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 […]
Day 17 – A 2010s Classic I couldn’t resist choosing Lighthead by Terrance Hayes. This was the first collection I read. Y him which wasn’t suggested to me by Danielle from Dani! Dany! Danie! On Instagram. I was not disappointed. His poetry is meaningful, intentional, and creative. I know poetry can often times turn […]
I fell upon The White Tiger in 2008 when it won the Booker Prize. Of all the books on that shortlist, it stuck out to me the most. I really enjoy reading about Indian culture. I feel like with every book I read I learn something new about their culture. That’s really stimulating. This […]
I had only read one excerpt from Alexandre Dumas’ writing in French many years ago, but this past October and November we all had the pleasure of reading in full The Count of Monte Cristo. I say all for those of you that joined in on my read along of this 1,276 page mammoth novel. Full […]
Starting our second week already and I’ll be talking about another one of my favorite books that I rave about all the time and that’s Jam on the Vine. Jam on the Vine is LaShonda Katrice Barnett’s 2015 debut novel. This is another novel that literally flew right under the radar at its release. People […]
24 Books to Christmas is really making me look back on my past reading. There are so many really great books that I’ve read in the recent past but also in the far away past. I decided to go with The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race for day 4. The Fire This […]
Today’s recommendation was an easy choice – The Word : Black Writers Talk About the Transformative Power of Reading and Writing edited by Marita Golden came to mind as soon as I woke up this morning. I read The Word last month as a recommendation by my friend Rosa. She said it was a book […]
I know it’s been a while since I’ve been on here but my life took quite the turn mid-June and through me off the track of a lot of the things I had planned to do, in particular here on the blog. So let’s get on to the positive. What is 24 books to Christmas? […]
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