Speak No Evil by Uzodinma Iweala On the surface, Niru leads a charmed life. Raised by two attentive parents in Washington, D.C., he’s a top student and a track star at his prestigious private high school. Bound for Harvard in the fall, his prospects are bright. But Niru has a painful secret: he is queer—an…
I’m Judging You: The Do-Better Manual by Luvvie Ajayi (Format used for this book: Audiobook) “With over 500,000 readers a month at her enormously popular blog, AwesomelyLuvvie.com, Luvvie Ajayi is a go-to source for smart takes on pop culture. I’m Judging You is her debut book of humorous essays that dissects our cultural obsessions and calls out…
Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi (Format used for this book: Audio) Up until few years ago, my bookshelf was pretty racially and culturally homogenous when it came to authors. Meaning… Almost *ALL* the authors I read were WHITE….and either American or British. That was about it. This was not intentional….I seemed to just gravitate to what…
Children of Virtue And Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi (Format for this read: Print-hardback) The only thing I have liked about two bad winter weather days making me home bound lately is THIS BOOK RIGHT HERE. I LOOOOOOVED the first book in this series and OMGEEE…. I think I loved this one even more. (Here are…
So You Want To Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo (Format for this read: Audiobook) This book has been on my “to read” list for months…It came thru off my library holds list at such a perfect time as I am about to lead a small group with the Be The Bridge book. Here is…
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi (Format for this read: Print–Hardback) I read this book at this exact same time a year ago. (you can read that review here: The second book in this series was released not too long ago and I wanted to revisit the story again before I delved into…
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi (Format used for this read: Print–hardback) Finished the first book in this trilogy last night and can’t wait for the second book to be released in March (My oldest is excited to read it next…I’m passing it on to him when he’s done with the current series…