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YaYa_Reads

Joined February 2020

Black Girls Rock & Read Book Club Servant Leader New to Litsy. Not new to having an opinion 📚❤️https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/70301290-ms-yaya
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Untitled | Unknown
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Tulips blooming in Spring 🌷💛
@Eggs

#KEEPLITSYPOSITIVE
#BLOOMINGLITSY

Eggs So happy and hopeful❣️ 4y
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Turbulence | David Szalay
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Short read on 12 people who lives are connected, in a
“6 degrees of separation” kind of way. Szalay did a great job of writing this from an aerial point of view. My only issue (lately, always the issue) was the ending. It just dropped off, as if it reached the maximum allowed characters or someone ripped the last few pages out 🤷🏾‍♀️
I would still recommend reading based on how the connections were written.

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Less: A Novel | Andrew Sean Greer
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Mehso-so

3.5 stars. If Greer had not added that *wink* at the end. This would be a cool 2.5 - 3 stars. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2970078530

Reggie I liked this one a lot because he didn‘t die of AIDS, he wasn‘t someone‘s sassy best friend, and he wasn‘t the serial killer. It‘s hard not to read at least one of those attached to a gay narrative. 4y
YaYa_Reads @Reggie Amen! I hate that, too! 4y
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Claude was a fascinating character, with intriguing circumstances and experiences. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3177767221

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❤️

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Mehso-so

I was not enamored by this book at all. It was just okay. I think the ending caught a lot of readers off guard, including myself; making the story seem more than what it really was🤷🏾‍♀️

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“Racism is not merely a simplistic hatred. It is, more often, broad sympathy toward some and broader skepticism toward others. Black America ever lives under that skeptical eye. Hence the old admonishments to be “twice as good.” Hence the need for a special “talk” administered to black boys about how to be extra careful when relating to the police.”
― Ta-Nehisi Coates

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Bailedbailed

As a Black Woman...

I. JUST. CAN‘T.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2717604080

Reagan I need to know more. 4y
Reagan Sorry, I haven't read the book or anything. I can guess from the description why it would be problematic, and was just curious. 4y
YaYa_Reads I‘m sorry @Reagan! No apologies needed. I was trying to figure out how to articulate my thoughts in a short but concise way. I wasn‘t having any luck and then got caught up in something else. I think it would be better and easier for us both if you just read what I wrote about it in goodreads. I‘m extremely new to Litsy so I don‘t know if there‘s a DM I could send to you lol. For now, I‘ll just add the link to post. 😁 4y
Reagan Thanks! That's perfect, I'll check it out. I love that litsy keeps it brief, but it can be challenging sometimes. 4y
YaYa_Reads @Reagan This review is by no means brief 😬🤞🏾 4y
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This translates across all demographics
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Evidence of the Affair | Taylor Jenkins Reid
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Guilty pleasure 😋

Read time: 1 hour. Flat 45 if you‘re anywhere close to being as nosey as I am

Alora Welcome to Litsy! 💜🥳 4y
YaYa_Reads Thank you @Alora! 🤎 4y
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Add this to the list of books that should be required in schools!
I learned so much from reading this. Not only about how the global economy works but the origins and continuance of most socioeconomic issues. I love America and would not want to be anywhere else. Nonetheless, this book delivers harsh realities of America‘s need of gratitude and humility.

Please add this to your lists

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Now this is brave! I wish my mother was more transparent with her past life. I‘m positive it would have helped me, over the years, to empathize with her as a woman and not expect perfection from her or myself.

Reggie I agree with this. My father picked onions with his family during the summers when he was a kid. If they got a certain number of bags before noon they were given a quarter. And he said you wanted that quarter because then you could buy a coke. I didn‘t hear that story till I was almost 30. I wished he had told me it earlier. 4y
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Mehso-so

Keeping it simple...I respect the fact that Union was honest about the things she chose to share. I just do not believe some parts were genuine and sincere. Although I truly empathize with the struggles she endured growing up, I believe she is still struggling to identify who she is, today.

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What Was Mine: A Novel | Helen Klein Ross
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This was not a thriller but this boom totally shook me. So many emotions. A must-read

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Becoming | Michelle Obama
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👸🏾💜

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Why Not Me? | Mindy Kaling
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I have loved Mindy since the office... https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2569917437

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Caught | Harlan Coben
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When you need more than an hour of NBC's To Catch a Predator with Chris Hanson, read this!

