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Laguardia
Laguardia | Nnedi Okorafor
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From Hugo, Neubla, and World Fantasy Award Winner Nnedi Okorafor (Who Fears Death, Binti, Akata series) comes Laguardia. Set in an alternative world where aliens have come to Earth and integrated with society, LaGuardia revolves around a pregnant Nigerian-American doctor, Future Nwafor Chukwuebuka who has just returned to NYC under mysterious conditions. After smuggling an illegal alien plant named "Letme Live" through LaGuardia International and Interstellar Airport's customs and security, she arrives at her grandmother's tenement, the New Hope Apartments in the South Bronx. There, she and Letme become part of a growing population of mostly African and shape-shifting alien immigrants, battling against interrogation, discrimination and travel bans, as they try to make it in a new land. But, as the birth of her child nears, Future begins to change. What dark secret is she hiding? From the team behind Black Panther: Long Live the King #6 Nnedi Okorafor and illustrator Tana Ford (Silk, Duck!) this Hardcover collects the entire 4 issue miniseries of Laguardia.
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adoramichaels
Laguardia | Nnedi Okorafor
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Cute. The pictures were great and the story was super cute. A very optimistic book in a way. Love the aliens, how they were pictured, and the different things they could do. Helps make some issues more personal so everyone can understand the frustrations.
#graphicnovel #laguardia #nnediokorafor

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lauren.lerner
Laguardia | Nnedi Okorafor
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“This is America. No matter what time it is, it‘s always THAT time*.”

*time to be xenophobic & anti immigrant. It‘s funny because it‘s true! (Hopefully things will be changing now but for when Nnedi wrote these comics, it‘s dead fcking on.)

#graphicnovel #nnedi #nnediokorafor #currentlyreading

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ShyBookOwl
Laguardia | Nnedi Okorafor
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I'm going to post this hashtag on the 1st of each month as I (and many littens) continue my pursuit of anti-racism in my reading life. I hope some of you join in 🤓

Today's pick, LaGuardia, because I don't come across many graphic novels written by black authors. This one touches on some really interesting topics (immigration, racism, and even how we treat the environment). Weird and thoughtful! 🖤

Tagging all littens 😉 #blackvoices

IndyHannaJones I would really like to be friends with Alexis Henderson. This book is perfect for anyone who wants to support Black authors and get real witchy at the same time. Perfect forfall! 4y
ShyBookOwl @IndyHannaJones sold!! Thatll be one of my first fall reads 4y
Chrissyreadit @IndyHannaJones my friend just gifted me with it and raved also! I‘m so hoping to get some reading done this month. 4y
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Prairiegirl_reading I just recently read and loved my first James Baldwin 4y
ShyBookOwl @Prairiegirl_reading he has been on my tbr for so long, but I still haven't read anything by him. I'll have to bump this one up! 4y
ShyBookOwl @Chrissyreadit it's very unique! I hope you enjoy it 4y
Prairiegirl_reading @ShyBookOwl it‘s great! It‘s not very long and if you like audio it‘s fantastic. 4y
IndyHannaJones @ShyBookOwl it's definitely got 'debut author vibes' but it's a really promising start for her and I can't wait to see what she does next. 4y
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TieDyeDude
Laguardia | Nnedi Okorafor
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The author of Binti wrote a graphic novel that won an Eisner award this year. The travel ban is reimagined with actual aliens, and the complexities on who we discriminate against and why is explored in a fascinating way. Certainly deserving of recognition.

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Eyelit
Laguardia | Nnedi Okorafor
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I‘ll basically read anything Nnedi Okorafor writes - and I was pretty tickled when I discovered she wrote a graphic novel. 😄

This book is cool, thoughtful, and timely. I‘m including a blurb below from a note at the end that sums up my feelings:

“LaGuardia is an exploration- it‘s pushback, it‘s playful shenanigans, it‘s looking forward and it‘s trickster tendencies all rolled up into one narrative. It‘s metaphor and it‘s literal.”

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kwmg40
Laguardia | Nnedi Okorafor
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This nominee for the Hugo Best Graphic Work deals with the very weighty issues of racism and immigration but is also loads of fun to read, with some wonderful alien characters. #hugoawards #hugo2020

Despite having to work a full day, I've still managed 3 hours and 5 minutes of reading, so not a bad start to the #24B4Monday readathon.

@Andrew65 @SumisBooks @jb72

Andrew65 Well done 👏👏👏 4y
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ShyBookOwl
Laguardia | Nnedi Okorafor
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Sooo looking forward to reading Nnedi Okorafor's graphic novel! #blackvoices

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TracyReadsBooks
Laguardia | Nnedi Okorafor
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Nnedi Okorafor writes it & I will read it. I‘ve had my eye on this for awhile & when I found it on Book Outlet, I snapped it up along with a few other things. Picked up the Batman comics for my son (he is going through comics & books faster than I can keep up #goodproblem), & Batgirl because I haven‘t read anything written by Gail Simone & I feel this is an oversight that should be corrected. Finally, Wonder Woman...because Wonder Woman. ❤️📚❤️

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elizabethlk
Laguardia | Nnedi Okorafor
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LaGuardia was everything I hoped for and more. The story was engaging and interesting and emotional and funny. The characters were sweet and interesting and felt deeply real. The art is fabulous. I highly recommend this one.

I'm also counting this for the Reading Women Challenge 2020, for the task calling for Afrofuturism or Africanfuturism.

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bookishnerd
Laguardia | Nnedi Okorafor
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For Boxing Day, I went through my wish list and got some of the books on it on sale. This was one of them and arrived yesterday. Such a good read! It is about aliens and how they are mistreated and not wanted around, etc. So, really it is about people already on this planet and how they are treated. Nnedi just went about it from a science fiction viewpoint. It's an important book and I definitely recommend checking it out!

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Lauredhel
Laguardia | Nnedi Okorafor
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This SF graphic novel features a pregnant Nigerian-American doctor hero, and a wonderful cast of supporting characters both alien and human. It is by Nnedi Okorafor and it is GLORIOUS.

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Lauredhel
Laguardia | Nnedi Okorafor
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What a library haul! #graphicnovel #sf

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amma-keep-reading
Laguardia | Nnedi Okorafor
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I had the pleasure of receiving an ARC from the publisher through Edelweiss. As usual Okorafor provides historical context for a modern problem in the guise of science fiction. As expected, I enjoyed the story. I wish we could spend more time with the characters like Let Me Live. There are so many questions, but I guess how we readers get hooked.

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Jeannie
Laguardia | Nnedi Okorafor
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I finished the year with Nnedi Okorafor‘s LaGuardia (I liked it but it felt was too short) and here are my 2018 year end stats:

# of books: 74
# of pages: 18,611
Fiction: 87%
Women authors: 61%
Graphic novels: 27%
Borrowed from library: 51%

I‘m pretty happy with this but I was trying to read 20,000 pages and more of what I own and not borrow so much.

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