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Midnight, Forbidden, and Breathless by Beverly Jenkins
Beverly Jenkins took over January for me! One thing I know I can count on when I pick up her books is that the happy endings will include...
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Feb 10, 20242 min read
A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay by Octavia E. Butler
My first read of the month was A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay by Octavia E. Butler! This essay was originally published...
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Feb 4, 20243 min read
January Reading Wrap-Up
Wrapping up January 2024! I read a bit less than I used to but I'm amazed I even read this much with everything that's been going on. So...
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Mar 14, 20222 min read
Homicide and Halo-Halo by Mia P. Manansala
Rating: 4 stars Genre: Cozy Mystery Representation: Filipina-American, PTSD, Black, Latinx, South Asian & Disabled Content warning:...
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Mar 8, 20222 min read
Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi
Thank you to NetGalley for the electronic advanced readers copy in exchange for an honest review. Rating: 5 stars Genre: Young Adult -...
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Jan 10, 20222 min read
Never Tell by Selena Montgomery (aka Stacey Abrams)
Thank you to NetGalley, St. Martin's Press, and Libro.fm for the electronic and audiobook copies of this book in exchange for an honest...
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Dec 24, 20212 min read
Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman
Rating: 5 Stars Genre: Poetry Representation: Black American Woman Content Warning: Discussions of collective trauma, grief,...
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Nov 25, 20212 min read
The Cooking Gene by Michael W. Twitty
The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South Rating: 4 Stars Genre: Culinary Memoir...
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Oct 22, 20213 min read
The Conductors by Nicole Glover
Rating: 4 stars Genre(s): Historical Fiction, SciFi/Fantasy, Mystery, Romance Representation: Black characters, transgender man, racial...
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Sep 25, 20210 min read
The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
Rating: 4 stars Genre: Historical Fiction Themes: Black-to-white racial passing, racism, classism, sexism, antisemitism, relationships....
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Aug 19, 20213 min read
Wild Women and the Blues by Denny S. Bryce
Rating: 3.5 stars Genre: Historical Fiction Description 1925: Chicago is the jazz capital of the world, and the Dreamland Caf is the...
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Jul 27, 20213 min read
Book of the Little Axe by Lauren Francis-Sharma
Rating: 4.5 stars Description: "In 1796 Trinidad, young Rosa Rendón quietly but purposefully rebels against the life others expect her to...
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