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How the Word Is Passed
How the Word Is Passed: A Journey Across the Country That Black America Built | Clint Smith
In its simplest distillation, How the Word is Passed is the story of Clint Smith's visits to seven places that the work and lives of enslaved people built. Those places are Monticello in Virginia; Angola Prison in Louisiana; the Whitney Plantation in Louisiana; Blandford Cemetery in Virginia; Galveston, Texas, where the first Juneteenth was celebrated; Wall Street; and Goree Island, Senegal.How the Word is Passed is much more than a travelogue. What Clint Smith does is show us how the history of slavery is not only relevant today but alive today. He does this by revealing how slavery is hidden in plain sight, introducing us to the men and women who have devoted their lives to understanding what so many of us do not know and, finally, by letting us walk in his shoes as he learns these truths.It is important to briefly describe what this book is not - it is not a polemic, or another work of politics. It is not a sad procession of black death, or a weighty historical tome. What How the Word is Passed is is the living, breathing kind of history that is made unforgettable in the telling.
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Belated Feb wrap-up! I finished 5 books, but was in a reading slump and nonfiction audio was mainly what I was able to focus on.
🥇How the Word is Passed
🥈Magic Claims
🥉The Second

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And the tagged book wins #nonfiction for October #readingbracket2023 @chasjjlee

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Cinfhen Like your prompt choice for holiday 🙌🏻💜 How are you feeling?? Are u home now??? 6mo
jenniferw88 @Cinfhen thanks! Feeling well (but then I've felt ok since Sunday), but still in hospital. BUT if my blds are good today then I'm going home. 6mo
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LeeRHarry Hope you make it home soon 🤞💕 6mo
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!!! 6mo
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Well, at least I know my book fits the #titlesandtunes theme of #blues @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB

BarbaraBB Wow, such a coincidence! If there‘s a song mentioned , let me know and I‘ll add it to our #Blues playlist! 6mo
Cinfhen Perfect pick 💙 6mo
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jenniferw88
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Going back to the #blues origins for #titlesandtunes with the tagged book. I rarely listen to the genre but this is a favourite song when I do. @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB

Cinfhen Fantastic! Love Nina Simone 💕🙌🏻 6mo
BarbaraBB Nina Simone! The queen of the blues 💕 6mo
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paisleyjess
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A must must must read for everyone. This shows how the way we talk about history and even current events needs to be better informed by the truth of enslaved people in our country and the world

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Wow. This book is one I will be pressing into the hands of everyone I can get to read it! I love the way it is organized by the locations. The author includes his personal experiences and reflections on the sites and the conversations with he has with people along the way. It's a great mix of history, anthropology, and memoir that is compellingly readable. This came off my shelf for my July #Bookspin selection. @TheAromaofBooks

TheBookHippie I read the ARC and have been handing it out ever since. It is a must read. 8mo
SamAnne So great. Agreed. 8mo
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!!! 8mo
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Lizwarnerpdx
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This was not an easy book to read. Grammatically, it was. But the topic was heavy. There is so much we are not taught, or are taught incorrectly, about slavery. I learned a lot and while I don‘t know if there‘s much I can do to fix the past, I do think fully learning about slavery and who the Africans were before becoming spaces, and how awful blacks have been treated (even to this day) in our country is important.

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Fabulous

Suet624 So good. 12mo
Blueberry Beautiful 🌼 12mo
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Suet624
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This book is so powerful and so important to read. The author visits a number of locations primarily throughout the US, exploring the history of the site in relation to slavery. I slowed the speed of the audio way down so I could fully take in the information being provided. So many details I was completely unaware of that just repeatedly broke my heart and blew my mind. This information matters and I'm so glad this book was published.

Chelsea.Poole Great review! I loved this also. 13mo
SamAnne I plan to reread portions of this book. While I‘ve read a lot of American slavery history, I was surprised at pieces of history I did not know! I want to read Clint Smiths poetry now. 13mo
Suet624 @SamAnne I agree that there are sections of this book that I need to reread. I kept being surprised by the information and I don‘t think I took it all in. 12mo
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SamAnne
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I will be reflecting on this memoir for awhile. Smith reflects on the impacts of slavery on people and our country thru the lens of visiting 7 physical sites, including Monticello, Angola Prison, NYC, and Goree Island in Senegal. He writes about this history America likes to ignore and the history that is right in front of us if we choose to look and learn. As an example, I didn‘t know the full history of the Statue of Liberty ⬇️

