In solidarity and understanding, I will be following WNDB's lead and no longer using #OwnVoices in my reviews going forward, but rather specific descriptors. Language matters and language changes and being clear and respectful is worth tweaking your vocab.
We Need Diverse Books will no longer use the term #OwnVoices to refer to children’s literature or its authors. Moving forward, WNDB will use specific descriptions that authors use for themselves and their characters. https://t.co/TFAqNd6oXi
By law, the VERY FIRST ppl excluded from the US were Asian/Chinese women in the 1880s. Then came The Chinese Exclusion Act. This country has hated Chinese/Asian ppl and specifically Asian women for well over a century. Talk abt this history of hate. Name it. See it.
So excited to be part of the blog tour for #TheLostApothecary by @sl_penner. Check out my #BookReview for this tale of dangerous women, sweet revenge, and self-empowerment.
@htp_books @Bookclubbish https://t.co/8nIjYhyUGv
#FireKeepersDaughter by @FineAngeline is one of those books that makes you want to forget your responsibilities and just read all day. I'm not even 1/4 of the way through and I'm so sucked in. #AmReading
So happy #MexicanGothic won #GoodreadsChoice Award for Horror! Dissapointed #CemeteryBoys didn't win for either category it was up for but at least it made it to finals. Lots of great books in this list: https://t.co/4PCMRISH5o via @goodreads