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.

  • July Wrap-Up

    July Wrap-Up

    Hey y’all! It’s been forever and a day since my last wrap-up. I know, I know. Monthly wrap-ups were one of my 2020 goals. Well, having a normal 2020 was also a goal and that hasn’t come true. But enough of my pity party, let’s celebrate the good that’s happened this month! Life Update

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  • Assigning Gospel Songs to my Favorite Books

    Hey y’all, so today I decided to do something a little fun, different, and (dare I say it) quirky. I’ve wanted to do a song to book post for a while now and this idea popped in my head as I was washing my hair so… let’s do it! I grew up going to church

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  • Author Interview: Christina Hammonds Reed

    Hey y’all, so my bookish dreams seem to be coming true because today I’ll be bringing you my first ever author interview! This is one of my pieces for the book tour of The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed. Make sure to check out my full review and theme analysis too! Without further ado,

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  • Using my Psychology Degree to Analyze The Black Kids

    Hey y’all! Welcome to the my leg of The Black Kids Book Tour hosted by Hear Our Voices. I finished the last of my Psychology classes last month so I basically have a Psychology degree. I’ll be spending these next two semesters focusing on my English major, so that could probably help with future analyses.

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  • The Black Kids (Book Review)

    Hey y’all, welcome to my ARC review of The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reeds. I’m part of the Hear Our Voices book tour for The Black Kids and my official date for the tour is tomorrow, so make sure to check back for some fun posts. I feel like book twitter is always calling

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  • WWW Wednesday (#11)

    WWW Wednesday (#11)

    Hey y’all, so if you read my Reading Rush Wrap-up, you already know that last week was super productive as far as reading goes. That being said, I won’t put all 8 books in my recently read section, so make sure to check that post out if you’re interested. Anywho, let’s get into it. WWW

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  • The Reading Rush Wrap-up 2020

    Hey y’all, I wanted to get this out while everything is still fresh. This year’s Reading Rush was definitely the most productive one I’ve done. I got through 7 and a half books and I participated in most of the Instagram challenges. I even won a prize! The Challenges:

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  • Let’s Catch Up (#12)

    Hey y’all, this week has been quite the week for reading. The Reading Rush has taken up all my time, and for good reason. It’s been really fun, but I’m glad that it’s coming to an end so I can get back to watching Netflix without feeling guilty for not reading. Life Update

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  • Book Blogger Awards Nominations

    Hey y’all, I know I’m really late to the party with these nominations. I said I was going to do one weeks ago but didn’t check when they were due, only to find out that this is the last week for nominations! The Book Blogger Awards are being hosted by May @ Forever and Everly and Marie

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  • Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine (Book Review)

    So I know I said I probably wasn’t going to review this but then I decided to anyway since this week is just devoted to reviews. Now that that’s out of the way, let’s get into this super short review. Goodreads Synopsis

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