Book #8: Queenie
By: Candice Carty-Williams Ha! On the front cover there is a review that says that Queenie is Americanah meets Bridget Jones Diary, and I am just not sure of that at all! It felt more like Fleabag with a black protagonist. It was, in some ways, very funny. Queenie is...January in Review
I read a total of 7 books in January, which is probably an all time monthly high since I was in grade school! Beloved Citizen: An American Lyric On the Come Up Purple Hibiscus The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Daisy Jones & the Six There There I took on poetry,...
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...Welcome to the last book club
welcome to the last book club, one of the “other things.”