Brittney Morris's Slay is a thought-provoking YA novel focusing on empowerment, STEM, and unconditional friendship. Kiera Johnson has secretly developed a Massively Multiplayer Online Game called Slay, where hundreds of thousands of black gamers duel each other in virtual arenas. It is a card-based game that takes its characters and style from black culture all... Continue Reading →
Prodigy: Book One by Mark Millar and Raphael Albuquerque
Edison Crane is the smartest man in the world. A daredevil. A chess wizard. An expert in hand-to-hand combat. MacGyver, Indiana Jones, and Black Panther on speed... his subconscious has the ability to work on multiple problems at once. Sleep? What's that? Money is not a problem for him, so helping out those in need... Continue Reading →
Heaven, My Home by Attica Locke
After the events of Bluebird, Bluebird, Darren Matthews is stuck in an office in Houston compiling evidence on the Arryan Brotherhood of Texas. His marriage has found stability, but his mother is blackmailing him about the location of the weapon used in the grand jury investigation. He appeases her with money, but it is a... Continue Reading →
Criminal #1-3 by Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips, and Jacob Phillips
Brubaker and Phillips started this new series at the beginning of the year and have been releasing an issue every month. I decided to dive into the first episode and liked it enough to move on to #2. But 2 and 3 are combined in a book called Bad Weekend, so I had to read... Continue Reading →
A Different Time by Michael K. Hill
A Different Time is a sweet and touching story that reaches across 3,000 miles and 30 years... I've never read a book that is set in my father's hometown of Visalia, Ca nor in the beautiful forests of Sequoia National Park where my grandparents use to take me. A Different Time begins in 1989 and... Continue Reading →