so-soRead in February 2024
Unpopular opinion. I didn‘t enjoy this book as much as I wanted or as much as many people did🤷🏽♀️I found characters so immature, the story too cheesy, repetitive and I didn‘t care about the characters or their story. I found it bored😳2.5/3⭐️But I like the cover☺️
pickRead in February 2024
What a family drama about these two friends. You will know about Akorfa perspective of what happened between she and Selasi. But then you will listen Selasi perspective and things will be seen in a different perspective about what happened between these two friends and the rol of Akorfa family. It was interesting to know the dynamics of these families, their culture, traditions, beliefs. It has some sad parts. 4⭐️
pickThis opens in 1981 with his white mother giving 6 year old Darrin The Talk, and ends in 2020 with him giving his own 6 year old son The Talk. For a GN, it‘s not a quick read, or an easy one, because the weight of 40 years of processing the ways in which racism and racially motivated behavior affect his life are fatiguing even just to read about. #blackhistorymonth
Got a cold and am staying for the weekend but feeling well enough to read now! Not so much the past few days.
This has been on the #TBR shelf for years because I was always worried it would be too intense but feeling like I want to read it now.
Anther black author for #blackhistorymonth and a #BOTM pick.
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Full of magical realism, this story of slavery in the southern USA hits pretty hard. I love Jesmyn Ward (Definitely recommend Salvage the Bones!) but there was a bit too much about spirits for me and the subject is very heavy.
Still fantastic writing & I liked the story, so 4 stars.
Here‘s my #cataoflitsy snuggled up on this cold, snowy New York City morning.
Lots of tags for this one:
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pickI love that I wasn‘t the intended audience for this book. It allowed me to really appreciate which pieces hit home because they were completely shared experiences, which resonated deeply from an outsider perspective, and which passed me by because there‘s something in them I still haven‘t seen. #blackhistorymonth
This is one of my all time favorites! This author is phenomenal! I found a paperback copy and would love to give it away in honor of Black History Month! Tell me your favorites by a Black author ✍️ ❤️
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