June is Pride Month, sometimes referred to as LGBTQ Pride Month. It’s a time of celebration and reflection and commemoration.

As a white woman married to an African-American man and the mother of a mixed-race son, I understand – to an extent – how it feels to love someone some members of society may say I have no business loving. 

But love isn’t business. 

And who I love is of no one else’s concern. 

By extension, who someone chooses to love and the pronouns and gender someone chooses to identify with (or not) are none of my concern. (Also, I do realize there is so much more to Pride Month than what I’m suggesting here.)

So I’ll keep this post relatively short and to the point. 

And look to my candle for words of wisdom — All you need is love and books. 

This week, I’m posting a rainbow stack of books, featuring (in ROY G BIV order):

How to Walk Away by Katherine Center

Leaving Orbit: Notes from the Last Days of American Spaceflight by Margaret Lazarus Dean

Magical Meet Cute by Jean Meltzer 

Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory 

Call Us What We Carry: Poems by Amanda Gorman

Colors of Paris by Mike Gerrard

This week (and all weeks, really), let’s celebrate love and books, in all their beautiful forms. 

Please note: I am including a link to buy the book that I’m highlighting this week. If you use my link, I do make a small commission on your purchase at no additional cost to you. I am working with Bookshop.org which also sends a portion of the profit to support local, independent bookstores.