Historically, Hispanics have been marginalized and in light of all the racist comments, tweets, and stories being disseminated, now is the time to talk about Hispanic literature and culture. In my opinion, it has never been more relevant. It has always been comical to me that those who are not Hispanic want to steal our culture and claim it as their own here in the U.S., yet they hypocritically deny our people every chance they get....
Over the years, I’ve been building my own bookish mental health toolkit. It’s made up of the books I turn to when the world is a little extra hard, when all I feel capable of doing is hiding in my apartment and subsisting on a diet of coffee and whatever frozen food I have on hand. Some of the authors featured in it you might expect: Brené Brown, Luvvie Ajayi Jones, known for writing books meant to help people get out of their own way....
After a seemingly endless number of delays, Marvel Studios’ Captain Marvel finally seems on track for a March 2019 release. Brie Larson has been cast in the role for a few months, the Marvel Studios panel at San Diego Comic-Con showed the world our first glimpses of the film’s concept art, and there have been a number of hints that Captain Marvel might first show up in next summer’s Avengers: Infinity War....
The world of Alagaësia is well-known to the 35 million readers who have devoured Eragon, since it was first published in 2005—when Paolini was only 19. A high fantasy featuring destiny, dragons, and adventure, Eragon was followed by Eldest, Brisingr, and Inheritance, all four of which were #1 bestsellers on the New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly lists. Excitingly for fans, this book is not so much a spin-off but an expansion of the world and characters we’ve come to know and love: the stories will feature the main cast of the Inheritance Cycle....
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Some of these challenges have gone well. Some have been less successful (why does this lace pattern scarf suddenly have 107 stitches? I don’t…damn it). As I was contemplating the sum total the other day, however, I realized I hadn’t yet done any sort of comics challenge. And thus Comics A–Z was born. I’m going to pick a topic and then, I’m going to find y’all a book for (hopefully) every letter of the alphabet under that general umbrella....
Of course, some shows and properties have gotten it right, like Netflix’s Luke Cage and CW’s Black Lightning, but they shouldn’t be the exception. This isn’t to say that fair-skinned people don’t exist and shouldn’t exist in comics, but why does it seem the default skin tone when it comes to illustrating Black and POC characters in comics? What Is Colorism? Colorism is defined as “prejudice or discrimination against individuals with a dark skin tone” according to Oxford Dictionary....
Sometimes, we hosted firefighters and police officers during these units. They’d talk to the children about their jobs and let them climb on the firetruck. The kids would leave school in red plastic hats or wearing gold badge-shaped stickers. We told them that these people kept them safe. I remember how we taught these lessons alongside good citizenship and following the rules. We had school-wide reward systems around character education....
Now, I do want to acknowledge this ability to quit your job to pursue a passion or to demand more from your workplace is infinitely more difficult for those who are already working minimum wage, who are ill and rely on their workplace for medical insurance, who don’t have a partner or a family or any savings to hold them up. Those who live paycheck to paycheck often are forced to endure difficult work environments with little room to fight against it for fear of losing their only income....
Indigo Philips’ twin sister Violet is terminally ill and plans to die on her own terms via medically assisted suicide. Indigo doesn’t know how to face life without her twin. Until suddenly she hears a mysterious voice claiming to be God – who sounds a little bit like Dave Chappelle?! – insisting that if she takes Violet to a remote rock formation in the Arizona desert, her sister will live....
The woman at the center of The Unrepentant is really no more than a girl. Charlotte Reyes is an 18-year-old runaway who fell prey to human traffickers. And when the gang who used her decided to discard her, Charlotte finds herself getting tuned up for a little trunk music. But when a recently divorced Army vet stumbles into thwarting her death scene, Charlotte gets a second chance. It’s a second chance Mace Peterson can’t really give himself....
“A thoughtful, uplifting and magical story of childhood, family and finding ways to change the inevitable… Meet Willa Waters, aged 8…33…and 93. On one impossible day in…1965, eight-year-old Willa Waters receives a mysterious box containing a jar of water and the instruction: ‘One ocean: plant in the backyard.’ So she does – and somehow creates an extraordinary time-slip that allows her to visit her future selves. On one impossible day in…1990, Willa is 33 and a mother-of-two when her childhood self magically appears in her backyard....
Basmo will transform you into a better reader, help you achieve your reading goals and enhance your reading experience! It’s an Android & iOS app created to help you develop your reading habits, keep track of your reading progress, journal your emotions and schedule when to read. It Lets Your Collection Stand Out Weeding books lets the books that remain jump off the shelves. Like or not, people really do choose books based on their covers more regularly than we’d like to think....
But if your last encounter with a Little Free Library (LFL) was not in a neighborhood like the ones described above, and if it was well-stocked with diverse literature, then you may have happened upon a LFL supported by one of a handful of organizations working to diversify both the locations and collections of the charming little boxes that book lovers — including many of us at Book Riot — love so much....
Brené Brown takes on not only vulnerability, but she also digs deep into the experiences of shame and how both shame and vulnerability connect us to and push us away from the relationships in our lives. These same topics weave neatly across other areas of interest and experience—Brown’s most recent book, which will be discussed below, takes shame and vulnerability and applies them to what it means to be a powerful, compassionate, and effective leader....
In her groundbreaking novel, Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, Mary Shelley does away with almost all of her characters: Justine Moritz, William Frankenstein, Henry Clerval, Elizabeth Lavenza, Alphonse Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein, and, presumably, the creature itself; Shelley certainly stacks the body count high. Only Robert Walton is left to tell Victor’s sordid tale; or, so it would seem. For there is one character who not only escapes the carnage, but also slips away from Shelley’s narrative altogether....
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....
And some, apparently, get dressed in the dark. Here on Fashion Disasters, we’ll showcase those poor slobs who just can’t seem to get it right. Today: Elektra! Elektra Natchios is our first female Disaster, and she is a perfect example of the difference in how men and women are drawn in comics. With male Fashion Disasters, it’s “Aw, he looks like a dingdong again! What a noodle.” With female Fashion Disasters, too often it’s “I didn’t know they could take even more clothing away from her, but somehow they did....
Warriors. Tyrants. Gods. She will stand against them all. Game of Thrones fans, take note! Here’s what Hypable has to say about Jill Criswell’s debut YA Fantasy: “High stakes and a whirlwind adventure…This book is full of forbidden love, a world on the brink of war, and incredible magic like the ability to read someone’s soul… A story you could lose yourself in.” School Library Journal exclaims: “This intense, action-packed start to a series offers star-crossed lovers against a brutal backdrop and violent tests of loyalty....
On separate journeys a world apart, Seth and Sarah find themselves swept up in a deadly race to save humankind. Their fates will come crashing together in an epic struggle between good and evil, where the differences aren’t always clear. Among the grim realities of civilization’s demise, they discover that the remaining survivors may pose an even greater threat than the abominations they were taught to fear. Primitives, the first book of this saga, is a tale of bravery and self-discovery found in the ruins of a dying world, where the darkest sides of human nature are revealed....
