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...

The Wicked Deep and Winterwood: Reading Shea Ernshaw's Books

Hi everyone! Welcome to Nox the Reader, I'm "Nox", and today I'm talking about Shea Ernshaw's books The Wicked Deep and Winterwood . "We wait for death. We hold our breath. We know it's coming, and still we flinch when it claws at our throats and pulls us under." ~ The Wicked Deep "Because I am more darkness than girl. More winter shadow than August sunlight." ~ Winterwood Two-Sentence Synopsis: The Wicked Deep is about the town of Sparrow, which is cursed by three sisters that were accused of witchcraft and drowned centuries ago. Every summer, the three sisters possess the bodies of three of the town's girls and drown three boys in revenge. Winterwood is about Nora Walker, who comes from a long line of witches died to the local Winter Woods of Fir Haven. Nora finds Oliver Huntsman, a lost boy from a local camp for troubled boys, and is caught up in a mystery. Content Warnings The Wicked Deep : Drowni...

Book Ramble - One of Us is Lying

Hi everyone! Welcome to Nox Reads, I'm "Nox", and this is my book ramble for One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus, a solid PROBABLY WON'T REREAD. "That's the kind of person you can get away with killing: someone everyone else wants dead." TRIGGER WARNING: Death, alcohol, drugs, mentions of suicide -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- S P O I L E R - F R E E T A L K Right off the bat, I have to say: I had to read this book. It's the Breakfast Club with a murder in it, how could I not? And of course, they make a joke about it in the book (Simon saying that they're all walking 80's movies stereotypes). It was such an interesting concept to me, a combination of some of my favorite things: retellings, mystery, and murder (in stories . Obviously I do not condone actually murder. Please don't murder people. This has been a PSA. )...

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