in emergencies as a distress signal, and of course dry yourself off with it if it still seems to be clean enough....
Here are a few of my favourite comics creator instagram accounts. Some of the artwork just takes my breath away it is so gorgeous. Jen Bartel’s bright colours and clean lines are just perfect. I particularly loved this Ripley drawing: A post shared by Jen Bartel (@heyjenbartel) on Sep 27, 2017 at 8:17pm PDT Tula Lotay’s work makes me swoon. Just look at this Preacher illustration: A post shared by Tula Lotay (@tulalotay) on Sep 19, 2017 at 2:55pm PDT Isabel Greenberg’s work is thoughtful and beautiful....
But this got me thinking: If I (and others) love his works so much, why not let others know about other books and authors like Malcolm Gladwell? Surely if they loved his books, they would love books that are somewhat like his, right? So, in no particular order, here are five great reads that have that Gladwellian touch: Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets by Sudhir Venkatesh This New York Times bestseller is riveting and quite compelling....
We all have a basic need to feel seen, and recognizing ourselves in the stories we read (and watch) can be a powerful way to accomplish this. For people with ADHD, it can make a world of difference to see yourself in the characters you love, especially when those characters are protagonists. Speaking personally, I have spent a lot of time over my life feeling like I’ve failed over lost keys, missed assignments, broken valuables, and other such flubs....
In the years since I wrote that first article, diet culture has not quieted. There are plenty of revolutions happening in the public consciousness right now, but freedom from constant, numbing diet chatter is not one of them. Diet culture is smarter than I’m comfortable with. Co-opting buzzy phrases like self care and treat yourself, many pieces of the industry, big and small, are coming at us with messages like “You deserve to weigh less,” and “Us moms need to make sure we make time for ourselves!...
Here are a few overlooked (less than 1,000 Goodreads ratings) NYRB classics. For more under-read classics, check out Rebecca Hussey’s list on Book Riot. Talk by Linda Rosenkrantz This book is a bit of genre-bender, as it’s made up entirely of conversation transcript but formed into a novel through Rosenkrantz’s careful selection and placement. Friends Marsha, Emily and Vincent, well, talk their way through the summer of 1965, covering sex, psychology, friends, careers and more....
