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TikTok post by Birmingham author proposing Ruffner Treehouse Village goes viral

[emonroe]

Girls Like Us by Randi Pink #bookstagram #booklover #book #booknerd #bookstagrammer #bookaddict #bookworm #bookrecommendations #bookcommunity #bookobsessed #bookreader #girlslikeus #randipink #readmore #reader #readersofinstagram #readersgonnaread #readmorebooks #bookreader #bookpic #bookreviewer #bookhoarde https://www.instagram.com/p/CMF-YIehsVU/?igshid=j4tf7fpblraf

[itsredwritinghood]

The cover for #angelofgreenwood by #randipink drew me in the minute I saw it and then I found out it was about the massacre of Black Wall Street in Tulsa in 1921. It is a fictional account, but man, is it powerful not to mention the beautiful poetry and the passages from both Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois that really add to the story. I couldn’t put it down. And those last 80 pages had tears streaming down me face I got so lost in it all. I could smell the burning juniper tree, feel the heat on my skin, and the terror in my bones. I can’t stop thinking about it all. #readthisbook This may be fictional, but it did happen. Hundreds of people died and many more lost everything they had all because of hate. Read it, feel it, and let’s not let the past keep repeating. #booklove #bookstagram #bookgeek #readersofinstagram #bookworm #inkdrinker #readmorebooks #booknerd #read #books #reading #bookish #bibliophile #bookaddict #bookaholic #bookaholicsanonymous #bibliotherapy #racism #blacklivesmatter #blackwallstreet https://www.instagram.com/p/CLxyOYsAqp6/?igshid=w1secwcyry77

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[portsmouthteenreviews]

This book is about 4 girls who get pregnant underage and what they go through during their pregnancies during the 70′s.

Very well written and I really enjoyed how the four lives were intertwined by the end.  It put a lot of perspective that unplanned pregnancies have nothing to do with race, culture or means.

Reviewed by Amy

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Book Review: Into White

Reader: Finn Z.

Reader’s Age: 13

Book Title: Into White

Author: Randi Pink

Publisher: Feiwel and Friends

Publication Date: September 13th, 2016

Recommend: No

Why or why not recommend the book?: I don’t recommend this book for many reasons. When I first started this book, I had really high hopes for it. It seemed like one of those books like ‘Piecing me Together’ or ‘The Hate U Give’ that would be a real page turner and absolutely amazing. However, although it was a page turner, it wasn’t the book I had thought it would be.

Starting off right away, in approximately 5 pages, Latoya (Toya) turns white. This was way too quick for me, and could have really used a nice intro/background at the beginning rather than getting into a lot of that stuff later on in the book. I wasn’t surprised that she would turn white, however, all I could think while reading through that passage was: Why would Jesus pay attention to only her at that moment? Later on, Jesus comes back again and again to help Toya and talk to her, as if he had all the time in the world. Now I’m not very religious, but one thing that is very clear to me is that Jesus does not have that much time for just one person. That just really threw me off.

As the book progresses, the Author just scrambles around with the plot. It focuses on Toya and her sickness of being black for a while, then switches to her parent’s feuds, to their family history, etc. And sometimes the Author would just drop a point and never pick it up again. It was slightly odd.

The characters were kind of plain and typical/easy to read to me. There was the super smart nice brother, the evil popular guy, the twins who rule the school yet still compete for popularity, the unpleasant relative, etc. I never really got attached to one character, and they all lacked the depth and realness that I wanted.

One thing that I could just not bear about Toya was her hating of herself and being black. I know that not everyone and every book can promote self confidence and liking who you are, but she just couldn’t understand or comprehend in the slightest that people might like her for being black and that being black is beautiful. That ends up changing, but I really didn’t like it. Love yourself!

All in all, I feel this book had a lot of potential, but the author just kind of threw it away. It could have been amazing, but with the uncreative characters, muddled plot, self loathing, and more, I just really didn’t enjoy it, and I do not recommend it.

Did anything surprise you about the book?: Not really. A lot of the plot was easily guessable, and didn’t surprise me too much. One thing that did though, was Deante and Toya’s relationship. I really didn’t expect it with the way Deante treated her at the beginning of the book.

Are their diverse characters? It depends on what you consider diverse. The only diversity in this book is race, and by that, I mean Black/African American.

Do you think this book warrants a #ownvoices #weneeddiversebooks hashtag?: Other than race, perhaps, it depends.

Thoughts on the Cover: I thought the cover was very creative and simple at the same time. It’s not eyesore, and everything just fits together really well.

Did you finish the book: Yes

Is this a Galley Book: Yes

Would you recommend this for Read Brave?: No

Grade the Book: C- or D

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[whatanerdgirlsays]

Blog Tour: Girls Like Us by Randi Pink - Excerpt and Giveaway!

Blog Tour: Girls Like Us by Randi Pink - Excerpt and Giveaway! ~~~ #blogtour #girlslikeus #randipink #importantbooks #weneeddiversebooks @randi_pink

Set in the summer of 1972, this moving YA historical novel is narrated by teen girls from different backgrounds with one thing in common: Each girl is dealing with pregnancy.

Four teenage girls. Four different stories. What they all have in common is that they’re dealing with unplanned pregnancies.

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[readnowsleeplater]

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[scribesandvibes]

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[scribesandvibes]

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