Recently, in my March Reading Wrap-Up, I chatted briefly about how I’ve stopped trying to force myself into reading specific things. Instead, I embrace the moodiness of my reading tastes and it has allowed me to enjoy my biblio-passions once more in a freer manner. A few days ago, I took this mentality and visited…
This week’s top five book list is one that I am so unbelievably excited to share with you today! Muslim women are almost always portrayed in the media as being oppressed, fragile, and even unintelligent beings. Well, as someone who was born female (even though I don’t identify that way) in an Islamic household, I…
Ashes by Kenzo Kitakata is an #OwnVoices Japanese, hard-boiled story about a middle-aged man working in the Yakuza. I originally came across this book at my local library and read it back in February. Ashes is a book that I feel sad talking about because when I initially began reading it, I was swept away…