#blackhistorymonth recommendations
Each year throughout February I recommend a book a day for Black History Month
#1
A nonfiction book about Hughes travels. This book is amazing. He speaks about traveling with no money, about the friends he makes a long the way, and the challenges he faces. He also speaks about race and how he is treated differently in different countries. All while writing in his lyrical, poetic, gorgeous style.
That this statement is from a one star review of Kobuk Valley National Park absolutely confuses me, because that sounds very appealing.
I was a little worried that I might‘ve heard most of the complaints in the Alaska section of “Subpar Parks” but this one is new to me. I guess that‘s one way to describe Denali National Park 🤣🤣😂
pickI loved loved loved this book.
A series of essays stemming from the North Sea coast of Denmark, where the author explores the environment, home, history, belonging, the city, art, the sea, the seafarers, and all sorts, with a dry humour.
With gorgeous illustrations by her friend Signe Parkins, this was a quite lovely read, and it may be time to renew my passport and get exploring again.
Day for it!
(Will my leather sandals recover from the downpour? TBD!)
WOW! WOW! WOW! Thanks @Soubhiville for the wonderful prize PACKAGE of books for participating in the #AuthorAMonth challenge in 2022. This was WAY more than I was expecting and all perfect books I would have chosen for the 2023 challenge. Such beautiful editions too! I'm looking forward to reading all of these! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! 😊 💖
A boys‘ book? I mean, sure, there is a grand total of one female character and she appears in just a handful of pages (Jim‘s mother). Still, let‘s ditch the “boys‘ books and girls‘ books” already.
I fell down a rabbit hole about the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, a group that still exists (after a fashion), working for justice for the desaparecidos of the Guerra Sucia. Three of the original founders, two French nuns who helped them, and seven other helpers were kidnapped, drugged, and thrown unconscious from aircraft into the South Atlantic (a practice known as death flight). Yet the Mothers, and the Grandmothers, marched on. (cont)
Today‘s goals: finish the tagged (75 pages to go) and start catching up on Middlemarch (a week behind for #PemberLittens!). I couldn‘t focus on MM and Vanity Fair at the same time so I paused the former to finish the latter last week. Kiddo‘s had a cold (or cold- or flu-like symptoms) since Thursday so I‘ve had less reading time than usual. Hoping to accomplish at least one of these goals today! 🤞🏻
pickWood walked through some pretty serious terrain (the Sahara) and came this close to dying of thirst, dangerous lands (South Sudan), and paranoid lands (Egypt). What I loved most were his conversations with Boston, Wood‘s Congolese guide who lived in #Uganda, which consumed a lengthy part of his walk. Boston provided a unique perspective about so many things, but mostly from the experiences of the destitute who do what they can to survive, even ⬇️
