Day 11 – Favorite Toni Morrison: Today’s photo is from one of my favorite authors. I adore this edition because I love the photo of Toni Morrison rocking her afro on the back. Regal! I’ve had the pleasure of reading almost all of her work except Paradise and Love. I hope to get to them […]
Day 10 – a Black Book: A black book is like saying the little black dress. It’s a book that makes an impressive impact visually and for the content between its covers. I chose Trumpet by Jackie Kay. I haven’t read this one yet but I’m very familiar with Kay’s beautiful poetry and Red Dust […]
Day 9 – Beautiful Edition: Well if you have followed you know how important today’s theme is to me. Beautiful Edition! Now I had a few ideas for this one but I decided to choose one of the books that I’m reading at the moment and that’s Jacinda Townsend’s Saint Monkey. Couldn’t resist, it’s […]
Day 8 – Should Be a Classic: Standing in front of my books shelves looking through trying to find a story that should be a classic was extremely difficult. I stopped and thought to myself. How can I find a book that should be a classic without thinking of what exactly designates a classic. Three […]
Day 7 – Last Novel You Read: I received this novel as a gift just last week from the lovely Denise D. Cooper. I couldn’t wait to read it. Firstly it’s such a cute little book and beautifully published. That’s something that is very important to me about my books. I know that may sound […]
Day 6 – Released in the Last Year: Today I’ve decided to choose Ruby by Cynthia Bond. This book was released last year the first of the month of January. I didn’t pick it up until the end of the year. This book shook me up and made me sick, sad, and angry. For all the […]
Day 5 – A historical fiction: Historical fiction is a genre I usually enjoy reading so I thought it would be easy to choose something from my shelves. Well it really took time. In the end, I decided on Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez. This controversial novel definitely got people talking. I remember reading some rich blog […]
Day 4 – Poignant (Auto) Biography: Today the photo challenge is focussing on life. Those stories that leave us feeling moved and make us think about the difficulties of living it. I thought of so many that I’m sure you’ve already heard of, so for the sake of introducing something new that might spark your […]
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