Roxane, you are an inspiration, and The Butter is my new favorite thing on the Internet. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

I just finished reading THIS SIDE OF HOME by Renée Watson, which is a young adult book about two black teenage girls living in a predominantly black but increasingly gentrified Portland neighborhood, and how both they and their neighborhood are changing. Occasionally it's a bit on the nose, but mostly, it's lovely. Also, the cover is A+: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22392935-this...