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MaGoose
Midnight | Beverly Jenkins
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5 stars
This is a page turner right to the end. The characters are very well rounded, even the secondary ones. The plot moves forward at a steady pace without dragging.

This is an historical romance about a small community of free African Americans just north of Boston. It's set in the 18th century right before the start of the Revolutionary War.

Great reading. And I'm usually not a romance reader.

#romance #historicalfiction

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MaGoose
Midnight | Beverly Jenkins
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I'm about halfway through this chunkster and enjoying it immensely. It's an historical romance set in 18th century America leading up to the Revolutionary War. It's from the perspective of free African Americans living in a small community just outside of Boston. Very entertaining and informative. Well written and great leading characters.

#romance #historicalfiction

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melissajayne
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4.5⭐️ I really enjoyed this book (liked it so much that I spoke for 15 minutes on the book on my YouTube channel [mjreadings on YouTube if you‘re interested]). The only thing that didn‘t make it a 5⭐️ was that it was slow paced in the beginning. I read it about 10+ years ago for another #bookclub and reading it again now blew me away once again. #2025 #historicalfiction #fiction #africanamerican

melissajayne The book is published in the United States under the title Someone Knows My Name. 3w
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ShananigansReads
The Blackwoods | Brandy Colbert
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#ShananigansReads25

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everlocalwest
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Absolutely essential writings of our nation's founding. Poetry, memoir, letters, reportage - it's all here from the triumphal to the horrific realities of Black life in early America. I took my time with this one dipping in and out over the last year. Baskerville has built a solid collection.

This is actually my first experience with a Library of America title (imma Penguin Classic girlie) and I was genuinely surprised to see it as an ARC.

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lil1inblue
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TheSpineView ❤️❤️❤️ 3mo
lil1inblue @TheSpineView ❤️🎄❤️ 3mo
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lil1inblue
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“We can never let words be silenced. We can never let words be taken away from us. We can never let people, because they don't like what we're saying, shut us up. Words are the most important things that human beings have. And no matter what the situation, we must always remember to use them.“

Rest in Power, Nikki Giovanni 💓💓💓

#poetrymatters

dabbe 💙❄️💙 4mo
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Leftcoastzen
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Jas16 No!!! I hadn‘t heard but this is so incredibly sad. 4mo
Tamra 😔 4mo
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