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[Andrew]

Now reading Atlas Obscura, 2nd Edition: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders by Joshua Foer

[Che]

All Boys Aren’t Blue by G.M. Johnson

[Karin]

I'm currently reading Cathedral of the Sea by Ildefonso Falcones

[Dosha (Bluestocking7)]

I am currently reading Fat Tuesday by Sandra Brown. Juicy. Real Juicy.

[Robyn]

Just. Finished reading Our Gen by Diane McKinney-Whetstone. Currently reading In Every Mirror She’s Black by Lolá Akinmade Akerstrom and Everyday Grace by Marianne Williamson. Getting ready to start Recitatif by Toni Morrison

[Dre]

Sometimes I find myself, often inadvertently, trying to tackle multiple books at once. Presently I’m reading:

Kings of B’more by R. Eric Thomas
Pillow Thoughts 2 - Healing the Heart by Courtney Peppernell
Homie by Danez Smith

I enjoy Goodreads’ status feature, so I often update my progres like I’m live tweeting as I read up until my rating/review/completion of the book.

[Dosha (Bluestocking7)]

I am still reading Fat Tuesday
The Dust Bowl Orphans

[Shaylah]

Hey Y’all,

I just finished listening to This Place of Wonder

I’m now currently reading

Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

I’m listening to Constance by Matthew FitzSimmons

[Lulu, The Book Reader who could.]

Currently Reading:
Necessary Sins by Elizabeth Bell (the protagonist is working my nerves, but the story is really good...woe is me! lol)

The Black Queen by Jumata Emill (ARC)

Currently Listening to:
Nubia: The Awakening by Omar Epps

[Robyn]

Currently reading

Spare by Prince Harry
Recitatif by Toni Morrison
Everyday Grace by Marianne Williamson

Finished reading Yinka, Where is Your Huzband, which I thoroughly enjoyed.

[Maya]

The Catch Me if You Can: One Woman's Journey to Every Country in the World Jessica Nabongo

[Brian]

Currently reading Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower and Pauli Murray’s autobiography.

[Angel]

The Nickel Boys- Colson Whitehead
The Ways of White Folks- Langston Hughes.
Just finished The Cottage- Daniel Judson

[Dosha (Bluestocking7)]

The Ways of White Folks

[Karin]

I read a y/a novel on a bit of history I knew little about, Chinese immigrants and American born Chinese in the US South during the Reconstruction, The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee. The GR link stuff isn't working at the moment, so here's a cover photo from an ouside link

[Lynnette]

Reading...
Listening to...

[Karin]

Re-listening to

reading and

[Lulu, The Book Reader who could.]

Listening to: Half-Blown Rose

Reading: Waiting On Wendy

and

You Never Know

[QueenAmidala28]

, and

[Angel]

Native Son. Normally I try to have a few books at the same time but this one is going to take my full focus in order to get through this one.

[Robyn]

Still reading Spare
Just finished Queenie
Now reading Moonrise Over New Jessup, and re-reading You Can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay

[Karin]

I'm taking some days off from Native Son and reading a comedy space opera to clear my head, plus I'm listening to Unbroken again. I'm also reading This is What it Sounds Like (nonfiction by a Berklee professor who used to produce records for Prince, among other artists).

[Angel]

I want to read Spare. How is it?

[Agnes]

Hello, nice to meet you all. There goes my first post ever on goodreads: I'm reading Women in Solitary, by Shantini Naidoo, in an excellent Dutch translation by Tineke Jager https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6...
It is about the women who fought for freedom and equality in South Africa, and who are rarely mentioned in history lessons, although they suffered as much as the men who are remembered.

[Dosha (Bluestocking7)]

The Best of Simple by Langston Hughes
Verity by Colleen Hoover
Daughters of the Dust by Julie Dash

[Angel]

Trying to finish Book 3 Fate in Native Son. I am up to page 301.

[Angel]

Trying to finish Native Son this week. Started Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley

[Karin]

Angel wrote: "I want to read Spare. How is it?"

