*Book group selection | bolded means favorite
Picture Books
*The Peanut Man by Carmen Agra Deedy and Raúl Colón
*Raven’s Ribbons by Tasha Spillett and Daniel Ramirez
*Good Golden Sun by Brendan Wenzel
*Papilio by Ben Clanton, Andy Chou Musser, and Corey R. Tabor
*Our Lake by Angie Kang
Young Adult
Amelia, If Only by Becky Albertalli
*Song of a Blackbird by Maria van Lieshout
*All the Blues in the Sky by Renée Watson
*Under the Same Stars by Libba Bray
Grownup Fiction
The Only Black Girl in the Room by Alex Travis
Beautiful Day by Elin Hilderbrand
I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai
Sandwich by Catherine Newman
The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand
Not nearly as dramatic (or stocked with horrible people) as the Netflix series but enjoyable on its own and as part of a series.
Young Nonfiction
*Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of Jonestown by Candace Fleming
Grownup Nonfiction
Closet Smarts: Flatter Your Figure with the Clothes You Already Have by Emily Neill
A bit too many references to “problem areas” for my taste, but I did like the format of skipping the shape/fruit body typing and instead discussing different areas like what works with square shoulders/round shoulders.
2006 Emily Neill was not a fan of what would eventually become the skinny jean. I wonder if she came around when it became ubiquitous.
