Category: Review
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Tomi Adeyemi: Children of Blood & Bone
Happy Monday! I feel like talking about books is the best way to begin the week, don’t you? First, what I added to my “To Read” list last week: Betty Shabazz, Surviving Malcolm X – Russell J. Rickford Now for the meat & potatoes (though I’m currently limiting my meat to fish only. #thestruggleisreal) Children…
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Tananarive Due: The Black Rose
The Black Rose is a story of Madam Sarah Breedlove McWilliams Walker, a hair culturist and one of the first Black female millionaire. In the simplest of summaries, Sarah Breedlove was the child of slaves, a washerwoman, a cook. She’d had problems with her hair most of her life. It was dry, itchy, and wouldn’t…
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Jamie Langston Turner: A Garden to Keep
I found out A Garden to Keep is part of a series (The Derby Series) right before typing this post. I don’t know if I can stomach another long-winded journal, so I probably won’t seek out any of the others in this series. Now don’t get me wrong, I found the progression of Elizabeth’s thoughts…
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Octavia E. Butler: Parable of the Sower
Hi there! I hope you’re enjoying this Holiday season. I know it’s a busy time for all of us, and I just want to extend well wishes to you and your families. With that being said, let’s talk about Butler’s never completed Parables series. Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents are the…
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Octavia E. Butler: Lilith’s Brood (Xenogenesis Trilogy)
Just a brief overview of Butler’s Xenogenesis Trilogy (Lilith’s Brood).
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Books: Anthologies Pt. 7
Finally! We’re at the end of this series on anthologies. Aren’t you excited?? I am! But really, I was getting a little bored. Anyway, the collections I’m talking about in this post aren’t really anthologies, they’re student publications, but they can fall under the general “anthology” definition (refer back to first post). The Cypress Dome…
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