Book #7: There There
By: Tommy Orange I went to a story circle at the library inspired by this book, but I didn’t realize that when I signed up. The story circle was really wonderful for many reasons. Not least of which was that it resulted in me obtaining a free copy of the book...
Book #6: Daisy Jones & The Six
By: Taylor Jenkins Reid First of all, what an emotional roller coaster, when I didn’t know what the book is about, and quickly realize it’s an oral history of a monumental rock band, so I look them up and it turns out their fictitious! I mean, before I...
Book 5: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
By: Rebecca Skloot I’m thinking about changing the rating system on this blog to reflect across categories. That is because this book is so important, and the story is so compelling, but I was a little weirded out by the author the whole time, and it took away...
Book #4: Purple Hibiscus
By: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Narrator: Lisette Lecat This was my first audible listen of the year and SUCH A GOOD BOOK! Probably my favorite author across the board. She is amazing, and the way that she ties compelling story lines with spot-on symbolism and recent...
Book #3: On the Come Up
by Angie Thomas Genre: Young Adult, Identity, Coming of Age, Racial Justice What Went Down: Bri struggles to find her own as she navigates her personal trauma, her neighborhood trauma, and understanding her own gifts and voice. She is an unbelievably talented rapper,...
Book #2: Citizen, An American Lyric
by: Claudia Rankine Genre: Poetry, Racial Justice, Tennis What Went Down: Claudia tells some truly horrific stories through her poetry. She outlines discrimination, profiling, criminalization. There is a loose theme of tennis that strings many of the poems together...
Book #1: Beloved
by Tony Morrison Genre: Fiction What Went Down: Beloved is the heart wrenching story of trauma and resilience and slavery and its aftermath. The story takes place in the years immediately following the civil war near cincinati, ohio, after sethe escapes from slavery...
2019: A Retrospective
This is NOT a completed list of the books that I read in 2019, but a brief recap of some of the important books that I finished the year reading: I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter – by Erika L. Sanchez Takes place in Chicago. Julia struggles with mental...
These are a few of my favorite books
I always thought this book would be something. This is the main stuff that the post will be made of. Oh boy what a...Welcome to the last book club
welcome to the last book club, one of the “other things.”