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down to the wire (as always) – BOOK CLUB TIME!

All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

September 16, 2022 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

Why did I wait so long to read these two? This isn’t just a question of Book Club procrastination; this is a “what was I thinking?” moment! I had heard good things about both, I was enraged as ever when they (and others) showed up on lists of challenged and banned books, and they were both available on scribd! Also- why did I treat these books like homework? “oh man, I have to read these before I can move on to other things”- at the […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Book Club, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: adapt, adaptation, Angie Thomas, audio, audiobook, banned book week, banned books, CannonBookClub, cbr14bingo, coming-of-age, culture, family, generational trauma, George M. Johnson, heart, lgtbqia, queer, Race, trauma, violence, we're with the band, YA

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR14 Review No:46 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Book Club, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: adapt, adaptation, Angie Thomas, audio, audiobook, banned book week, banned books, CannonBookClub, cbr14bingo, coming-of-age, culture, family, generational trauma, George M. Johnson, heart, lgtbqia, queer, Race, trauma, violence, we're with the band, YA ·
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