As much as I felt guilty about not finishing a book on Saturday, I still finished my DNF list, which had ten books in it. The same goes for my Spring TBR post, so there are 20 books off my Kindle on their own. Now I’m reading the novel in verse list, where 1 out of 5 are still unread. So, as you can see, my issue isn’t finishing novels; updating my spreadsheet is a whole other story. Last weekend, as I will spend next weekend at my childhood home, posts and stuff related to the blog tend to take the back burner for me. Sam is currently hosting WWW Wednesday from Taking On A World of Words.
The Three Ws are:
What are you currently reading?
What did you recently finish reading?
What do you think you’ll read next?
What are you currently reading?
Goodreads Blurb:
This is the year. Yes, Ofe, on this gloomy first day of my last year of high school, I swear before your grave, Hermana, this is the year I am getting out of here.
So swears Julieta Villareal, a seventeen-year-old wannabe writer whose twin sister died in a hit-and-run a few months ago. Juli’s Florida home is crumbling in the face of climate disaster, and with Ofelia gone, Juli can’t stand to stay any longer in a place that doesn’t seem to have room for her. She’s not sure how she’s going to do it—everyone knows brown-skinned, poverty-stricken New Americans like Juli have no options—but she’s getting out.
Then, Juli is recruited by the Cometa Initiative, a private space program enlisting high-aptitude New American teens for a high-stakes mission to establish a human sanctuary on the Moon. Cometa pitches this as an opportunity for Juli to give back to her adopted country; Juli sees it as her only chance to do something big with her life.
Juli begins her training, convinced Cometa is her path to freedom. But her senior year is full of surprises, including new friendships and fresh love, and against all odds, Juli begins to find hope where she was sure there wasn’t any. As her world collapses from the ramifications—both environmental and social—of the climate crisis, Juli must decide if she’ll carry her loss together with her community or leave it all behind.
What did you recently finish reading?
Goodreads Blurb:
Grief, pain, hope, and love collide in this short story collection.
In New York City, teens, their families, and their communities feel the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic. Amidst the fear and loss, these teens and the adults around them persevere with love and hope while living in difficult
Malachi writes an Armageddon short story inspired by his pandemic reality.Tariq helps their ailing grandmother survive during quarantine.Zamira struggles with depression and loneliness after losing her parents.Mohamed tries to help keep his community spirit alive.A social worker reflects on the ways the foster system fails their children.
From award-winning author Mahogany L. Browne comes a poignant collection of interconnected prose, poems, and lists about the humanity and resilience of New Yorkers during the Covid-19 pandemic.
What do you think you’ll read next?
Goodreads Blurb:
A smart-alec agnostic from Silicon Valley reaches the end of her rope after discovering her husband has been cheating with an eBay addict he met on Craigslist. Desperate, she signs up for an online marriage support site.
Enter Jamie Blaine, a scatter-brained former late-night suicide crisis responder from Tennessee. Blaine is about to take a job as a Kroger night stocker when he’s offered a chance to make some quick, easy cash serving as a “love coach” for a shady website for jilted spouses.
The story Vicky is not only dealing with a two-timing mate but also an abusive boss and parents who suggest that her relationships might improve if she’d slim down and buy lacy black underwear. Late one night, Vicky writes that the weight is too heavy and each day is a battle to survive. She admits there are pills and the note is written.
Jamie Instead of ending your life, why not try changing it first? What do you really have to lose?
Life is Crazy & We’re All Going to Die is the story of a woman who ditched her dead-end job, cut her cheating husband loose and went looking for hope in the last place you’d expect – with losers, drunks, and schizophrenic vets, prostitutes turning alley tricks for a Happy Meal and a fix…
It’s also the story of burnt-out Jamie Blaine, trying to and a way to help without losing his mind and realizing that even though it’s messy, even though people will let you down, if for nothing else but your own sanity, you get back up and try again.
Alex
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