About

Rae is a Haitian-American writer and educator, born and raised in South Florida. She received a 2018 Silver Medal in the Scholastic Art and Writing Competition for her poem “Red Blood Cell.” She earned her bachelor’s as a double major in Psychology and English with a Concentration in Multicultural and Gender Studies and her master’s in English Literature with a Specialization in Caribbean Literature from Florida Atlantic University. Her poetry has been published and/or forthcoming in Rigorous Magazine, The Anti-Languorous Project, and Strange Horizons. You can find her nerding out over her latest reads @raethereviewer on Instagram and Tik Tok.

  • WWW Wednesday (#12)

    WWW Wednesday (#12)

    Hey y’all! It feels like forever since I did one of these. I’ve actually been reading quite a bit since we last caught up. It’s been an interesting mix, to say the least. WWW Wednesday is a meme that was formerly hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm and revived by Sam of Taking on a World of Words. All you’ve

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  • Top 5 Tuesday ~ Top 5 Books Where Something Went Right

    Hey y’all, Top 5 Tuesday is back! Top 5 Tuesday was originally created by Shanah @ Bionic Book Worm. She has now passed the baton to Meeghan @ Meeghan Reads and I’m excited to see what the future holds for these posts. Meeghan’s page is super cute, so make sure you check it out! This

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  • The Many Faces of Lincoln Loud (Comic Book Review)

    Hey y’all! So this will be a short one. I got an eARC of The Many Faces of Lincoln Loud from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I’m a pretty big fan of The Loud House. I still need to catch up on the latest season but I’m pretty sure my younger cousins have

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  • Let’s Catch Up (#13)

    Hey y’all! Happy Sunday, it’s time for us to lay our burdens down and have a little chat. If you’re new here, these catch up sessions are basically my version of a weekly wrap-up. They’ve evolved quite a bit since I first began, they’ve even evolved since our last catch up. Life Update

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  • Using my Psychology Degree to Dissect my Reading Tastes

    I want to psychoanalyze myself… but make it bookish.

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  • Such a Fun Age (Book Review)

    Hey y’all, so Such a Fun Age was the book club pick for The Reading Rush and I ended up loving it. If you want to learn more about some controversy surrounding The Reading Rush and how it negatively affected the Black reading community, I’d highly recommend checking out this video. Such a Fun Age

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  • Crazy Rich Asians (Book Review)

    Hey y’all, it feels nice to get around to these reviews. When you read so much in a week, getting the words out can feel overwhelming. Now that I’ve had some time to let the stories marinate, here are my thoughts. Goodreads Synopsis

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  • Check, Please! (Book Review)

    Hey y’all, it’s good to see you! Check, Please! was my first read of The Reading Rush 2020. I ended up reading the ebook (via the CloudLibrary app) in my backyard. I only read children’s books and graphic novels as ebooks because full novels are more difficult for me to concentrate with. I’m thinking about

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  • The Ungodly Hour Book Tag (Original)

    Hey y’all, so I’m here with my first ever book tag! I’ve never made one before but when I discovered that The Ungodly Hour didn’t have one, I knew I needed to create it. I was also inspired to make this after seeing the one for Folklore going around. Cielo @ bellerosereads did a really

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  • Books of the Month ~ July

    Hey y’all, I’m starting to see a pattern with these months. It’s like, one month I get one book and the next month I get multiple. Kind of weird, right? For those who may not know yet, I challenged myself at the beginning on the year to buy at least one book a month from

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