Litsy Lemonade Interview: Antoinette Scully

Antoinette ScullySeptember 23, 2016 Comments

My First (Blog) Award: 2016 Liebster

A way for new bloggers to get some recognition because let's face it: blogging is hard and sometimes we all deserve a pat on the back.

Antoinette ScullySeptember 15, 2016bloggers, featured, Liebster Award 2016, questionnaire Comments

Mychal Denzel Smith Finds the Intersection of Past and Present Invisible Man, Got The Whole World Watching (Book Review)

Sometimes I read a book and it moves me. This book stopped me in my tracks and gave me an unexpected pause.

Back to School with "The Skin I'm In" by Sharon Flake (Book Review)

Sumer is gone and Skin is In

ReadingAntoinette ScullyAugust 24, 2016AAVE, Colorism, Middle School, Women Authors, Fiction, YA, Nikki Grimes, The Skin I'm In, Children's Book, Book ReviewComment

A Collector of Sorts: Books Aren't the Only Bookish Things I Buy

I found that I collect more than just books.

Antoinette ScullyAugust 16, 2016Bookshelves, Coffee Mugs, Collecting, Lists, Pop Vinyls Comments

3 Completely Unreasonable Reasons I Don't Reread Books

Why is it so hard to pick up a book again?

Antoinette ScullyAugust 4, 2016Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, David Foster Wallace, Kristen Randle, Reread, Sharon Creech, Women AuthorsComment

Recommendsday at Black and Bookish

It's #recommendsday. Need new reads for your shelf?

"Can I Get a Do-Over?" July Missteps and More Black and Bookish Updates

July was a turbulent month for me. Let me fill you in.

Antoinette ScullyAugust 1, 2016Comment

5 Ways to Get Out of a Rut (and Back in the Game)

Everyone has their off days. Here is how I get back on track.

Antoinette ScullyJuly 26, 2016Self-Care, How to Get Out of a RutComment

Join My First EVER Book Club

A book club to enjoy from the comfort of your own home.

Top Ten for the Weekend (07/15/16)

I am feeling overwhelmed with a mix of thoughts and emotions, but also some numbness has fallen over me. I have been having trouble expressing myself in various ways and my writing has suffered since July 9th.

Antoinette ScullyJuly 15, 2016Activism, Andre Lorde, BlackLivesMatter, Self-Care, Women AuthorsComment

A Look Back: My Day At The 2016 Los Angeles Time's Festival of Books (Event Review)

*Note: I wrote almost all of this shortly after the Bookfest event in April, but never got around to posting it. Please enjoy my look back at #Bookfest.*

I Used Litsy For 2 Weeks And Here's What It Did For Me

Litsy is an app created for bookish people to share their bookish thoughts on books.

ReadingAntoinette ScullyJune 30, 2016book app, Books, Goodreads, ios, Litsy, phones, social media Comments

#SipandRead: For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When The Rainbow is Enuf

ReadingAntoinette ScullyJune 29, 2016#SipandRead, Instagram, Ntozake Shange, Photography, Poetry, Women Authors Comments

Getting "Booked" on Poetry: Mesmerized by Kwame Alexander and His Prose (Book Review)

Anyone up for poetry masquerading as a novel?

ReadingAntoinette ScullyJune 28, 2016Kwame Alexander, Middle School, Poetry, YA, Fiction, Booked, Book Review, Teen Boys, Cultural ConnectionsComment

Friday Reads (06/24/2016)

Antoinette ScullyJune 24, 2016Blavity-com, Dawn, Diversity, IndieWire, Joe Ponder, Kings of Earth, Octavia Butler, Parable of the Sower, Publishing, Questlove, Shonda Rhimes, Social Justice, Women Authors, Year of YesComment

Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler (Book Review)

For at least a year, Parable of the Sower sat on my (borrowed) shelf and I went on with my life. I was unfamiliar with the life and work of Octavia Butler and so, I did not know how important this book would be.