It's Women's History Month, and I read A LOT of books by women. Here are some recommendations for anyone looking to celebrate Women's History Month with books by and about women.
Best Books to Read in Honor of Women’s History Month
Category: Realistic Fiction
My Favorite Books to Read in the Winter
As the nights get longer and the temperature drops, I find myself reaching for my book more often. Here are my favorite books to read in the winter!
Unreliable Narrators: What I Read in February 2019
I read 10 books in the month of February, and so many of them had unreliable narrators... maybe it's a theme for the month of love?
This Is How It Always Is Review
With lovable and realistic characters, This Is How It Always Is challenges the reader to face gender roles and question what it means to be a parent.
What I Read: October 2018
For some reason, October was a weak reading month for me. It started with the double whammy of homecoming week and the end of the first grading period falling in the first 10 days of the month, and I struggled to get any reading done at all. I finished my first book of the month … Continue reading What I Read: October 2018
Suspicious Characters: What I Read August 2018
August was not a great reading month, tbh. With school starting, my brain was definitely somewhere else. I read a lot of books with strange, suspicious characters, and the good books were SO GOOD. Unfortunately, there were probably more not-so-good books. This month was my lowest book count (tied with May at 6) and my … Continue reading Suspicious Characters: What I Read August 2018
Really Good YA: What I Read July 2018
I started and completed 11 books in July, and thanks to the English class I'm teaching this year, I got the chance to read some really good YA fiction!
ALL THE BOOKS: What I Read June 2018
June was a prolific reading month for me... it felt like I read ALL THE BOOKS. In reality, I read 10, which is the most I can remember ever reading in one month. Considering how much I traveled this month for school-related things, I'm impressed that I managed to find time for 10 novels (and … Continue reading ALL THE BOOKS: What I Read June 2018
A Month of Historic Fiction: What I Read March 2018
While not every book I read this month was historic fiction, it sure felt like that was what I was drawn to! I ended up picking up four different novels that had historical fiction elements, and there were all AMAZING.
Different Perspectives: A Note on African American Novels
Only two books this year have earned five star reviews from me, and I don't think it's a coincidence that both have been from African American authors, and both have been tackling hard issue of being black in a white America.