Suzette D. Harrison, a native Californian and the middle of three daughters, grew up in a home where reading was required, not requested. Her literary “career” began in junior high school with the publishing of her poetry. While Suzette pays homage to Alex Haley, Gloria Naylor, Alice Walker, Langston Hughes, and Toni Morrison as legends […]
Diverse Darcy: Pride and Prejudice Adaptions for Modern Times
I live for Pride and Prejudice Adaptions!! They are my absolute favorite!!! I am so excited with all these Diverse Pride and Prejudice adaptions! Read On Janeites!!! MR. DARCY FOREVER!!! A modern-day Muslim Pride and Prejudice for a new generation of love. Ayesha Shamsi has a lot going on. Her dreams of being a poet […]
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton & Throw by Ruben Degollado
Banned Books Week and Hispanic Heritage Month fall at the same time. All week I am going to be spotlighting a Classic Banned Book and a book by a Hispanic Author that I think you will love if you loved the banned book. A Margie’s Must Reads version of “If you like this, then you […]
The Beauty of the Moment by Tanaz Bhathena
One of my favorite books of the year so far is The Beauty of the Moment, this book has everything I love all packed up into 320 pages. A love story for the ages, a coming of age story for our time, this book a timely story. Malcolm and Susan are not two kids who […]