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February 28, 2021
Mailbox Monday #620
Mailbox Monday has become a tradition in the blogging world, and many of us thank Marcia of The Printed Page for creating it. It now has it’s own blog where book bloggers can link up their own mailbox posts and share which books they bought or which they received for review from publishers, authors, and […]
February 23, 2021
Review & Giveaway: The Lamps of History by Michael Sandler
Source: TLC Book Tours Paperback, 98 pgs. I am an Amazon Affiliate The Lamps of History by Michael Sandler explores the human condition and our struggle to grapple with our own mortality. Sandler begins the collection with just that concept in “Gauze” where the narrator has surgery and as he goes under from anesthesia “Now […]
February 22, 2021
White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo (audio)
Source: Purchased Audible, 6+ hrs. I am an Amazon Affiliate White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Robin DiAngelo, narrated by Amy Landon, takes a sociologists’ approach to race (which does involve generalizations). White Americans must remember that we are products of our socialization and culture, and no […]
February 21, 2021
Mailbox Monday #619
Mailbox Monday has become a tradition in the blogging world, and many of us thank Marcia of The Printed Page for creating it. It now has it’s own blog where book bloggers can link up their own mailbox posts and share which books they bought or which they received for review from publishers, authors, and […]
February 17, 2021
The Last Tree by Emily Haworth-Booth
Source: Media Masters Publicity Hardcover, 32 pgs. I am an Amazon Affiliate The Last Tree by Emily Haworth-Booth will remind readers of The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein and The Lorax by Dr. Seuss, though here the tree is not personified, there is no Lorax, and the messages are very clear cut. In Haworth-Booth’s book, […]
February 16, 2021
The Other America – A Speech from The Radical King by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (audio)
Source: Purchased Audible, 25 min. I am an Amazon Affiliate The Other America – A Speech from The Radical King by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., read by Wanda Sykes, is as relevant today as it has ever been. It is one of 23 speeches and essays from The Radical King, curated by Dr. Cornel […]
February 15, 2021
Guest Post & Giveaway: Love at First Sight by Kelly Miller, author of A Consuming Love
Love at first sight is a highly debated topic, but when we read Pride & Prejudice some of us assume that love at first sight happened between Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet. Today, Kelly Miller will share with us her novella, A Consuming Love, and her thoughts on love at first sight. Stay tuned for […]
February 14, 2021
Mailbox Monday #618
Mailbox Monday has become a tradition in the blogging world, and many of us thank Marcia of The Printed Page for creating it. It now has it’s own blog where book bloggers can link up their own mailbox posts and share which books they bought or which they received for review from publishers, authors, and […]
February 10, 2021
Suburban Souls by Maria Espinosa
Source: Publicist Paperback, 232 pgs. I am an Amazon Affiliate Suburban Souls by Maria Espinosa is a disturbing story with emotional and physical abuse, but the real crux of the novel is the impact of trauma on not only the generations immediately affected but how that trauma becomes a ripple effect throughout more than one […]
February 9, 2021
Giveaway & Interview with Jona Colson, poetry editor of This Is What America Looks Like
Full disclosure: I have a poem in this anthology. Today, we’re talking with poetry editor Jona Colson about the new anthology from the Washington Writers’ Publishing House. It is their first anthology in a number of decades, and the fiction and poetry included in this collection runs the gamut in terms of what America looks […]
