#rainbowmilk

[catsbooksandbees]

Book One of 2022!

3.5 stars.

Rainbow Milk by Paul Mendez.

This follows 19yr old Jessie as he escapes his Jehovah’s Witness upbringing and moves to the city where he turns to sex work and struggles with his race and sexuality.

Content Warnings: racism, homophobia, sexual assault and content, medical content (specifically HIV/AIDS), child abuse, religious bigotry

What Did I Think?

I thought the writing was really dense and I found it really challenging to read not just because of that but also because of the subject matter. I also thought the pacing was off. However, I think it was a really powerful read, and it had a great impact on me. Stories like this one are so important to be told and heard.

Prompts:

I fit this into Prompt 10 of the 52 Books Challenge, “A Book Based on a Real Person”.

This also fit into my Popsugar challenge in the Bonus section, “A Book with Two POV’s”

[pjmendez]

Delighted to announce that Rainbow Milk has been shortlisted in the Gay Fiction category at the Lammys @lambdaliterary – alongside Brontez Purnell’s 100 Boyfriends, Selva Almada’s Brickmakers, Jaime Cortez’s Gordo and Yang Huang’s My Good Son. It’s RM’s eighth award nomination and its first in the US. Thanks as always to @dialoguebooks and @doubledaybooks – and congrats to everyone nominated across the categories 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ P.S. you might notice mine and Brontez’s names listed together beneath our novels. That’s because we’re both featured in the AW22 issue of @manfantastic – covered by Ocean Vuong. Grab one while you can! #rainbowmilk #lammys #paulmendez #brontezpurnell #selvaalmada #jaimecortez #yanghuang #gayfiction https://www.instagram.com/p/CbIUaAeAxDH/?utm_medium=tumblr

[bibliobethblog]

Hello everyone and happy Friday to you all! I thought I would share another stop on my bookshelf tour today. This is my fourth bookshelf and the titles are arranged alphabetically from authors surname, this shelf contains some M’s which there are quite a lot of! All these books are still on my TBR but I’m looking forward to catching up with the Jon McGregor and David Mitchell novels (as two of my favourite authors) Rainbow Milk, The Animals In That Country and Blue Ticket, the latter of which I’ll be buddy reading at some point with @emmasbookishcorner 😍 I’d love to know your thoughts on any of these books or authors. Let’s have a chat in the comments! #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookshelf #booksbooksandmorebooks #bookshelftour #bookcollector #bookcollection #booksonmyshelf #booksonmytbr #jonmcgregor #leanfallstand #reservoir13 #davidmitchell #theboneclocks #sladehouse #utopiaavenue #blueticket #sophiemackintosh #rainbowmilk #paulmendez #theanimalsinthatcountry #laurajeanmckay #favouriteauthors https://www.instagram.com/p/CXlRSnFgRSf/?utm_medium=tumblr

[massimosirelli]

Vi presento Paolina e Paolino: meglio conosciuti come i coniugi Paolina’s. Simili, quasi gemelli. Inseparabili ma suscettibili e paurosi ai temporali della vita. Qualcuno diceva “Potrà mai piovere per sempre?”. La risposta è: “No! Le grandi tempeste portano via i giorni passati e i brutti ricordi, bagnano le terre più aride e i cuori impietriti. Dopo tante piogge e tante difficoltà esce sempre un Arcobaleno. Tornerà il sole caldo a far risplendere i colori, gli alberi in fiore e la gente per le strade e l’Amore tornerà a trionfare. ———————— #massimosirelli #sirelli #massimosirellirobot #adottaunrobot #rainbow #rainbowmilk #dubai #dubaimarina #robot #robottino #popart #sirelliart #love (presso Dubai, United Arab Emirates) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAcGL59qN3T/?igshid=171v1n3mnfpin

[nolila-blog]

✨Rainbow Milk✨ . Beli fresh milk yang dus besar. Ternyata rasanya pahit. Kaya kebanyakan perisa strawberry gitu. Terpaksa ga diminum dan dijadikan bahan belajar buat Hami aja 😅 . Tapi ga usah ngikutin juga ya haha Secukupnya susu aja. Bahkan kita juga pernah bikin cuma pake setengah susu kotak kecil aja lho 😄 . 🖤Bahan yang dibutuhkan ✨Nampan / piring yang ceper ✨Susu cair plain secukupnya (yang aku pake susu strawberry) ✨Cotton bud ✨Aneka pewarna ✨Sabun cuci cair . 🖤Cara bermain dan manfaatnya Aku tuang susu ke dalam nampan, tetesi dengan pewarna makanan (ungu, kuning, hijau, merah, biru, coklat). Celup cotton bud pada sabun cuci cair lanjut celup lagi ke piring susu. Dan liat reaksinya. Beneran kereeen 😍 Permainan ini untuk menstimulasi indera visual anak ya. Jamin anak bakal terbengong-bengong wkwk Dan buat Hami kayanya ga afdol kalo ga diacak-acak pake tangan langsung haha.. sekalian buat stimulus taktil tangan ya 😂 . 𝑆𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛 #dirumahaja 𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑖 𝑘𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑙 𝑦𝑎 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑠 🤗 . . 𝑻𝒂𝒈𝒈 𝒅𝒂𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒌𝒖𝒏 @nolila_ 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒌 𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒌𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒚𝒂 🖤 . 👦 Hamizan 3 tahun 4 bulan . #MainBarengHami #Hami3y4m #sensoryplay #dirumahaja #milk #susucair #milkexperiment #rainbowmilk #susupelangi #belajardirumah #idebermain #idebermainanak #melatihkonsentrasi #maindirumah #problemsolving #maindirumah #mainansederhana #mainanedukasi #bermain #bermainsambilbelajar #bermaindanbelajar #bermainsensory #bermaindirumah #bermainanak #bermainBelajar #bermainbersamaanak #bermainbersamamamah #madewithVUE https://www.instagram.com/p/CAUVpBVpiLi/?igshid=1rqbbo715ka6g

