Vanessa Jared’s Got a Man by LaQuette My rating: 3 of 5 stars Vanessa Jared’s Got a Man by LaQuette is a book about a woman who finds herself again two years after a divorce. After all this time, she finds herself helping a sexy sheriff prevent his little sister from marrying her ex husband.Continue reading “Vanessa Jared’s Got a Man by LaQuette”
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The Secret Life of Church Ladies
Our March 2023 Book Club Pick! The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deeshaw Philyaw is a short story collection spanning the experiences of Black women from different ages, time periods, and generations. We get an intimate look at the women’s relationship to God, their church communities, and how religion was used as a weaponContinue reading “The Secret Life of Church Ladies”
Anticipated books for March 2023
Happy Women’s History Month! Here are some dope new releases by women (and nonbinary people) to add to your TBR! Study Break:11 College Tales from Orientation to Graduation edited by Aashna Avachat Release Date: March 7 LGBTQ, YA My Dear Henry: A Jekyll & Hyde Remix by Kalynn Bayron Release Date: March 7 LGBTQ, YAContinue reading “Anticipated books for March 2023”
Honey & Spice by Bolu Babalola
Honey & Spice by Bolu Babalola My rating: 4 of 5 stars If I could bottle all the nostalgia of all the Black 90s romantic movies, it would be in Honey & Spice. Filled with odes to that golden age, Honey & Spice is a heart warming love story between an unlikely couple. Kiki BanjoContinue reading “Honey & Spice by Bolu Babalola”
Stalking Isn’t Romantic
As first posted on feministbookclub.com Why do so many of the love stories we love have stalking attached to them? I think our culture is obsessed with obsession. January was National Stalking Awareness Month, but its never too late to talk about how stalking tropes sneak its way into so many of our love stories.Continue reading “Stalking Isn’t Romantic”
CoHo Scraps her Coloring Book
As first posted on feministbookclub.com Colleen Hoover did not have the greatest idea when she wanted to adapt one of her best selling books It Ends with Us into a coloring book. Fans took to TikTok to voice their outrage. As a domestic violence advocate, I am constantly hyper aware of things in our society that glorify and glamorizeContinue reading “CoHo Scraps her Coloring Book”
Black History Month Book Recommendations
It may be the shortest month of the year, but we are partying hard! Here are some book recommendations to buy in February and read for the rest of the year (because we read Black all year in these here parts! Women, Race, & Class by Angela Y. Davis Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-ValdezContinue reading “Black History Month Book Recommendations”
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi
Our February 2023 Book Club Pick! You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi is one of the best romances I have ever read. Emezi subverts the genre by placing unconventional literary mechanisms and heavily relies on their tried and true literary fiction style. I love romances now, but in theContinue reading “You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi”
Anticipated books for February 2023
It’s Love Month! It’s Black History Month! It’s a good month to add books to your TBR! Here are some books I’m excited to see for February! Hijab Butch Blues: A Memoir by Lamya H Release Date: Feb. 7 LGBTQ+ memoir Healing Justice Lineages: Dreaming at the Crossroads of Liberation, Collective Care, and Safety byContinue reading “Anticipated books for February 2023”
The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks: Book Review
Check out my interview with the author on feministbookclub.com I want to open a bookstore now after reading The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks! Maggie makes it seem so easy! Anti-bookworm Maggie Banks comes to Bell River to help out in her best friend’s bookstore. But she struggles to follow the strict rules put inContinue reading “The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks: Book Review”
Liberation is Lit 