Weekly Wrap Up: June 16, 2019

Weekly Wrap Up: June 16, 2019

Happy Father’s Day to all of the amazing dads and stepdads out there! If you are close with your fathers, I wish them a wonderful day as well. I didn’t really do much this weekend other than feel sick and stay at home, but I didn’t forget to finally post this one (well maybe I almost forgot) before Sunday was officially over on the East Coast. Let’s see how this week went.

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[Buddy Read Discussion] Autoboyography with Brittany

[Buddy Read Discussion] Autoboyography with Brittany

I don’t think you guys realize how freaking excited I am to be back doing buddy reads and discussions with this amazing girl Brittany! Seriously, if you aren’t following her already, you definitely need to ASAP! She is one of the closest book friends I’ve ever had, and even though I went into hiding (not literally, but sort of) for more than a year, we still got back into our groove like it was no big deal!

This time, we did a buddy read on Autoboyography by Christina Lauren in honor of Pride Month! Be sure to check out my review first before reading this one (or not. No rules on this blog, ya know). Here we go!

*** SPOILER ALERT beyond this mark. You’ve been warned. ***

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Let’s Talk: Diversity in Books/Movies

Let’s Talk: Diversity in Books/Movies

So this one is going to be fun because I wasn’t even planning on having something like this on my blog. What came from this is an article that came across my Facebook Feed about Twilight Author Stephanie Meyer. The title of the article is very, very misleading, and some mentioned that it was total clickbait. In fact, the title of the article (and if you click it, it leads to the article) is as follows:

“Twilight” Author Would Only Agree to Casting Black Actor if He Played a Villain

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