Tamra I just purchased this one recently. It seems to be an impactful read! 13mo
SamAnne Or that the sculptor was abolitionist. Smith writes about the gaps in history and memory and how we find ourselves filling those gaps to make sense of it all. He speaks to his own family‘s history w/ slavery, shares his personal feelings & thoughts while visiting the sites. It is a very vulnerable place to write, and makes this memoir one of the best I‘ve read in a long time. My Feb #bookspin @TheAromaofBooks 13mo
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 13mo
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Reggie Fantastic review. 13mo
Suet624 I think you and I finished the book at the same time. 😁 So much to think about. I was just thinking about the history of Central Park that he outlined. This is a must read book. 13mo
MyNamesParadise I bought this book because I know it‘s an important read, but I haven‘t read it yet. Glad to learn more details about it! 13mo
Megabooks Wonderful review! 13mo
Hooked_on_books I absolutely loved this book. I thought it was fantastic. 13mo
TheBookHippie I read the ARC and I finished it in a day. It is so good. Necessary read. 13mo
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Smith travels the United States visiting plantations, prisons, and lesser-expected locales, gathering information and insight on how the history of slavery is passed through generations and what implications that has on modern society. Fact: Racism is a social construct. This encourages a much-needed reflection on what you‘ve been taught / told; what‘s true and what‘s falsified. Thoughtful and eye-opening. Truly impressive prose.

HeatherBookNerd An absolute must read! So well done. (edited) 13mo
britt_brooke @HeatherBookNerd So good!! Thanks for the rec! 13mo
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Itchyfeetreader This sounds fascinating 13mo
britt_brooke @Itchyfeetreader Truly is - highly recommend! 13mo
SamAnne Oof. I just finished this book 5 minutes ago and will be sitting with this one for awhile. The last chapter and epilogue are so powerful. (edited) 13mo
britt_brooke @SamAnne Yes - agree! 13mo
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#BlackHistoryMonth Recommendations Day 11 Nonfiction
Clint Smith is a poet. He is a historian, a teacher, a man of words. His writing is stunning. How The Word Is Passed is a look at how slavery has shaped America. It is deeply researched but yet highly readable because of Smith's poetic writing, that does not stray from fact but does make for impactful reading.
He visits sites and interviews people across the country.

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Such a vital and important book. So many secrets uncovered and so much propaganda dispelled. A call to justice and courage and persistence. Glad I read it, and glad I listened to the audiobook, read by the author.

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This has been TBR for a while now, but I‘m going to bump it up because I listened this great interview today. https://www.mprnews.org/arts/books

“Were there any good slave owners?” 🙄

P.S. I‘m still upset Kerri Miller‘s MPR morning show was hijacked by the fluff it was replaced with - is there no justice? I think not.

Scochrane26 This is an amazing book! 1y
Tamra @Scochrane26 I can tell! 1y
KT1432 This was a great reminder for me to finally read my copy! I think it will be first on my black history month TBR. 1y
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SamAnne Thanks for this post. Hoping to read this next month. 1y
Tamra @SamAnne terrific idea! 14mo
vlwelser This dude is lovely and so is this book. I also recommend his poetry book. 14mo
Tamra @vlwelser I didn‘t know he was a poet too! Now I‘m looking forward to reading his work even more. (edited) 14mo
vlwelser He has a lovely voice if you get the audiobooks. Half my book club is in love with him. 14mo
Tamra @vlwelser 😍 14mo
Jebpix I miss her show, too! 14mo
Tamra @Jebpix Miller is a terrific journalist! She wasn‘t afraid to ask tough questions and demand answers. 14mo
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#AuldLangSpine #MLKday
At first I assumed (wrongly) that Clint Smith was a journalist: as he travels to different sites with a link to slavery in the U.S., he asks questions of other visitors and tour guides to hear their views on what the sites (including plantations, museums, a prison, graveyard) reveal about the legacy of slavery. His skill at posing the questions is clear: he neither shys away from creating discomfort nor courts it.👇

