About Me!

Hi everybody!

I'm Nox, a 20-year-old college student majoring in English Education. I work part-time at my university's Latinx-based cultural center, and also as a secretary at my local auto body shop. When I'm not working, I'm usually reading, listening to music, or hanging out with my grandparents and my cats, who I'll most likely mention often.

I'm often catching up on popular backlist YA books, while also trying to read more diverse literature. My hopes as an aspiring English teacher is to expose my future students to literature that they can connect with, as well as the classics that we all know and love. Books are the way that I connect with the world around me; without them, I'd be lost. I want to give future generations the chance to connect with them too.

I mainly read Young Adult books, and as I said earlier, I'm starting to read more diversely. In the Included Lit page, I have links to my blog posts about inclusive literature, as well as links to my Booktube videos!

Sidenote: The rest of my social media is referred to as Nox Reads, while the blog is titled Nox the Reader. When I updated my blog, I, unfortunately, had to part with the name Nox Reads, but I'm grateful for the chance to have a blog that feels more like me. And I hope that when you look through this blog, you can see what I mean by that.

Thank you, and happy reading!

~Nox

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A Guide to Anti-Racist Resources | #blacklivesmatter #sayhisname

Hi everyone. Welcome to Nox the Reader, and today I'm sharing a compiled list of different anti-racist resources that I've seen shared on Bookstagram and Twitter. Please note: THIS LIST IS EVER-EVOLVING AND EXPANDING. AS I GATHER MORE INFORMATION, I WILL BE ADDING IT TO THIS GUIDE. IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU FEEL I SHOULD ADD, PLEASE DM ME ON TWITTER @nox_reads, OR COMMENT DOWN BELOW. Before I share this list, all I want to say is that I'm mad as hell and I'm tired. My dad always shared stories about living in Inglewood in the 90s during the time of Rodney King and the LA Riots. And it's almost 30 years later and nothing has changed. I've grown up surrounded by names as hashtags and videos cycled through the media and it's infuriating and heartbreaking and exhausting . And a lot of us are wondering what to do, how to break this system and burn it to the ground. And it starts with educating ourselves and uplifting the voices of others. In this list are book...

Neil Gaiman's Stardust is the Best Kind of Ridiculous | Book Ramble

Welcome to Nox the Reader, I'm Nox, and I really want to talk about Neil Gaiman's Stardust, which I feel is a give me ALL the merch! "Every lover is, in his heart, a madman, and, in his head, a minstrel." Some of you may remember the movie Stardust from 2007, which for some reason gets lost in my memory alongside the boring, terrible, why did I ever watch that movie adaptation of The Golden Compass. Gramps was flipping through the movie channels a few weeks ago and we caught the last thirty minutes of this movie that I had a vague recollection of, and I absolutely loved those last thirty minutes (which had a lot to do with the overall quality and Claire Danes' speech at the end but also so much to do with Tristan being played by a young Daredevil...) . So naturally, I had to pick up the book! Stardust was a bit of a ride for me. It's a short read, a bit more than 200 pages, and it starts off heavily with exposition surrounding the town of Wall a...

Book Trigger Warnings Wiki | Community Resource

Hey everyone! Welcome to Nox the Reader, I'm "Nox", and today I'm sharing an awesome community resource that my friends Jenny and Rob made: the Book Trigger Warnings Wikia! Jenny and Rob officially launched the website last Thursday, and the way it's set up is amazing! This is going to be a graphic-heavy post because I want to show y'all how easy it is to use. Anyone can view and explore the wiki, but in order to edit and add the triggers, you have to create an account. I'm not kidding when I say it took me less than a minute to set one up! You click where it says Anonymous in the top right corner, click Create Account, and you make a username and password! That's it! I love this idea because some of us have triggers that are oftentimes overlooked by others. If you're worried that a trigger won't be included, there's nothing better than including it yourself! If a book you've read isn't already on the wiki, you can create a pa...

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