Waiting for the Snow (Again) = Reading Stockpile

An assortment of options

Declaring Allegiance: Dangerous, Romantic Journeys & Intrigue

Blood and Ember (Stormbringer #3) by Isabel Cooper
Fantasy with romantic elements
Sourcebooks Casablanca, July 2021

Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone (Outlander #9) by Diana Gabaldon
Historical-Contemporary-Speculative Romance
Dell, November 2021

Serving Sin (Filthy Rich #3) by Angelina M. Lopez
Contemporary Romance
Carina Press, May 2021
[content warning: sexual assault references]

Princess of Shadows, The Girl Who Would Be King by Colin Alexander
Fantasy
Afictionado, November 2021

Aeryn Stonebreaker’s saga winds up and outward like a rollercoaster ride for readers who enjoy Arthurian lore,biblical scope, nuanced personal quandaries, and organically inclusive casts of characters. Briskly paced narrative, evocative details of place, time, and circumstances plus crises of conscience and faith are only a few of the features that make Princess of Shadows epic. Fans of Sarah J. Maas, Jennifer Estep, Rena Barrow and similar authors should devour this compelling tale and hunger for more.

Literary Legacies

Read Until You Understand, The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature by Farah Jasmine Griffin

Non-fiction

W.W. Norton & Company, September 2021

As stated in the introduction, “...the book is designed as a seminar where readers, together, seek a deeper understanding of the works and the principles they explore.” With the introduction, ten chapters organized according to different contemplative themes, acknowledgments, notes, bibliography, discography, and index, Read Until You Understand achieves its intention. It’s the kind of book that inspires deep thoughts and multiple reads.

The fight for equality continues.

Controlling Women, What We Must Do Now to Save Reproductive Freedom by Kathryn Kolbert & Julie F. Kay
Non-fiction
Hachette Books, July 2021

The Kapernick Effect, Taking a Knee, Changing the World by Dave Zirin
Non-fiction
The New Press, September 2021

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