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My May Reading Wrap-Up is overdue! I read 10 books last month & here are my thoughts:

Destiny’s Captive by Beverly Jenkins
I was fascinated by the last book in the Destiny series! Years after he was Shanghaied* off the coast of California, he is the captain of his own ship (named for his mother Alanza). As a pirate working to liberate Cuba, Pilar chooses the Alanza as her crew’s next target. I had never really learned about these experiences before, so it was awesome that one of my favorite authors introduced it to me in this book. Their chemistry is hot, of course, but the characters and their backstories are what kept me locked in. 
*Being Shanghaied meant that a person was put aboard a ship by force often with the help of liquor or a drug to work as sailors.

Love and Sportsball by Meka James
This is a sweet & spicy romance inspired by the Black American classic, Love and Basketball. I enjoyed the chemistry the leads had w/ each other & the emphasis on clear communication. It was a fun book but the pacing dragged a bit. Folks who enjoy basketball & sapphic romances would love this one, I think!

School for Extraterrestrial Girls #2: Girls In Flight by Jeremy Whitley & Illustrated by Jamie Noguchi
The School for Extraterrestrial Girls series is such a fun read for sci-fi fans who like imaging different alien races. Girls in Flight is the second graphic novel and it transports us to the School for Extraterrestrial Boys with Tara, Misako, Summer, and Kat, since their school was compromised in book 1. I love that there are multiple POVs and that we get to know each of the main characters much more. The illustrations are also fantastic! If you love queer sci-fi and graphic novels, definitely give this series a go.

Zeal by Morgan Jerkins
At its core, this is a multi-generation story about love. Ardelia & Oliver get engaged in 2019 but struggle to hold onto one another as the stress of wedding planning AND Oliver's work at the hospital becomes overwhelming as the pandemic explodes in the US... [Continues in comments]

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My May Reading Wrap-Up is overdue!

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Welcome to my bindery! I will mostly be sharing content on books by and about Black and Latine folks but you can also expect some of my work to be geared towards book bans. My go-to genres are usually Romance, Fantasy, Speculative Fiction and Historical Fiction but I am also exploring books outside of those, too. If any of that appeals to you, I hope you'll subscribe!
Special interest: Black & Latine books.

I’m a bisexual & disabled, Black Latina who loves reading & talking about books. 
Librarian, Historian, Influencer, Author