Summer Reading Celebration

I loved this book! Jasper and Sloane have my heart! Can’t wait to read reckless.

3.5 stars. It was an okay and fun book.

I worked the lecture at CHQ. I liked his lecture but this book is so special. You can tell just how personal and yet how distant this book is. It simultaneously is so close to his heart and life yet doesn't fully open the door for us to come in. This is art, this is wny.

Fiction based on an actual historical event. A young black nurse discoverers that 2 of her clients were sterilized without the knowing consent of their legal guardians. That is the true event. Many of the things she encounters in post-seregation Alabama give an accurate portrayal of what life was like for poor black families, and even well off families during that time. Her emotional struggles and character are completely fictionalized. Well written and very enlightening.

I liked it in general but Olivia wasn't my favorite protagonist so I was just a bit more out of the book than normal

Wonderful, if not sad book about family and the deep history behind the women in the story.

Pretty good. Sweet. Very Wattpad ngl. She's "smart" but not like smart. Idk you can tell she started this book at a younger time and then had to try and finish it. The family was frustrating at the beginning. The end turned them around but they still bothered me. And also the fact that there is no trigger warning for harassment, assault, and stalking is CRAZY!!! especially cause its on page. That really yucked me out.

This was a somewhat disturbing book. Disturbing in that if you don't happen to be a person if color, you learn what it is like to live in their world. That it would be so bad you would want to "cross over" is telling of the world I do not know. The fictitious story is set in a small town of very light skinned blacks. They pride themselves on their lightness. Some even have red hair and could be mistaken as being white. But as the author notes, even the boy who looks white is not allowed the same privileges that an actual white person would have. The story follows 2twin sisters born in this town. Their daddy dies young and their mothers struggles to support the family. The girls have to chip in and life is very hard for all of them. One of the twins "crosses over" in order to get a job that pays better so she and her sister can afford to live in the city they have run away to. Eventually her white boss falls in love with her. Will she tell him? What happens to the other sister? There are some rough parts in this book, but I appreciated the over all message it told.

I can see where the appeal is but I didn't much care for it. Girl meets girl, girl falls in love with girl and is forced apart by disapproving family. The historical significance of such a story, based on stories of lesbians in the Asian American community are important too and should be told I just didn't really care for this one. The main character Lily only showed strength of character once she found something she was passionate about and that was the sciences and Kath. Lily's friend Cheryl was not a very good friend and I personally dislike her from the get go but she was helpful in making her opinion, which was socially acceptable, very clear when it came to roles of women and what they should and shouldn't be doing. I appreciated what this book stands for and wh9 it was written for and it just wasnt for me.

Heartwarming and heartbreaking, all at the same time. The aftermath of Ben coming out is what every queer person fears and what happens to so many people. The story handles it in a good way, however; it doesn't feel like suffering for suffering's sake. Even after being kicked out of their house for who they are, Ben is able to find happiness, love, and acceptance. This is a story of heartache, but also a story of hope.