pickWhat do you do when it‘s February and you‘re consciously trying to #ReadBlackAuthors more, but you‘re stressed and just want a trashy romance? I personally found a new-to-me, awesome author in Weatherspoon, ignored the questionable title, downloaded and devoured this super-sexy, sweet romance with an awesome leading lady in one Sunday night.
It‘s really 🔥🔥🔥, with solid writing and a great hook in the epilogue that led me to book 2.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
📚 I had some good book mail this week! I used some gift cards, got my next book club book, and got the most perfect chihuahua reading stamp from a friend!
✊🏽 In light of the disgusting terrorist attack on our Capitol this week, I am reminded by BIPOC Instagram friends that “the books are not enough.” I promise I know this and I am continuing my work on being anti racist.
#amplifyblackvoices #readblackauthors
#bookmailisthebestmail #bookmail
pickYet another gem I wouldn't have known about if not for Listy! I knew I had to read this as soon as I checked out clipping's song and fell in love. It's beautifully written and Daveed Diggs' reading is SO GOOD! Just like Kindred, I cannot recommend this enough.
#readblackauthors
pickStories have power and this one needs to be required reading!
My middle school teachers (to their credit) tried to supplement our sanitized textbooks with other (less false) sources, and projects/exercises (make of that what you will), but I still needed that re-education I got in community college, and I am thankful for it.
Bookwise: I am hooked on OEB, and I can't wait to read more of her.
#readoctaviaslowly #readblackauthors
pickThis is a tale of two women, set in the years of the Harlem Renaissance. It was originally published in 1929. It‘s a novella about the choices we make, and in that time not everyone chose to embrace their Black community. (As we‘ve seen with this year‘s The Vanishing Half from Brit Bennett, the feeling continues.) 👇🏻
Full review (combined with two other audiobooks) http://www.TheBibliophage.com
#thebibliophage2020 #readblackauthors
Haven‘t posted a #bookreport or #weeklyforecast in an age. And it was a GOOD reading week and month.
#ARC - Knock at Midnight and Our Malady (both excellent) & User‘s Guide to Democracy
#readblackauthors - Knock, Hood Feminism, Passing, Proof of Love (also all excellent)
#indigenousauthor #nonfictionnerds - Braiding Sweetgrass (lovely)
#irlbookgroup - White Fragility
#bottomofmyTBR: Autobiography of a Yogi
#litsypolitico - Unbelievable
pickHard-hitting and vulnerable, this is worth every moment. Kendall does a great job on the audiobook, and I‘m glad I heard her thoughts and ideas in *her* voice. Published in early 2020, this covers all the racial justice issues in the news (and a few that *should be* in headlines) from a Black woman‘s perspective. Activism in action!
Full review http://www.TheBibliophage.com #thebibliophage2020 #blm #readblackauthors
pickSocial justice readers, I hope you‘ll request this from the library or buy yourself a copy. (Pub 9/8/20) Barnett mixes memoir with hard, cold facts and harrowing injustices. Still, the inspiration and admiration value is high. She fights like hell for her clients and does so much good for the world. It‘s the human side of The New Jim Crow. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Full review http://www.TheBibliophage.com #thebibliophage2020 #socialjustice #readblackauthors
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