It’s my birthday month! The best gift to me is that there are so many dope books coming out this month. And I am also starstruck that I have the same birthday as Tiffany D. Jackson 𤊠Here are the books coming out this month! Wild Poppies by Haya Saleh, Marcia Lynx Qualey (translator) ReleaseContinue reading “Anticipated books for June 2023”
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Strong Black Women Canât Be Complicated
As first posted on feministbookclub.com The Strong Black Woman⢠narrative makes me really tired. Black women deserve to rest and be cared for. They deserve to be soft and make mistakes. They deserve to be human and humanized. Superhuman Black Women I recently read the book In Our Shoes: On Being a Young Woman in Not-So âPost-Racialâ America by Brianna Holt.Continue reading “Strong Black Women Canât Be Complicated”
The Light We Carry: Book Review
As first posted on feministbookclub.com The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times by Michelle Obama had all the makings to become a bestseller just like her previous memoir, Becoming. I enjoy Michelle Obamaâs writing. I feel like she writes from such a positive perspective that appeals to a wide range of readers. She is a light forContinue reading “The Light We Carry: Book Review”
We Are All So Good At Smiling: Book Review
We Are All So Good At Smiling by Ambre McBride was such a short but powerful read. Content warning: suicide, mental health, grief. Whimsy is a hoodoo witch coping with so much grief and sorrow in her life. She relies on her magic and fairy tales to get her through. We open the novel withContinue reading “We Are All So Good At Smiling: Book Review”
Anticipated books for April 2023
Happy National Poetry Month (and all the other months April is)! Here is a list of books I’m excited to come out this month, most of which come out on April 4th. Don’t judge me that this list doesn’t actually contain that many poetry books đ Blood Debts by Terry J. Benton-Walker Release Date: AprilContinue reading “Anticipated books for April 2023”
The Hookup Plan: Book Review
I donât think there is anyone from my high school life I would find myself randomly hooking up with in the near future (and definitely not one that turned out to be a millionaire). How on earth did London Kelley find herself hooking up with her high school arch nemesis, Drew Sullivan. As far asContinue reading “The Hookup Plan: Book Review”
Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn
Tracy Deonn did not disappoint with the next installment of the Legendborn cycle! I wanted more information on Breeâs Blood and root crafting, and I got it in Bloodmarked! I think Deonn reimagining the concept of bloodlines and highlighting the ancestral lines of Black women in a series that has been so popularized is phenomenal.Continue reading “Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn”
Vanessa Jared’s Got a Man by LaQuette
Vanessa Jared’s Got a Man by LaQuette My rating: 3 of 5 stars Vanessa Jaredâs 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”
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 womenâs 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”
Liberation is Lit 