A Month of Faves 2016: Picking Favorites #2

Time for another link round-up! Here are some interesting things I read this week:

A Month of Faves 2016

 

Zetta Elliot has a comprehensive list of 2016 MG & YA titles by African-Americans.


“If you haven’t experienced poverty, you can’t imagine it,” she said. “It’s so close, so tight. It’s fraught with so much deprivation that it just explodes.” She added, “Homosexuals, the transgender community, women, blacks—they’re mistreated. With poor people, it’s not mistreatment. You’re not even there. You don’t exist. It seeps into your brain.” — Viola Davis’s Call to Adventure

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I Love December!

I actually do love December. It’s my second (or third???) favorite month. (After writing this, I might have to admit it may be my actual fave.) There’s so much goodness here. Several people I love have their birthdays during December. Christmas is in December (my fave holiday). Twinkly lights! Christmas trees! DECEMBER!

So, as the song goes, here are a few of my favorite things about the month:

A Month of Faves

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