Book Box Unboxing: Heady Mix | Diverse Stories for Curious Minds #BooksWithBalance #ChangingTheNarrative

September 9, 2019September 8, 2019 ~ Janel (Keeper of Pages) ~ 15 Comments

You all know how much I love book boxes, and my constant search to find one suited to my reading tastes, and hopefully to yours too! So I'm thrilled to introduce you to my latest book box find - Heady Mix. When I received an email from the team behind the box, asking if I'd … Continue reading Book Box Unboxing: Heady Mix | Diverse Stories for Curious Minds #BooksWithBalance #ChangingTheNarrative

Book Review: The Mercy Seat by Elizabeth H. Winthrop

May 24, 2018May 24, 2018 ~ Janel (Keeper of Pages) ~ 19 Comments

Winthrop’s latest novel, The Mercy Seat, publishes June 14th. As the sun begins to set over Louisiana one October day in 1943, a young black man faces the final hours of his life: at midnight, eighteen-year-old Willie Jones will be executed by electric chair for raping a white girl - a crime some believe he … Continue reading Book Review: The Mercy Seat by Elizabeth H. Winthrop

Book Review: Refugee by Alan Gratz

October 20, 2017October 20, 2017 ~ Janel (Keeper of Pages) ~ 10 Comments

The theme for Diverse Books Club this month is: immigrant and refugee experiences. After reading the synopsis for Refugee, I knew it was a read I would be joining them in. From the back cover: JOSEF is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the threat of concentration camps looming, he and his … Continue reading Book Review: Refugee by Alan Gratz

Book Review: The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

September 25, 2017September 25, 2017 ~ Janel (Keeper of Pages) ~ 22 Comments

I’d not heard of this book until Diverse Books Club announced it as one of their September reads. Naturally, after reading the synopsis, I had to get myself a copy and join in. Book Description: Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. All the slaves lead a hellish existence, but Cora has … Continue reading Book Review: The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

Bookish Rambling: Online Book Clubs

September 3, 2017September 3, 2017 ~ Janel (Keeper of Pages) ~ 33 Comments

I've neglected bookish rambling posts of late, so I'm making an extra special effort to do more of them - starting with today's post about online book clubs. I run my own online book club and readalong with several others, so I thought it'd be cool to share with you the book clubs I readalong … Continue reading Bookish Rambling: Online Book Clubs

#DiverseATHON Buddy Read Book Review: Journey Under the Midnight Sun by Keigo Higashino

September 25, 2016September 25, 2016 ~ Janel (Keeper of Pages) ~ 2 Comments

After a thoroughly enjoyable buddy read of Different Class by Joanne Harris, which you can read all about here, the blog has returned to Vienna, Austria – this time myself and Caecilia paired up to read Journey Under the Midnight Sun by Keigo Higashino. We read this book as part of #diverseATHON, a week long … Continue reading #DiverseATHON *Buddy Read* Book Review: Journey Under the Midnight Sun by Keigo Higashino