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Mehso-so

Although written in a different day/time, this is one is those books that makes you question the mind and imagination of the author 😬

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No Second Chance | Harlan Coben

One of my favorite authors. I've read several of Coben‘s books but this is at the top of the list.

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New People | Danzy Senna
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The only thing I remember about this book is that I finished reading it, NOT remembering a thing about this book

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Couple Next Door | Shari Lapena
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This was a page turner for about 80% of the book. There were lots of twists and turns, ups and downs; points where I thought I knew where the author was going and then...boom! Another twist.

Sadly, the descend was a let-down. It wasn't particularly bad, just boring and predictable; as if the author gave up. Or, maybe, since it started out on a high, I was expecting it to end on high. Isn‘t it fair to have those expectations, though?🤷🏾‍♀️

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Between the World and Me | Ta-Nehisi Coates

“But more than any shame I feel about my own actual violence (chastising the woman), my greatest regret was that in seeking to defend you I was, in fact, endangering you.” 💔

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Between the World and Me | Ta-Nehisi Coates
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Another writing that absolutely should be a required reading in schools. Profoundly insightful is the best phrase I can generate... https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2520004608

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Intriguing story. Makes you wonder about your own family dynamics

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I enjoyed the book. It just took too long to get to the climax, which was about 75% in.

And then there was the end of Chapter 94/start of Chapter 95 😳

Ironically, I felt the rest to be a bit rushed and unrealistic.

For those that read this (no spoiler), what happened to Punch??

Sidenote: There are 100 chapters but the chapters are very small; 1-3 pages.

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We Should All Be Feminists | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Every human should read this...

SW-T Agreed! 👍🏾 4y
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Homegoing: A novel | Yaa Gyasi
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What Yaa Gaysi has done to the art of storytelling is... https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2490406451

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Wild Seed | Octavia E. Butler
Bailedbailed

😳😳😳

MsLeah8417 🤭 4y
YaYa_Reads @MsLeah8417 Is it safe to assume you and I have similar thoughts on this book? 🤔 (edited) 4y
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Although intriguing piece of literature was a NY Best Seller, I am convinced that it was outshadowed by Ng‘s sophomore title Little Fires Everywhere. Thoughts?

phantomx I remember the book not being marketed very much as Little Fires Everywhere. 4y
YaYa_Reads @phantomx Aaahhh...I‘m sure that was it! 4y
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Leaving Time | Jodi Picoult
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Oh Jodi, Jodi, Jodi...https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2490458768

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Nappily Ever After: A Novel | Trisha R. Thomas
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From what I read, the “play by play” I was given and the analysis of the group, I would have to say my original assessment was spot on. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2490491433

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Bailedbailed

A “Gone Girl” basement bargain knockoff...https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2524421915

Blueberry It had an unexpected ending. I liked it better than Gone Girl. 4y
YaYa_Reads I do actually think the ending was better for A Simple Favor. Unfortunately, that‘s only because I wanted Amy from Gone Girl to pay! 4y
Reagan I liked the ending but it felt like it took too long to get there. 4y
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The Alchemist | Paulo Coelho
Mehso-so

I read this book because a lot of bookers hyped it up.
For me, it was a bit too whimsical and could‘ve been categorized as a older children‘s book. I think that‘s what put me off.

There was a lot of referencing from the Bible and the Quran. Paulo Coelho did a great job mingling both beliefs, harmoniously.

Overall, the writing is great. It‘s one of those books that you want to have at least said you‘ve read it before.

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“Loud people could make a difference. Radical decisions change the world”

YaYa_Reads Thank you 🤎 @SW-T @LitsyWelcomeWagon (edited) 4y
Nute Welcome to Litsy! It‘s a warm and friendly community. I know that you will enjoy yourself here. I‘m looking forward to getting to know you!🙂 4y
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YaYa_Reads Thank you @Nute! I can already feel it ☺️ Looking forward to getting to you as well, friend. (edited) 4y
Eggs Welcome to Litsy 🤗👏🏻 4y
YaYa_Reads Thank you, @Eggs 4y
RaimeyGallant Welcome! 4y
YaYa_Reads Thank you! 4y
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