[mychaicup-blog]

Mom's signature masala chai made with loads of love ☕♥ #masalachai #desichai #cuttingchai #rainbowmilk #mychaicup #vintageteacup #vintage #adrakchai #ilovechai #teaddict #instatea #lovechai #dubai #uae #abudhabi #fujairah #rasalkhaimah #cha #tealoversaroundtheworld #te #tealover #teaovercoffee #teaoftheday #chaiaddict (at Mirdif)

[magicalgirlagency]

Rainbowmilk sounds like a huge history nerd and we stan.

And she is.

I'm sure that if you ask her nicely, she'll offer some neat nuggets of history to you.

[desi-junkie-blog]

#rainbow #rainbowmilk #rainbow juice #kids #backintime #world #night #summers #life #fightback #milk

[thomasyumeigetmarried]

Susu + pewarna + @sleekbaby_id + cottonbud + kertas = rainbow milk & milk painting 😍 . Thx @ms_amel_w 👏🏻😁 . #29m8d #2y5m #imc #montessoridirumah #montessoriathome #milkpainting #rainbowmilk #weekendactivity #babyOfir #babybule #babybul #bucil #anakkecil #kesayangan #sibunder #milestone #daughter #happybaby

[tzietuc-blog]

Friday morning breakfast... #allberriescereal #rainbowmilk #frenchvanillacoffee #frenchpressedcoffee #blackcoffee #fridaybreakfast #doha #qatar #aloneagainnaturally (at Baluarte de Caringal)

[lauravalencia83]

When everybody is waking up, i go to be 😩 It's been a long #night doing #homework 📚📑📑📑✒... 🌇 #goodnight // #earlymorning - #nightnight ~°•¤☆ 🌌💫✨✨✨ . . . . #instapic #manga #anime #repost @rainbowmilks ♡

[bibliobethblog]

Hello everyone, welcome to my birthday book haul part 3! A huge thank you to @keeperofpages @tarheelreader Mr B, @chrissireads and my lovely family of thoroughly spoiling me. I’ve already read Sharks In The Time Of Saviours but I’m eagerly anticipating all these reads. If only there were more hours in the day! 🤣 I’d love to know your thoughts on any of these books or authors. Let’s have a chat in the comments! Have a great week everyone 🤗😘 #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookhaul #bookaddict #bookaholic #birthdaybookhaul #whataluckygirl #bookishgifts #themajesties #tiffanytsao #rainbowmilk #paulmendez #sharksinthetimeofsaviours #kawaistrongwashburn #killingcommendatore #harukimurakami #theswitch #betholeary #motherwell #deborahorr #booksonmyshelf https://www.instagram.com/p/CO_G-_LroEE/?igshid=zz01rp2u0kea

[phillipnetwork]

When your breast milk is a taste of the rainbow 😂😂😂! #rainbowmilk rp @mswrightsway (Just in case you didn't know... women actively breastfeeding is allowed on Instagram and Facebook)

[oliviach]

@rainbowmilks

[bibliobethblog]

Hello everyone and hope you’re doing well. This post comes to you from a dreary, wet UK 🇬🇧 so perfect wintry weather really! Today I’m spelling out the month of DECEMBER in books. I saw it over on @nicki_mags and @babbageandsweetcorn page and thought I’d better get a shift on before December ends! 😂 All these books are still on my TBR. I know, shocking right? 😉 I have plans to bump Down River as it has been championed by @tarheelreader I’m (finally) reading Everything I Never Told You as a buddy read next month and Eligible is going to fit one of my 2022 reading challenges. I’ve paired the books with my current @yankeecandle Sweet Orange Spice which smells very wintry. Have you read any of these books? What did you think? Let’s have a chat in the comments! #booksgiveaway #bookstagrammer #spelloutthemonthinbooks #bookstack #bookstagramchallenge #booksandcandles #downriver #johnhart #enduringlove #ianmcewan #wsomersetmaugham #catalina #everythinginevertoldyou #celesteng #mexicangothic #silviamorenogarcia #bluebirdbluebird #atticalocke #eligible #curtissittenfeld #rainbowmilk #paulmendez #2022readingchallenges https://www.instagram.com/p/CYEi5pborXM/?utm_medium=tumblr