DrexEdit This was one of my top books for 2022! 1y
Billypar In doing so, he gets at the heart of why some persist in believing myths that soften or outright distort the history of slavery and its relevance to the racial injustices we regularly witness in the U.S. today. He covers how untruths about slavery came about as they relate to each location he visits, and in the defensiveness of some he interviews, you can start to see why these myths are perpetuated, along with the lies of omission. 1y
Billypar Commitment to historical scholarship is critical, but Smith's skills as a poet are equally essential to this project's success. In describing each place and his own emotional responses, he demonstrates how visiting these sites is an act of perspective-taking that is as important for unpacking slavery's history as what the record has retained. Thanks so much @ncsufoxes for recommending this excellent book! (edited) 1y
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SamAnne Convinced now that I should make this my Black History month read. 1y
ncsufoxes @Billypar I‘m so happy you liked it. It was definitely one of my favorite books that I have read about confronting racism & the enduring presence it has in society. As a person that grew up in the north, then lived in the south for almost 20 years, & then in the west for 12 years his insights definitely make me look at things with a different lens. I think he has a new book coming out this spring, which I‘m looking forward to. 1y
Billypar @DrexEdit One indicator of how good it is: a 4.74 average rating on Goodreads with over 23,000 ratings. Not sure I've seen that level of consensus before! 1y
Billypar @SamAnne It's a perfect read for February - hope you enjoy it! 1y
Billypar @ncsufoxes I'm sure living in all those regions can give you a window into differing perspectives on race and the effects on views of history. It was interesting when some of the sites he visited drew a more diverse audience and you could see some disagreements emerge. Thanks for recommending it! I'll keep an eye out for his new one. 1y
Suet624 Great review of this amazing book. 13mo
Billypar @Suet624 Thanks! I like your review as well: I also listened to the audio and found myself being more of a stickler with rewinding if I got distracted. Lots to take in. 13mo
Suet624 So much mind blowing went on. 😳 13mo
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Challenging books can show a different way of thinking about things we take for granted. #sundayfunday

BookmarkTavern Well said! Thanks for sharing! 1y
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Smith‘s book is an eloquent, personal, & thought-provoking exploration of seven US sites, plus one in Senegal, & what they reveal about slavery, how it is remembered & taught or just glossed over, & it‘s lasting legacy. A necessary book which asks readers to reexamine what they know, ask difficult questions, & learn from a history which is still very much an unresolved part of our present & future. Highly recommended.

SamAnne Great review. Been meaning to get to this one. Maybe in February. 1y
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#adventrecommends @emilyrose_x

I'm a day behind.

This nonfiction was such a powerful read. It was informative, emotional, and a book I am thankful was written.

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In this powerful book, author Clint Smith explores the legacy of slavery by traveling to Monticello, Jefferson's plantation; Angola prison, where slavery transitioned to forced labor without missing a beat; a Confederate heritage celebration; & NYC's Central Park, where an integrated community of free Black residents & Irish immigrants once stood. By turns revelatory & disturbing, a must read for anyone interested in our country's true history.

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I finished this one really quick. I loved Smith‘s style of writing. The project he started was examining different places throughout the US & one in Africa. He was looking at the impact of slavery in the past & now the current views on racism. He visited Monticello, Thomas Jefferson‘s home, & how the current tours are changing to reflect what we know now & understand more about the role Jefferson had in slavery. He did discuss about how some

ncsufoxes people are opposed to changes made to some of these tours or historical places to reflect changing views on racism. I really appreciated Smith‘s insights & it continues to give me things to think about as I am on my anti racism journey. This book gives me #bookspinbingo it is also my #bookspin book for the month. #litsylovereads (edited) 1y
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 1y
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I‘ve read some amazing books this year.

Nonfiction: tagged, All the Young Men, Ten Steps to Nanette

Fiction: The Mercies, The Dance Tree, The Seed Keeper, Fresh Water for Flowers. Also, Unlikely Animals and Mary Jane, both on audio which I suspect added to their charm and made them top reads.

#Littenswanttoknow

Would you like to share your top reads so far @Cinfhen @Andrew65 @TheLudicReader ?

Cinfhen Thanks for the tag!! I need to scroll through my list !! Definitely feeling some of your choices 🥰 2y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🙌🏻📚👍🏻📚 2y
MelanieSolane The sisters of the lost marsh, Lucy Strange 2y
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How the Word is Passed
Remarkably Bright Creatures
Tru Biz
Book Lovers
Cloud Cuckoo Land
The Sentence

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(2021) Brilliant idea, brilliant execution. It's a collection of essays based on visits to sites that commemorate slavery: Monticello, Whitney Plantation, Angola Prison, and others. Smith contemplates how history is represented and interpreted by visitors, how the representations compare to historical documents, and how the stories we tell continue to affect our lives. The audiobook is narrated by the author, in this case an excellent choice.

ChaoticMissAdventures Brilliant is the perfect word for this one. Clint Smith is outstanding. 2y
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This book is absolutely excellent. Smith visits different sites that pertain to the history of slavery in the US. I appreciated how he included his own personal perspectives, as well as the perspectives of the many people he interviewed. He approaches and discusses these encounters with compassion, regardless of their worldview. I think it‘s a must read - particularly for Americans, but also for anyone who is interested.

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Despite the heat, there‘s something unique about reading outside in the summer, don‘t you agree? 😎

📸 NYTBooks IG

Larger article online too.

