Chinelo Ikem
reflection: Happily Ever Afters by Elise Bryant
[i interviewed Elise Bryant about her book. you can check out our interview on my instagram here.] ~book reflection~~some spoilers~ “My...
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Chinelo Ikem
May 20, 20216 min read
reflection: Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers
[i interviewed Morgan Rogers about her book. you can check out our interview on my instagram here.] ~book reflection~~spoilers~ TW:...
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Chinelo Ikem
May 20, 20215 min read
reflection: Outlawed by Anna North
~book reflection~~spoilers~ “These VERY DANGEROUS CRIMINALS are known to harbor among them WITCHES and people of MIXED BREED, and to...
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Chinelo Ikem
May 20, 20216 min read
reflection: The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr.
~book reflection~ TW: sexual assault “I choosy with who pain I feel,” Sarah said. “Some people pain is eternal. Some people worship they...
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Chinelo Ikem
May 20, 20215 min read
reflection: The Kindest Lie by Nancy Johnson
[i interviewed Nancy Johnson about her book. you can check out our interview on my instagram page.] ~book reflection~~spoilers~ “Somehow,...
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Chinelo Ikem
May 20, 20214 min read
reflection: The Push by Ashley Audrain
~book reflection~~spoilers~ “Cecilia knew early on she wasn’t meant to be a mother. She could feel it in her bones as womanhood set in....
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Chinelo Ikem
Feb 11, 20214 min read
reflection: Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
~book reflection~~spoilers~ "There will always be those who urge you to war. Interrogate their objective. If you find that it is peace,...
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Chinelo Ikem
Jan 31, 20215 min read
reflection: Memorial by Bryan Washington
~book reflection~~spoilers~ TW: DV "That loving a person means letting them change when they need to. And letting them go when they need...
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Chinelo Ikem
Jan 24, 20215 min read
review: The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed
~book reflection~~spoilers~ TW: racial slurs "How do I tell people I barely know that I'm angry and sad, but also embarrassed? That I...
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Chinelo Ikem
Jan 15, 20214 min read
reflection: Permission by Saskia Vogel
~book reflection~ TW: overt sexual themes, violence "I treated dating like it was my job. The men were easy fun. There was more to it, of...
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Chinelo Ikem
Jan 2, 20215 min read
reflection: Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson
~book reflection~~spoilers~ TW: sexual assault, drug addiction "The man publicly known as Korey Fields sold twenty million albums, toured...
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Chinelo Ikem
Dec 25, 20204 min read
reflection: Red Pill by Hari Kunzru
~book reflection~~spoilers~ TW: suicide "I think it is possible to track the onset of middle age exactly. It is the moment when you...
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Chinelo Ikem
Dec 15, 20204 min read
reflection: Fifty Words For Rain by Asha Lemmie
~book reflection~~major spoilers~ "It's obvious that you're half-caste," she said, lowering her voice to a chilling whisper. "At best....
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Chinelo Ikem
Dec 14, 20204 min read
reflection: Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams
~book reflection~~spoilers~ "The truth is, I would shave layers off my body if I knew I'd be lighter. In two more days, I could've been...
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Chinelo Ikem
Dec 13, 20205 min read
reflection: Like A Bird by Fariha Róisín
~book reflection~~major spoilers~ TW: suicide, sexual assault "Surely the violence that he had administered to me would be detectable in...
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Chinelo Ikem
Dec 1, 20204 min read
reflection: Glitch Feminism by Legacy Russell
"Within glitch feminism, glitch is celebrated as a vehicle of refusal, a strategy of nonperformance...Glitch feminism urges us to...
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Chinelo Ikem
Dec 1, 20205 min read
reflection: When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole
~some spoilers~ "What am I supposed to do?" I get up and pace. "I'm not walking into a police station and announcing there's an organized...
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