Andra Douglas’ new novel, Black and Blue: Love, Sports, and the Art of Empowerment is loosely based on her own life and desires to be part of the world of football. Focused on Christine, the youngest of three daughters, who struggles to go against the expectations put on her by living in the South. She has always wanted to play football, but a spot on her high school team is kept from her and she finds herself dejected watching as her male classmates are given football scholarships, knowing that she will never receive one. When she moves to New York City she assumes that she will never play the game she loves, but sometimes fate has a way of stepping in. Continue reading “Black and Blue Book Review from @kleffnotes”

Alice returned from Wonderland, but back in England no one believes that her experiences truly happened. Marked as mad, much like the riddle filled hatter, she has been kept in an institution and forced to undergo treatment for these fits of fancy. After recently turning fifteen, Alice learns that while her sister Katherine, who has long been absent, is planning a wedding, she will be sent farther away. What she doesn’t expect is that the characters she has longed to rescue her from her captive existence need her as much as she needs them. In Ever Alice, the titular Alice returns to Wonderland and is tasked with a dangerous mission that will set her against the regime of the Queen of Hearts. Continue reading “Ever Alice Book Review from @kleffnotes”