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Sky Full of Elephants by Cebo Campbell
3.75
Beautiful imagery. Impressed by the connection bridged between black identity and the cosmos. Not sure about the ending yet.
All Systems Red by Martha Wells
2.25
The SFF book discussion I co-lead with several other coworkers at the library chose All Systems Red (MurderBot series) by Martha Wells for this month's book. I finished it earlier today and I'm pretty indifferent to it. I tried reading this book years ago and didn't like the narrative voice so I never thought to pick it up again. Having read it now, the narrative voice didn't bother me as much but overall I'm pretty neutral on it, the characters, the story and the world-building.
Dead Astronauts by Jeff VanderMeer
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
What a story to comfort me in the middle of mourning the death of a friend.
Unraveling: Poems by Brandon Leake
3.5
He is an America's Got Talent winner and their very first poet winner. This is his debut poetry collection. His poems cover topics ranging from his experiences as a Black man in the US to his internal personal struggles within himself to his relationship to his religion (Christianity I think?). He also code switches between Standard English and AAVE (African American Vernacular English).
Some of the poems got me in the heart, others were solid. He reused the imagery of strange fruit at least 7 times; when you're reading the collection in one sitting it feels incredibly repetitive and distracting.
A solid 3.5/5 for me. It's an okay read; respectfully a good collection to start with as a newbie to poetry. I'm gonna keep it in my collection.
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis
4.0
A truly informative read. Because this book includes Davis's various speeches, many points are revisited, making it a bit repetitive. That said, worth the time spent reading it. It has always been important but even moreso right now to build solidarity with international communities experiencing state violence. What is happening in Palestine is relevant to all of us and recognizing that is one of the many steps we can take toward the fight for liberation.