Author: Tanita Davis

tanita s. davis is a writer and avid reader who prefers books to most things in the world, including people. That's ...pretty much it, she's very awkward and she can't even tell jokes. She is, however, the author of eleven books, including Serena Says, Partly Cloudy, Go Figure, Henri Weldon, The Science of Friendship and the Coretta Scott King honored Mare's War. Look for her new MG, book Berry Parker Doesn't Catch Crushes September 2025 from HarperCollins Childrens' Books.

July 5, 2024

she’s reading: three on the theme of emo

Dear TBR, Happy Summer, Direct From the Surface of the Sun! Lately I’m resonating with the idea of writing books being close to the…

June 21, 2023

she’s reading: amazing specfic, tea escapades, mysteries

Dear TBR, Happy Solstice, and whew, I’m done! The latest book is off to bed with the copy editors tucking it in. I’m really…

May 29, 2023

she’s reading: pb’s, semi-sentient swords, necromancers & tea

Dear TBR, Books have been devoured. LOVE IN THE LIBRARY, by Maggie Tokuda-Hall – Of course I had to read this book by a…

May 9, 2023

she’s reading: impossible animals, medical magic

Dear TBR, …Now back to our regularly scheduled fake book tree, adjusted for length (height?). Once There Was, by Kiyash Monsef – This is…

May 9, 2023

she’s reading: pb’s, nonfic

Dear TBR, Reading into Spring means you’re supposed to be reading outside. Since it’s about fifteen degrees below where outside reading is comfortable for…

April 18, 2023

she’s reading: april

Dear TBR, The book world is such a fun place, and people in their fandoms are crazy in a good way. Going out into…

March 27, 2023

she’s reading: february into march

Dear TBR, Truthfully, February and early March kind of did my head in. While the HarperCollins strike was ongoing, I was trying to finish…

November 11, 2022

unseen & still awesome

Dear TBR, I enjoy the challenge of reading bilingual picture books right now as I nurture along my fledgling Spanish, Dutch and German skills,…

November 10, 2022

how the light gets through

Dear TBR, This book… is unflinching, unrelenting, and honest. It is, as is everything (my friend, full disclosure) Liz Garton Scanlon writes, beautifully characterized…

November 9, 2022

the whole world changes

Dear TBR, This is the last book in Meg Medina’s Merci trilogy, and it comes with a number of “last” things that nonetheless serve…

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