2nd Annual Diversity Month Day 7-Review:Dia of the Dead by Brit Brinson +Kindle Fire 6" and Book Giveaway!

 

Title: Dia of The Dead

Publisher: Big Moon Press

ASIN: B00N37BCOK 

Pages:202

Genre: YA, Paranormal

Review: Liar by Justine Larbalestier

October 24th, 2013

Liar by Justine Larbalestier

Black Speculative Fiction Month, Day 3: Author Thelonious Legend #BSFM

We're a few days into the month, with our month of educating audiences about Black Speculative Fiction authors, main characters of African diaspora, or just anything we deem uber cool to highlight this month.

One of the coolest things are connecting with authors. This month is especially cool, since Speculative Fiction reaches such wide audiences. It's awesome to get the incite of many awesome authors this month, and see how they look at the event to reflect.

Thelonious Legend, author of "Sins of The Father" joins us tonight. He talks about his love, and eventual journey to pen a series that empowered Black children, that were also girls. All children of color lack literary role models in books, but Black children typically are affected different ways, due to the negativity we receive in the media.

Review: Promise of Shadows by Justina Ireland

July 27th, 2014

Promise of Shadows by Justina Ireland

I found out about this book through a blog post on Diversity in YA. I was intrigued on how a book about Greek mythology would incorporate diversity, when many associate the Greeks with "white." In some ways I agree with this, but on the other hand, my sister's recent obsession with "The Percy Jackson" series has left me at a stand still. Fictional white gods shouldn't be a viable excuse for the lack of diversity, and "Promise of Shadows" is definitely proof that characters being different races doesn't take away from these "fictional" myths.

Review: Deanne in the Middle by DuEwa Frazier

October 1st, 2014

Deanne in the Middle by DuEwa Frazier

I was contacted by the author of this particular novel a few months back. The initial interest came from researching the book and wanting to see the how a main character of color dealt with adjusting to an environment different from a prior environment.

Interracial Ya Romances, Tips on incorporating Diversity and Genre Hopping- A sit down with Author Lisa T. Cresswell

This author found us via Goodreads in hopes we would review her latest book, Hush Puppy.Her writing, her characters(including a black leading lady) and overall storyline exceeded our expectations that after reviewing it we went on and purchased the physical book! Libertad even gave it a rare 5 stars! We're happy that Lisa can grace our humble blog with her presence for the month of December!