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The library doors have not closed again, the Librarian has been going through some really rough personal things starting from early February and then has been navigating the strangeness of social distancing while working the tourist industry. However they will have plenty of time now while they remain confined within the stone walls of the library.

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Aprendemos a navegar por los libros… desde pequeños (ilustración de  Francesca Quatraro)

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I got mail today and I'm so excited to start reading!

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Had to put my book away because the snow was falling in those lovely flakes where you can see their shape on your sleeves, and it was okay because the sun is setting later and later each day, and the winter can only last so long.

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On 74 pages of ‘The Pagemaster’ and I’m really enjoying it as it looks to be a short read, so I’ve got stuff for dinner while continuing on reading at my grandparents’ house. :)

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IG: babs.books

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Just One More Page - Feb 6/7 - Red/Tearjerker

All of the red books in my TBR this month. Intercepted and Broken Juliet were 4-star reads, I'm only about 33% into Behind the Bars by Brittainy C. Cherry and it's already tugging on the heartstrings :(

Thank you for the Fine Line mug @a-butterfly-on-his-tummy it will be perfect for my early morning reads (and the closest my lips will ever get to Harry lol). You are so sweet, I love it!

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JOMP Book Photo Challenge || February

5. Pink Books

I started to really like pink book covers/spines a few years ago, and find them especially nice when matched with some other, darker colours like in the case of My Year of Rest and Relaxation.

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For the holidays, my friend and I decided to give each other each a book. I gifted her “Norwegian Wood” by Haruki Murakami and she gave me this wonderful copy of “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood.

“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”

—Mark Twain

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The last book I purchased in 2018

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At WNDB we believe diversity goes beyond book covers; it needs to be present in the specificity of the storytelling.

For Black History Month, here are picture, Middle Grade, and Young Adult books about Black characters by Black authors and illustrators — across genres. What are your faves?

PICTURE BOOKS:

GRANDMA’S RECORDS by Eric Velásquez

ALLIE AND GATOR: A STORY ABOUT A GIRL AND HER GATOR by Geneva Bowers

LITTLE LEGENDS: EXCEPTIONAL BLACK MEN IN HISTORY by Vashti Harrison

HOMEMADE LOVE by bell hooks, Illustrated by Shane W. Evans

WHAT IS GIVEN FROM THE HEART by Patricia McKissack, Illustrated by April Harrison

SING A SONG: HOW LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING INSPIRED GENERATIONS by Kelly Starling Lyons, Illustrated by Keith Mallett

BLACK IS A RAINBOW COLOR by Angela Joy, Illustrated by Ekua Holmes

THE OLDEST STUDENT: HOW MARY WALKER LEARNED TO READ by Rita L. Hubbard, Illustrated by Oge Mora

JUST LIKE A MAMA by Alice Faye Duncan, Illustrated by Charnelle Pinkney Barlow

MIDDLE GRADE BOOKS:

CLEAN GETAWAY by Nic Stone

THE JUMBIES by Tracey Baptiste

GENESIS BEGINS AGAIN by Alicia D. Williams

JUST SOUTH OF HOME by Karen Strong

MY LIFE AS AN ICE CREAM SANDWICH by Ibi Zoboi

SOME PLACES MORE THAN OTHERS by Renée Watson

HOW HIGH THE MOON by Karyn Parsons

ONE CRAZY SUMMER by Rita Williams-Garcia

THE PARKER INHERITANCE by Varian Johnson

YOUNG ADULT BOOKS:

RIOT BABY by Tochi Onyebuchi

QUEEN OF THE CONQUERED by Kacen Callender

NOT SO PURE AND SIMPLE by Lamar Giles

MONSTER by Walter Dean Myers

BLACK GIRL UNLIMITED by Echo Brown

A DREAM SO DARK by L.L. Mckinney

LET ME HEAR A RHYME by Tiffany D. Jackson

REMEMBRANCE by Rita Woods

THE REVOLUTION OF BIRDIE RANDOLPH by Brandy Colbert

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@bibliophilicwitch Tomes and Tea 2/2/20:

I’m currently savoring The Bedlam Stacks and a churro latte. Couldn’t ask for a better Sunday.

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daughter_of_the_woods

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My collection of “Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Brontë (not including manga and graphic novels)

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"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.."

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All I can do, in what remains of my brief time, is mention, to whoever cares to listen, that a woman once existed, who was kind and beautiful and brave, and I will not forget how the world was altered, beyond recognition, when we met.