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Excited to finish this in time to count for July. Esther wonders if I read it too fast. I assure her that I learned new perspectives, enjoyed all the googling-research this prompted (the book references so many things that I wanted to SEE and provides no photos so I explored.) And will likely ponder the reckoning, the appreciation, the shifts required in action and thoughts.

BkClubCare 65th book of the year. 2y
Ruthiella As long as Esther is satisfied with your reading comprehension, then OK. 😂❤️🐶 (edited) 2y
BkClubCare @Ruthiella - she just wants to be included 🤷🏻‍♀️ 2y
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Esther approves. “Yes, Mum, this smells like a good book.” #Important #NotonmyBingoCard

ReadingRachael Awww….Ester is so cute 🥰 2y
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(Sorry, this is going to be long, Litsy does not give me enough room!)

I was struck by this passage -- which made me think of both my high school alma mater and my ancestor Asa Ladd, who was executed by the Yankees:

“. . . when they are asked to reckon with the fact that their ancestors fought a war to keep my ancestors enslaved, there is resistance to facts that have been documented by primary sources and contemporaneous evidence. . . .

Sophronisba They are forced to confront the lies they have upheld. They are forced to confront the flaws of their ancestors. As Greg Stewart, a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, told the _New York Times_ in the aftermath of the 2015 Charleston massacre, 'You're asking me to agree that my great-grandparents and great-great-grandparents were monsters.' . . . 2y
Sophronisba Accepting such a reality would, for them, mean the deterioration of a narrative that has long been a part of their lineage, and the disintegration of so much of who they believed themselves to be in the world.“

I don't know if I would call Great-Great-Great-Grandpa Asa a monster, exactly, but I have long reconciled myself to the idea that he is not a person I would want to hang out with. . . .
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Sophronisba (Nor do I think he would enjoy my company, for that matter.) I confess it is puzzling to me that people are so desperate to believe in the goodness of ancestors they never met. I don't feel that Asa Ladd's behavior, or the behavior of anyone I never met, reflects upon me at all.

(Smith's book is just as brilliant as I expected it to be: highly recommended.)
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July 4th reading. Totally coincidental (I've been waiting for this hold to come in for months) but feels appropriate.

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DebinHawaii Welcome to Litsy!! 🎉📚🎉 2y
tpixie Welcome to Litsy!! 🥳📚🥳 2y
DisneyFan @DebinHawaii Thank you!! 2y
DisneyFan @tpixie Thank you!!! 2y
tpixie @DisneyFan ☺️ 2y
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Insightful and powerful. There were many points made that made me think, and in many instances the author very effectively framed his viewpoint, especially related to racism, in ways that resonated.

DrexEdit Cool. My husband brought this home from the library the other day. Now it's on my TBR also! 2y
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“The history of slavery is the history of the United States” but sadly most of us have been given a whitewashed education. So Clint Smith gives us the history lesson we all should of been taught. By visiting several historical sites linked to the Civil War, we first get the “official “guided tour version & then Smith respectfully & insightfully poses his own questions & observations. Very well done. A bit repetitive but that‘s the point.

Cinfhen I really think you‘re gonna like this @Megabooks 2y
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Megabooks @Cinfhen thanks! I need to check it out from the library! 2y
melissanorr This is going to be the citywide read from our library in September. My book club is very excited. 2y
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 2y
Cinfhen That‘s wonderful @melissanorr it‘ll make for great discussion 2y
Chelsea.Poole Great review and I agree! I learned so much reading this. 2y
Megabooks Looking forward to it! 2y
MallenNC I‘m so glad you had a chance to read this one. I think it was my number one book choice of last year, and definitely one I still think about. @Megabooks I know you like audiobooks — this one is read by the author, and I really liked hearing his voice while I read my print copy. 2y
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My #BookSpin for May
From @MallenNC #NYWD list….I still have a few more to read….

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2y
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Awesome. Awesome. Awesome.

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#WondrousWednesday

1)TBR shelfie with Rosko in his llama hut. 😻
2)Non-fiction is tagged, fiction The Seed Keeper
3) My first two bails of the year happened this month: How Much These Hills is Gold and North and South.

Everyone show us your shelves 😊

Eggs Love the llama!!! Thanks for joining in ❣️ 2y
SilversReviews Nice photo!! 2y
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Thank you @ncsufoxes - Jessica! Every choice is amazing and I really appreciate the note and personal connection you shared with the books and the gifts. I am looking forward to tomorrow morning‘s coffee, the chocolate and the notebook (which is not too large.) The Baldwin sentence diagram is brilliant. I was enough of an English nerd that I liked diagramming sentences in school. Love it all. #blitsyswap #bhms

Book reviews to come!

