What the Fireflies Knew: A Novel by Kai Harris
In her acknowledgments, Kai Harris states that when she “was a little Black girl growing up in Detroit,” she had a ton of questions all the time and wondered why her...
Category: Fiction
L.A. Weather by María Amparo Escandón
Like the city itself, L.A. Weather celebrates diversity and chaos as it follows a year in the life of a Mexican American family. Although each character won me over, María Amparo...
Repentance by Eloísa Díaz
Thank you to the individual who placed Repentance on display in the New Books section of my local library! I’m so glad I spied it and gave it a try. A...
When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole
Sydney Green is way beyond anxious and she has every right to be. Her neighborhood, Gifford Place in Brooklyn, no longer feels like home. Looking out from the top floor of...
Infinite Country by Patricia Engel
When American Dirt was published by Flatiron books (a division of Macmillan), there was a storm of protest from hundreds of writers. One of their many concerns involved the discriminatory practices...
Caul Baby by Morgan Jerkins
It’s 1998 Harlem, and Laila Reserve is debating whether or not to approach the Melancon family for help after suffering multiple miscarriages. The Melancons, a powerful Creole family living in the...
Conviction by Denise Mina
I must have placed at least 100 tabs on amazingly written passages of this book, and I have added all of Denise Mina’s other books to my ‘Goodreads Want to Read...
Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips
Published in 2019 by Alfred A. Knopf in New York, Disappearing Earth is Julia Phillips’ debut novel. The first chapter sets the tone for the author’s exquisite writing and introduces the...
Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia
Of Women and Salt is a work of fiction published by Flatiron Books in 2021 and authored by Gabriela Garcia (not to be confused with the athlete Gabi Garcia or the...
A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende
The English edition of A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende (Translated by Nick Caistor and Amanda Hopkinson) was published in 2020 by Ballantine Books. Born in Lima, Peru...
