I am so loving all the new books with brown girls on the covers! Today, I bring you a book written by a Filipino author about the drug war in the Philippines from the perspective of a ten-year-old girl. It might seem like a scary story to tell (and it is!) but Gail D. Villanueva … Continue reading MY FATE ACCORDING TO THE BUTTERFLY BY GAIL D. VILLANUEVA|| AN QUIET BOOK ABOUT SUPERSTITIONS, FAMILY LOYALTY, AND RECOVERY
When I read a book with Asian characters, I still find that I have trouble relating because although these characters were Asian, their experiences differed greatly from the Filipino experience. So reading about these characters, while making me happy, still felt like watching events happen from afar. But with its first line of Patron Saints … Continue reading PATRON SAINTS OF NOTHING BY RANDY RIBAY: A SOUL-SEARING STORY OF LONGING, REGRET, AND IDENTITY IN A HOME THAT IS STRANGE AND YET FAMILIAR
My book reviews are often just my polite way of screaming at you to buy the book. This week's Off Tangent Thoughts prompt encouraged us to write on book review or book discussions, but I chose the former because they are, for me, more difficult to write. Especially now that NetGalley has limited the books … Continue reading THE IMPORTANCE OF BOOKS REVIEWS & WRITING OWN VOICES REVIEWS
