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Melissa
is 28% done
"....my pronouns are 'they, them and that bitch'"🤣😂
As excited as I was about the premise of this book I still had a little concern that maybe it would be too heavily geared toward YA teen boy and i wouldn't be able to connect. This is the moment I completely eased in. Oh, we're accepting of everybody here?!? Let me fully immerse myself in Caiman U.
— Jan 13, 2026 06:02AM
As excited as I was about the premise of this book I still had a little concern that maybe it would be too heavily geared toward YA teen boy and i wouldn't be able to connect. This is the moment I completely eased in. Oh, we're accepting of everybody here?!? Let me fully immerse myself in Caiman U.
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Melissa
is 80% done
I meant to call this out when he first offered to become his mentor but it's so obvious now something is up with Professor Kamali (idk I listen to audiobooks) I hope that the reveal is better then where I feel like the writing is currently leading.
— 4 hours, 0 min ago
Melissa
is 29% done
I had to stop and replay this a few times. "...look how they're actively banning books down here in LA, FL, AL, and TX, they're erasing our truth, our trials and tribulations..." "...unless it has to do with slavery, they always have to add a white savior."
Imagining a room of young people of color discussing the truth about what I felt when I was being taught history is slowly healing me.
— Jan 13, 2026 11:22AM
Imagining a room of young people of color discussing the truth about what I felt when I was being taught history is slowly healing me.
Melissa
is 21% done
I love the authors note for this. He is absolutely correct, a young black male narrating dark academia is niche af and I am in. I know how much representation matters and I'm loving this. The writing is smooth, the story is flowing and I'm so excited to enter yet another magical HBCU (Shout out to Drew Collins U)
— Jan 07, 2026 09:21PM
