Day 19 – Celebrate Good Times I can’t think of a better way to celebrate good times other than with friend, family, great food and drink. So this cookbook Jubilee: Recipes from two centuries of African American Cooking by Toni Tipton–Martin came immediately to mind. I have a thing for cookbooks. I can read […]
February always gets me so excited about reading. Black History Month always makes me want to delve deeper into the books written by black Americans and to learn more about my culture. I feel that black literature, is getting more recognition these days although I still feel that more consideration is given to African Literature. […]
I created this tag so that people could get more recommendations of books by black authors. I’m tagging all of you bloggers out there to do it and to add to the list of growing recommendations of African-American authors and their works this Black History Month. Enjoy! If you’d like to pick up a copy […]
Sag Harbor – Colson Whitehead, 329 pages, Anchor Books Rating: 4,5 stars Recommended to: Lovers of coming-of-age stories, summer read… Particularity: Coming-of-age story by a black man If you’d like to pick up a copy of Sag Harbor or any of my other recommendations please consider clicking my affiliate link for The Book Depository. It […]
#MarchMystery Madness has been in full swing since March 1st and I decided to participate for the first time. I’m also doing #ReadingBlackout this month for the second time. January was a #ReadingBlackout month and February was of course #ReadSoulLit, specifically in honor of African-American writers. March Mystery Madness is giving me the opportunity to […]
Here’s another book that is on my 2018 TBR by an African-American writer called Jedah Mayberry. It’s a coming of age story. “It’s a lushly told reflection on a young man’s passage into manhood.” (back of The Unheralded King of Preston Plains Middle) Check out the video below with an interview with Jedah Mayberry talking […]
Day 23 – Favorite Poem: Lighthead’s Guide to the Galaxy And if you are addicted to sleep, a bay of fresh coffee may help. If you are addicted to coffee, teach yourself to breakdance. If you are addicted to dancing, polio will cure you. If you hear that the last black man alive will be […]
I’ve wanted to get my hands on this book for quite some time and the Clutch 2013 reading group on Goodreads gave me the shove I needed. Wench is the four-part story of Lizzie, Reenie, Sweet, and Mawu. They are more than wenches. In the beginning, before the novel really starts, Perkins-Valdez depicts the change […]
“My father, James Witherspoon, is a bigamist. He was already married ten years when he first clamped eyes on my mother.” (Silver Sparrow, p. 3) Wow! What an incredibly powerful way to start this novel. This story is set in the 80s in Atlanta in a middle class African-American neighborhood. James Witherspoon has two […]
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