Chelleo You‘ve got some great titles there! Love the mug and journal too! 2y
riversong153 💜💜 2y
ncsufoxes I‘m glad you enjoyed everything! 😊 2y
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Having recently finished The 1619 Project, I was unsure about reading this so close to it. However, while it is similar subject matter, it's very different in execution.

Clint Smith deserves all the praise he is receiving for this book. His look into specific locations, like Monticello or the Whitney Plantation (background photo), was informative, heartbreaking, and just proves why accurate history needs to be taught.

Highly recommend!

Hooked_on_books I just love his approach. This book is SO good! 2y
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Smith travels the country, exploring sites connected with America‘s history of slavery. He examines the ways these stories are passed down, ignored, remembered, and distorted. He is a remarkable writer, weaving together well-researched history, a wide range of interviews, and his personal reflections as a black man. Smith questions when and how we as Americans will confront and reckon with this central part of our nation's identity. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Rating: 5🌟
Book: 7 of 2022

Purposefully planned a full morning of cleaning just so I could put my AirPods in and finish listening to this one. So worth it. Highly recommend.

P.S. I have finally caught up with all my #Litsylove letters since moving. I‘ve been slow but just put a stamp on the final one. Look forward to many, many more 💌

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️❤️❤️ 2y
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#2022ReadingBracket

Decided to play along with @chasjjlee and see where I end up at the end of the year.

See her feed for a blank bracket if you‘d like to play along.

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#ItHadToBeYou #JanuaryStats

13 books
3 Non Fiction

Tagged was 5 🌟 as was All The Young Men.

Bookishlie This was an excellent book! 2y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Awesome 👏🏻📚 2y
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2y
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#BookReport

Girl: 4.5 🌟 I have one small quibble about one scene that didn‘t ring true. See spoiler comment below
Snowflake: 4🌟
HTWIP: 5🌟 Will definitely be on my #NYWD list for next year. #Bookspin
H: perfectly portrays what happened when women lose out due circumstances beyond their control in 17th century London and need to survive. Really loved the characters 4🌟 #NYWD

Catching up on buddy reads today.

thewallflower0707 I‘m glad you liked H ☺️. I thought it was very refreshing to have, at the same time, a well-researched historical novel and a female character, who just made the best of her life and actually ended up happy and with friends 😍 2y
Deblovestoread The scene where Big Momma goes on about hard work and never giving up on dreams to Adunni seemed out of placed. She did not for a minute care if Adunni had dreams. 2y
Cinfhen I think you‘re probably right, but it‘s nice to imagine/ believe that Big Momma might of had an once of compassion. She was a terrible bitter person 2y
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RaeLovesToRead @Kdgordon88 @Cinfhen I think Daré was trying to make Big Momma a moral grey area - abused turns abuser, successful woman in a man's world - but the violence that she meted out made any attempts at redemption seem completely ridiculous and out of place. It might have worked better to tone down the abuse and give her some nicer qualities. Still, I gave it 5 stars because it was an incredibly absorbing book. 2y
megnews So glad to hear good things about HTWIP. I definitely want to read that one. 2y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2y
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Jas16
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Every bit as amazing as everyone has been saying. I listened to the audiobook but will be buying a copy for my shelves so that I can revisit the things that struck me the most and the places where my attention lagged (which tends to happen to me with audiobooks).

Cinfhen This is on my #NYWD list. I have the kindle book but I‘m thinking of adding audio narration 2y
Deblovestoread @Cinfhen I finished the audio yesterday. It is excellent, the best book addressing slavery and enslaved persons I‘ve read so far. 2y
Cinfhen Thanks @Kdgordon88 💜I‘ll definitely add audio 2y
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#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

This was the bonus book for my IRL book club. I am so glad they brought this into my life.

TheBookHippie I read the ARC and flagged and underlined almost the entire book! 2y
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 2y
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Susanita
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The highest rated of the books I read in 2021. This is not a surprise to me. It‘s a very good book.

MallenNC This was my top book of last year. 2y
TrishB Have it on my kindle ready 👍🏻 2y
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It‘s Epiphany so I took down the tree today and finished How the Word is Passed. I liked listening to CS read his book, I learned a lot about things I thought I knew, I learned a lot about things I knew nothing about. I like how he wove positive things about people making a difference now into horrendous historical events

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Listened to Clint Smith while I drove out to the chicken farm for eggs and it makes me wonder how we will ever repair the damage. The section about the people who believe in the Confederate flag and that it doesn‘t mean they are racist and they can‘t understand why other people take offence baffles me