It's late, but I finally posted my recap of the books I read last month. Hopefully, I can find time to get next month's recorded so I can get the next video out earlier. Again, I welcome any feedback on my videos and any book suggestions. https://youtu.be/hTdTmqCWWfI
For Black History Month, I decided to read “Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America,” an anthology of short stories featuring Black characters. It is one I came across many times at the library, and I wanted to read it. I am glad I did. It is very rare that I like …
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With February deemed the month of love, I decided to read a romance novel that worked within my reading challenge. For my Pick Your Poison Reading Challenge, I chose “The Wedding Date” by Jasmine Guillory for the category “A Book with an Interracial Relationship.” This was my first time reading an adult romance novel and …
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In 2015, I went to speak with a friend in her dorm room, and she was listening to the Hamilton soundtrack. While I was interested in it, I didn’t sit down to listen to it until I saw the cast perform at the Tony awards. When I sat down to listen to the entire musical, …
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As I posted earlier in February, I always craved representation in the books I read in school. Most of the books that we covered that featured Black characters dealt with issues of slavery or the Civil Rights Movement. While these are important aspects of Black culture, they are not the only way we should be …
For my 2021 Reading Challenge, I had the category “A Book with ‘Better’ in the Title.” For this, I chose a book I had come across before, “Again, but Better” by Christine Riccio. “Again, but Better” is a YA book that follows Shane as she travels to London on a study abroad trip. She believes …
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One of my favorite authors that I came across in the past year or two is Karen McManus. I first read “One of Us is Lying” in 2019, and I immediately became hooked. McManus has so far released four books, and I read all four in 2020 with “The Cousins” being the book I read …
When I watched “A Simple Favor” starring Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick, it was something that I found thrilling and at times funny. When I discovered that it was adapted from a book, I immediately placed it on hold. “A Simple Favor” by Darcey Bell follows stay-at-home mom and blogger Stephanie as she tries to …
Hello! I began my monthly posting with my book recap from January, and I have plans to possibly do more videos before the end of the month. I hope you enjoy the video, and if you have any suggestions for me, just let me know! https://youtu.be/cCsBFxgOI4s
When I was a young girl, books were my best friends. I had a speech disorder that made it hard for people to understand me, so I always retreated to books. However, many of the books that I read didn’t really reflect me or my life. I never really came across books that featured Black …
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