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Currently listening to Dr. Thelma Bryant’s Homecoming and Dr. Sarita Lyons’ Church Girl.
Hey y’all just checking in to see how everyone made out with Storm Helene. I am hoping there was none to minimal damage and no one is physically hurt.
Currently reading The Message
by Ta-Nehisi Coates.It is a powerful, but emotionally-intense book. I am 3/4s of the way through it. I could’ve wrote a whole review on just the Senegal and South Carolina sections, but this Palestine section is on another level.
For some lighter fare, I'm reading a humorous mystery,
Miles Morales: Stranger Tides Starting the year off light. Wanted to jump into another Miles Morales (SpiderMan) graphic novel
The Berry Pickers, by Amanda Peters. It is the story of a broken family, told from two perspectives. Rinehart- I haven't read "The Message", but it seems like you might enjoy "How the Word is Passed" by Clint Smith .
I’m currently reading/listening to Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward. I have the kindle version that I am reading along with the narrated audio book that I borrowed from Libby. It’s very soothing to hear the author’s voice reading such a hard story. I’m about 30% complete.
I just finished Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward. 5 stars!
I'm currently reading a few books at the same time: "Oathbringer" -- by Brandon Sanderson
"Bird Box" -- by Josh Malerman
"All We Ever Needed" -- by D.A. Young
"Jade City" -- by Fonda Lee
I read
, the sequel to a group read we did a few years ago.
Dr. No by Percival Everett. it is about nothing.It is fascinating and hilarious and about a Black anti-James Bond.
Black Water Rising by Attica Locke- murder mysteryThey Came Before Columbus by Ivan Van Sertima- where Africans in the Americas before Columbus?
Matthew wrote: "They Came Before Columbus by Ivan Van Sertima- where Africans in the Americas before Columbus?"
Interesting, and the answer is yes, at least a few. There is DNA evidence in South America of all kinds of people being in the Americas before Columbus, including people from Africa, Japan (a minority group), Europeans, et al. There is probably more in North America, but this type of digging has been banned by Native Americans/First Nations people.
I highly recommend Black Water Rising, especially if you are into a good mystery.They Came Before Columbus was excellent. My ONLY question- we know about the record keeping of Africans over the millenia. There should be SOME documentation, even if we allow for the cultural and human genocide of the colonial era.
I'm returning to a compilation of Irish literature for the remainder of the month. It is interesting, but not great.
Karin- Van Sertima alludes to exploration from the east, but doesn't explore it much, because it isn't his focus. And yeah, I can see why the First Nations are done with people digging up their graves.🤦🏽♂️
I was quite impressed with Doug Jones' debut novel The Fantasies of Future Things. It's interesting in terms of both characters and setting. The characters: two young, Black men attempting to break into the real estate business. The setting: Atlanta shortly after the city has won its bid to host the 1996 Olympics.My **** review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I was teetering between four and five stars for Neena Viel's Listen to Your Sister and went with the five because this novel felt truly new to me, and that doesn't happen often. In a way, it seems a bit like the offspring of Victor LaValle and Julia Alvarez's The Cemetery of Untold Stories. But Listen to Your Sister is very much its own creature.My ***** review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I am nearly finished The Fox Wife, by Yangsze Choo. It has been excellent and largely unlike anything I have read recently. It is a mystery that does not start with murder.
Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke. it is very good, but not great, at least for now.
I am currently reading When No One is Watching by Allysa Cole.
I just finished Mia McKenzie's These Heathens and loved every moment of it. Highly recommended!These Heathens is set in Georgia in 1960: in the small town where Doris, the central character, lives and in Atlanta, where she travels to end a pregnancy accompanied by one of her former teachers. The "former" here is important. Doris left school a year of two ago because she was needed at home. Her mother has been facing a debilitating illness and Doris, the oldest, has to take on caring for her two younger brothers, along with cooking and cleaning and all the work that keeps a family functioning. Doris comes from a church-going family and is a firm believer. Much of her day is shaped by the "rules" her faith has given her to live by. But when Doris realizes she's pregnant, she's certain that Jesus doesn't want her to become a mother.
My ***** review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I am reading so many books right now. I’ve really taken advantage of the Libby app AND I have embraced Audiobooks! I’m currently listening to Last Summer on State Street by Toya Wolfe. I’m really enjoying it. I wish I knew how to add the thumbnail of the book cover.
Just finished Last Summer on State Street. By Toya Wolfe. 5 stars!
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