The Paperfruit

This is a weekly installment of bookish happenings across the collective book community.  What I’m reading:   This week I read  Piecing me Together  by Renée Watson. I’ll have a full review out this month.  I found this book through a goodreads review from a booktuber  (the collective book community overlaps!)  This is a coming of age story that is softer than The Hate U Give but equally relevant.  This book also looks at themes of friendship, perseverance, and community.  I…

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Title:   The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Author:  Taylor Jenkins Reid Genre:  Fiction  Why I picked his book up:  It has a beautiful cover What this book is about:  This is a fast paced read that covers the success and failures of the main character, Evelyn Hugo a former Hollywood starlet as she is dictating her life story for her autobiography. Evelyn is 79 in the present day and reflecting on her youth in Hell’s Kitchen to her transformation in…

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I’m trying something new this year! Here is a collection of bookish happenings, fresh content generated this week across, podcasts, booktube, bookstagram, book blogs  and more.  Hope you enjoy these selections, feel free to follow these content creators and subscribe to their platforms or check out books they have featured this week.  If you like these selections, check back next week for my curated findings in the collective book community.   Literary Themed Podcast:  Making the Past Relevant  Episode 211: Winter of Wayback, 1950!…

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This is a weekly installment of bookish happenings across the collective book community.    New Release:  The Sky is Yours by Chandler Klang Smith  This title was released this week.  It’s a dystopian novel that is supposed to be refreshing and funny.  I’ll take that!  Here is a review from TOR  that made me bump this title towards the top of my to read stack! Book blurb: In the burned-out, futuristic city of Empire Island, three young people navigate a crumbling metropolis constantly under threat…

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Everyone knows what YouTube is, but there is a large community of YouTube creators that are dedicated to discussing, reviewing, and sharing the love of books and reading.  They call themselves Booktubers. I love booktube.  I’ve thought about trying to do it myself, but I think that for now I’ll stick with this platform to share my bookish perspective. If you were to do a simple search for booktube within YouTube or on Google you will quickly become overwhelmed with…

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This selection wraps up my 2018 selections for the reading challenge!  This was a great way to organize and think about my approach to the challenge. I hope you’ll participate in the challenge and find some new and wonderful books to read this year.   High School Book Report Read a book you read in high school or that is currently assigned in high school Their Eyes Were Watching God  Zora Neale Hurston   Banned but not Forgotten Read a book…

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At the end of 2017, I was thrilled with exceeding my reading goal, and excited to read all the books I have been researching for the 2018 reading challenge.  I finished reading my first book of 2018, and in less than a week into the new year,  I got hit with a cold. I had no attention span for Netflix, let alone reading.  Now that I’ve recovered from the land of cough drops and vapor rub, here I am, in…

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  There are several tools to help you find your next book to read. How you found out about books 15 years ago was pretty limited compared to today. Let’s take an imaginary ride in the time machine for what was available back then. Wandering aimlessly through the bookstore or library The bestseller list in the newspaper Word of mouth All of these are valid and still useful today – but there are so many other options to help you…

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