Book Review: A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow

A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and TomorrowLaura Taylor Namey Have you been looking for a gentle book that feels like your favorite mug, warm in your hands and a hug for your heart all wrapped in one? If you haven’t been looking, I hope you’ll take the time for this enchanting, grounded contemporary teen…

Comic Review: The Magic Fish

The Magic FishTrung Le Nguyen A beautifully crafted coming of age story, told through the lenses of collected folklore, completely captured my attention and my heart. I genuinely lost track of time while reading it and taking in the gorgeous illustrations, and pretty much abandoned my list of questions I was writing to discuss with…

Book Review: Dial A for Aunties

“Big Aunt nods her approval when the Ah Yi puts the bamboo steamers down in the center of our table, and I feel an almost overwhelming need to beat my chest and crow. I got those shrimp dumplings! Me!”p.9 Dial A for AuntiesJesse Q. Sutanto There is no better way to describe Dial A for…

Book Review: The Wedding Date

“And now I have a question for you…”…“Ask me anything.” He didn’t really mean it.“Am I going to be the only black person at the party?”-p. 36 The Wedding DateJasmine Guillory I was sold on this premise immediately: fake relationship turns into real romance? Sign me up! I was a little let down because typically…

Book Review: Raybearer

Nothing is more important than loyalty. But what if you’ve sworn to protect the one you were born to destroy? RaybearerJordan Ifueko I was hemming and hawing about starting this book (as I find myself wont to do lately), but from the first chapter, Raybearer kept a grip on my attention and imagination as the…