I rounded it to 3 stars--I didn't love this book, but it's very popular and many people seem to like it a lot.

[Karin]

I finally read Kindred--a very powerful book that I wish had come across my radar when it was new, but I was teen in school and had no money to go into bookstores and just browse. It's definitely something I would have wanted to read had I come across it.

[Dosha (Bluestocking7)]

Kindred was my favorite book of all books for years! It is one of the the few books by Octavia Butler that I like, I am not a sci-fi fan. I did enjoy Fledgling but nowhere near as much as Kindred.

[Karin]

Dosha (Bluestocking7) wrote: "Kindred was my favorite book of all books for years! It is one of the the few books by Octavia Butler that I like, I am not a sci-fi fan. I did enjoy Fledgling but nowhere near as much as Kindred."

I liked this one and Parable of a Sower, but her books tend to be dark so I am not planning to read more. I dnf the sequel to that one. I can see why this would have been one of your favourites for so long.

[Dosha (Bluestocking7)]

I have started Nightcrawling. It looks like another bleak book, but the writing and narration are on point.

I am also reading The House Girl

[Dosha (Bluestocking7)]

I forgot to add Verity, another thriller

[Karin]

I finished Native Son a few days ago and in the meantime finished Hard Times by Dickens and am reading a fantasy historical fiction before I start another novel about racism for a group read, In Every Mirror She's Black which I plan to start before the weekend.

[MS. KYM]

Currently reading:

[Karin]

MS. KYM wrote: "Currently reading:

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That's a good one!

I'm reading In Every Mirror She's Black

[MS. KYM]

Currently reading:


The Queen of Harlem Commandments

[Thomas]

Hi. I recommend "Saturday & The Witch Woman." It is a true slave and love story.

[Dosha (Bluestocking7)]

Lyrics of a Blackbird by Persia Walker
How Stella Got her Groove Back by Terry McMillian
Eat Right 4 your Blood Type. 4 blood types, 4 diets by Dr. Peter J. D’Adamo

[Matthew]

currently reading Miracle at St. Anna by James McBride and African Civilizations by... Jackson
Only a chapter or two into Miracle, but it looks like McBride has written another classic.
Nickel Boys ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Kindred⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[Karin]

Dosha (Bluestocking7) wrote: "Lyrics of a Blackbird by Persia Walker
How Stella Got her Groove Back by Terry McMillian
Eat Right 4 your Blood Type. 4 blood types, 4 diets by Dr. Peter J. D’Adamo"

I read that Eat Right For Your Type book a number of years ago, but since I'm type AB I found it didn't help me a lot, but it did spur me to start taking digestive enzymes which have been very helpful for me. (not nearly enough subjects to really get good info on that group plus I am in his group of exceptions due to allergies, etc :) ).

[Angel]

Lyrics of a Blackbird- Persia Walker; Summer Sisters- Judy Blume; The Beat of Simple- Langston Hughes; Worldwide Crush- Kristin Nilsen; and The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k- Mark Manson

[Lulu, The Book Reader who could.]

Lyrics of a Blackbird: A Jazz Age Mystery


The Nigerwife

[Angel]

The Best* of Simple. Not the Beat of Simple. Damn Auto-correct.

[Matthew]

There Are No Children Here by Alex Kotlowitz and The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain.

Both are excellent. There are some notable parallels between the two books, including what we expect and allow for people from different backgrounds.

[Bennee]

Frying Plantain
by Zalika Reid-Benta

[MS. KYM]

Currently reading:


Tracy Brown 🌹

[Karin]

I'm currently reading a few, including

(trying to read more Canadian authors, and she's Nigerian-Canadian) plus it's a good sort of summer read--romance

and

[Bennee]

Currently listing to the audiobook White Oleander by Janet Fitch (narrated by Oprah Winfrey).

[Dosha (Bluestocking7)]

The Blacker the Berry by Wallace Thurman and The Last Flight by Julie Clark