Category: The TBR List
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10 new books you won’t want to miss this week
Our weekly rundown of the week’s best books by black writers.
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11 Heart-Wrenching Books About Mothers and Motherhood
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis Summary: This novel is set during the great migration, a time when millions of African American families moved to the north to seek greater opportunities. Hattie leaves Georgia to go to Philadelphia with her mother and soon starts a family of her own. Ayana Mathis’ novel tells the…
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Black Love: 11 Books that would make a perfect Valentine’s (or Galentine’s) read
Jazz by Toni Morrison Summary: A passionate novel set in New York City during the Jazz Age. Jazz is a novel dominated by love, grief, and offers a perceptive account of black urban life. During the winter of 1926, a middle-aged man named Joe shoots and kills his teenage mistress. Joe’s wife gets her revenge…
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The Reading List, Week 4, 2018
As we mentioned last week, every week, we will be reviewing books that you need to add to your TBR list. Here are this week’s recommendations: Wild is the Wind by Carl Phillips In his book, Wild Is the Wind, the author, Carl Phillips portrays love as once restless, reckless, but still desired because of…
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The Reading List: Week 3, 2018
New Year, New Books! So many books are release every week and we do not want you to miss out on the gems. Every week, we will be collating the books that you need to add to your TBR list. These are must haves for all our readers. Enjoy! Don’t Call Us Dead: Poems by…
