pickI read this after doing *lots* of looking for a #Booked2022 publication from a #BlackOwnedPublisher or imprint. It was interesting seeing how hard it is to figure out who has published a book and the logistics of imprints, especially since audiobooks from the library are “published“ by someone other than the print book.
I eventually found Tiny Reparations Press, founded by this author (technically she wrote this before TRP but good enough.) ⬇︎
so-soA Christian fiction unlike the ones I used to read in the 90's. But the message is true. A woman does not need a man to give her value or worth. Trigger warning - abuse. I just didn't like reading 350 pages of Isis's one night stands before she realizes this lesson. #Booked2022 #BlackOwnedPublisher @4thhouseontheleft @Cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage
pickThis is short, but sweet novella about 75 yo Nigerian woman living in San Francisco. Morayo da Silva is very vibrant character, but after the accident, confronted with ageing and loneliness. Good and still pick, despite the very unsatisfactory ending …
#Booked #BlackOwnedPublisher
so-soIt had to happen sometime… my first meh of the year.
There were elements I really liked in this book (ok, it was the vampires, the really hot men, and the almost-erotica), but the actual plot was really all over the place, occasionally hard to follow and kind of boring. I had a hard time giving a damn about anyone.
This was my #BlackOwnedPublisher book for #Booked2022 and my #BookSpin for January.
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pickAgainst the background of contemporary #Burundi this is the story of a young mute man who is falsely accused of trying to rape a woman. All of the community turn against him and his fate is in their hands.
It‘s an easy short book but it‘s insightful as well.
#19822022 #2012 #ReadingAfrica2022 🇧🇮 #52books #ChaptersHaveTitles #Booked2022 #BlackOwnedPublisher
(Pic: Quarantaine again. Son tested positive)
#NonFiction2022 #Loud 3y