Status Updates From Brown Girl in the Ring

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This book is very good so far but that scene with Rudy and tony made me DEEPLY UNCOMFORTABLE

duppy chapter was a supernatural banger

Apparently this came out in 1998? Surprised it took me so long to pick it up.

not play with the ancestors!

Its ben a while since I encountered a love interest so beyond useless and actively detrimental to a protagonists life and well being. Tony has NO redeeming qualities besides being pretty. While I'm rooting for Ti-Jeanne and her baby, I'm mostly rooting for her to LEAVE HIM!

Ti-Jeanne's grandmother is better than me because I legit would have killed him.

having a wonderful time with this one

2.5 stars, I really wanted to love this! The idea of the story is great but I have no emotional connection to the characters therefore I just can’t seem to enjoy it.

i am not having a good time rn

WHATTT THATS CRAZY

WHATTTTTTTT THE PLOT TWISTS ARE KILLING ME

NO WAY. obi-wan kenobi moment

this book has me gagged every other page

Loving this mix of magic, folklore and family.

Ti-Jeanne is driving me crazy as a protagonist

I don’t like when characters are tied to secondary characters that suck.

WHAT?!? Rudy’s identity reveal is something I did NOT see coming!?

I hate books where I can’t root for anyone. Everyone is terrible except for the grandma who is a true queen…

The main character needs to leave tony alone because he is for the streets! I sense a betrayal to happen soon..

Really, Tony? 😠

Sophisticated sci fi fantasy blend. Though I'm always loathe to call something fantasy because the religion behind it isn't mine. Which is what this would amount to. The realization of gods through the use of the needle ends up being great. I read this awhile ago so my description isn't the best, but this is the kind of book that digs under our accepted definitions. I stick it in a similar place to Beloved for me.

I don’t think I’m going to make it. Basic, & predictable

tony is a BITCH!!!

Forgot to log Tuesday’s reading + today’s. Really loving this description :)

Another book I’m reading for my Afrofuturism class. Starting strong, feels very different from what I’ve been reading lately.

This is strange but I feel like it could be beautiful

This books so crazy

Interesting, the villain did his evil monologue in the middle of the book, instead of the end.

this is sooo good

Enjoying the narrator of the audiobook.

This is really good