Hello everybody! I hope you’re all doing well. I just finished this one yesterday, and it was fascinating. I picked this up for the big reading project that I’m doing; this one is for the sci-fi/horror category. It takes a minute to hit its stride, but once it’s there it’s golden. I enjoyed reading it, so I hope you enjoy this review! The Rundown The … Continue reading The Between by Tananarive Due
Hello everyone! I hope you’re having a lovely Black History Month and a great weekend. I just finished this book last night and I’m still thinking about all the smart messages hidden in it. I’m not much of a sci-fi fan, but this year I’m making a concerted effort to read more black sci-fi, so I decided to start with the queen of black sci-fi: … Continue reading Kindred by Octavia Butler
Happy Black History Month, y’all! I try to support black businesses and promote black creatives all year round, but I’m not going to be mad at us having a month to show our people extra love. I love celebrating black authors and I’m excited to read some good stuff and share it with you all this year. I finished this one last night and I … Continue reading Think Black by Clyde W. Ford
Hi friends! I’ve got a good one to share with you today. Last year, one of the first reviews I ever shared on this blog was of Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. I loved that book SO much and I knew that this year I wanted to read more of her work. I think Half of a Yellow Sun was a great introduction to how … Continue reading Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Hello friends! I know it’s been several months since I’ve written anything on this blog – quarantine has been tougher on me than I expected mentally, and I took a pretty abrupt break from my podcast and this blog. Now that I’ve had some time to recuperate and I’m feeling better I’ve got new episodes of my podcast coming this week and I’m going to … Continue reading The Archer by Paulo Coelho
This is the last book I decided to finish before I start reading for a very exciting project that I’ll start sharing with you all later this year. I saw a bunch of people I know reading this book last year, and I was intrigued. I’m usually the last one to catch on to book hype, and this one was no exception. This was another … Continue reading The Defining Decade by Meg Jay, PhD
I’m so sorry for how late this review is, guys. To be honest, this quarantine has been taking its toll on me and I haven’t felt 100% like myself in months. My reading has slowed down, my daily routine is gone, and I’m still having trouble accepting life at home for the foreseeable future. I refuse to be one of the inconsiderate people who chooses … Continue reading all about love by bell hooks
The easiest way for me to know that I really loved a book is to see if I took the time to mark pages. I’ve always been the type of book-lover who loathes writing in the margins and dog-earing pages, but I am a fan of using sticky tabs when the book is particularly good. This was my first time reading a James Baldwin book, … Continue reading Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
My goal during Pride Month is to consume black queer literature, and this was the first book I picked up. I had heard of Audre Lorde before I read this book, but I wasn’t familiar with her work and I didn’t know that she was gay. Before Zami, I don’t think I’d read any books by black queer authors that were specifically about being black … Continue reading Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde
I was so excited when I saw that The Hunger Games franchise was coming out with a prequel. I read the books in high school and I’ve seen all the movies, so I was super hype for this new book. When I bought it, for some reason I thought this was going to go back to before the Hunger Games started at all and explain … Continue reading The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
Purple Diary 