Welcome to Litsy!

Looking forward to this powerful narrative from my TBR shelf

**truly an AMAZING narrative coming directly from bondage; the pain and suffering was great, and we owe her so much for her words. Must read for all humans!

VERY INTERESTING!

Starting reading this on the serial reader app after seeing a blurb from @Readage . Second chapter in and it's already breaking my heart 😭

4/5 ⭐️ One of the best, most enlightening, heartbreaking reads I think I've ever read. This woman's story paints the most horrific picture of slavery and of course you will not be comfortable reading her account. However, you will never forget the contents of this woman's beautiful heart and soul. Her eventual freedom from the bonds of a devastating and wholly inhumane system is worth breaking your heart over. Highly recommend.

#recentlyread

"There are no bonds so strong as those which are formed by suffering together."

#recentlyread #nonfiction #history #AfricanAmerican #Americanhistory #Southernhistory #SerialReader #ebook #digitalreads #heartbreaking #bookquotes #quotes

• If my mood had a color while reading the tagged book, it would be a deep, dark somber blue 💙

Riveting. Monstrous. Heartbreaking. Overwhelming. True.

Read. This. Book. Yesterday. •

#currentlyreading #blackvoices #blacklivesmatter #history #Americanhistory #Southernhistory #AmericanSouth #horror #sorrow #evil #racism #powerful #women #strongwomen #SerialReader #SerialReaderapp #nonfiction #memoir

My goal is to read at least 12 classics this year (late 19th early 20th c). This is the earliest published narrative (1861) by a woman who‘d been enslaved. It is incredible. There‘s nothing more powerful than lived experience on a page. It astounds me that with all the books I‘ve read around slavery I‘d never heard about this before. I hope it‘s famous in the US. It‘s also a page turner, I was gripped with anxiety for Harriet and her children ⬇️

My #bookspin #doublespin #BookBingo list is up. Book #1 is the tagged book. For virtual March (a free space), I‘ll choose a medical nonfiction book. For virtual April, a title from my unfinished #BookSpinBonanza. And for June, natch, something unfinished from June 😊 I‘m looking forward to this! Thanks, @TheAromaofBooks 🎉

Powerful read! This book is definitely not an easy read, but it sheds light on a horrific time in our country's history. A history that deserves to be told and read no matter how difficult the subject matter.

Devoured this book. She was incredible. I wish I could have known her.

Currently reading.

Everyone should read this. I can‘t say any more than that.

Hoping to spend some time with this tonight as I‘m currently waiting for an out-of-hours appointment about my tattoo, which I believe might be infected. This is the first of the ten I have that this has happened to and I‘m a tad annoyed at myself, even though it‘s probably not something I‘ve done.

An interesting read so far.

loved the details and heartbreaking reality of this memoir. everyone should read this.

This is a challenging memoir. No mistaking the ugly reality of slavery. Grim, gruesome,and heart wrenching, and still worth reading. I'm only halfway through.

Harriet describes her untimelysuccesful struggle for freedom.
She writes of her experiences and search for her own voice.
Harriet Jacob's is one of the few existing slave narratives written by a woman.
This book offers a honest account of a black woman as a slave and writer.
I'm so excited to be learning about this brave woman. #learning #truth #reading #blackauthor #greatbooks

No fun reading until bed tonight. Have to read this for my American Renaissance class so I'll listen while I work on a crochet bag someone has ordered. This book is actually very interesting. #winterreads #gradschool #audiobook #crochetandreading

One of my favorite spots to study.

#college

Off sick with plenty of time to read but can't decide which book to start first.

This was AMAZING. You have to actually keep reminding yourself that this incredible woman is writing about her own life and real experiences. I've not long finished reading The Help, and this was like a far more graphic version. I can only be inspired by Harriet's unbelievable and unwavering courage to gain freedom for herself and her children. So glad this semester finally introduced me to a new favourite!! #currentlyreading #novemberreading

So apparently it has been 3 months since I last posted? Where did the time go?

October was a very slow and uninspired reading month for me. It meant reaching the halfway point of semester 1 of my third year at uni and motivation/confidence has been lacking all round tbh. Here's hoping November picks things up a bit!

For now though I might actually try read a book from my syllabus. This looks to be an interesting one!

#currentlyreading

I have a lot of books with #life in the title! Here are a few of my 4 & 5 ⭐️ ones.

#junebookbugs

A difficult listen but an important story. #audiobook #audiobooks

Audiobook.

This is a deeply profound, first hand account of life as a girl, young woman, then adult born into slavery in the American South, pre Civil War. Her recollections are incredibly vivid and hauntingly told.

While this story isn't easy to get through because of the horrendous subject matter, the story is compelling and her perseverance of spirit and determination is amazing and admirable.

#LitsyAtoZ

Part of this semester's reading in history class. Finally getting a history lesson that isn't the whitewashed, sanitized master narrative most people got in elementary, middle, and high school.
Difficult reading, but a story that should continue being shared, with our without a class behind it.

Man. Rough reading this morning. I hope everyone has a wonderful Tuesday 😊

I just picked this up for my classic written by an author of color for the #readharder challenge!

#girlbooks part 7: 19th century girls

Going back even further...

#girlinthetitle #litsyreadingchallenge #litsychallenge2017

My Master had power and law on his side; I had a determined will. There is might in each.

Talk about an #unforgettablewoman... This book opened my eyes to issues of slavery that aren't taught in school, and that we in our modern times never "have" to think about. But it's always good to find out our own history from people who actually lived it, and this is one of those books. I encourage you to read this with your mind on the fact that these events didn't happen *really* long ago, and our society still has a long way to go. #booktober

#booktober - #unforgettablewomen

Helen Keller
Harriet Jacobs
Zelda Fitzgerald
Cleopatra

All significant and important in their own way.

current uni reading - north American women writers

'the remarkable odyssey of Harriet Jacobs, whose dauntless spirit and faith carried her from a life of servitude and degradation in North Carolina to liberty and reunion with her children in the north'