The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray โ 352 pagesย ARC from Berkley Publishing and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: In her twenties, Belle da Costa Greene is hired by J. P. Morgan to curate a collection of rare manuscripts,...
Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby – 336 pagesย Book Blurb: A Black father. A white father.ย Two murdered sons.ย A quest for vengeance.Ike Randolph has been out of jail for fifteen years, with not so much as a speeding ticket in all that time. But a Black man with...
Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour โ Audio Book Blurb: An unambitious twenty-two-year-old, Darren lives in a Bed-Stuy brownstone with his mother, who wants nothing more than to see him live up to his potential as the valedictorian of Bronx Science. But Darren is content...
The Kindest Lie by Nancy Johnson โ 336 pages Book Blurb: Itโs 2008, and the inauguration of President Barack Obama ushers in a new kind of hope. In Chicago, Ruth Tuttle, an Ivy-League educated Black engineer, is married to a kind and successful man. Heโs eager to...
Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia – 224 pages ARC from Flatiron for an honest review Book Blurb: In present-day Miami, Jeanette is battling addiction. Daughter of Carmen, a Cuban immigrant, she is determined to learn more about her family history from her...
Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers – 352 pages ARC from Park Row Books and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: With her newly completed PhD in astronomy in hand, twenty-eight-year-old Grace Porter goes on a girlsโ trip to Vegas to celebrate. Sheโs a straight A,...
Review:Mercury by Amy Jo Burns is a story that shows the dysfunction of family in a pretty dysfunctional small town in Pennsylvania. When Marley comes to town with her single mother, she is the one that sets the crux of the book in motion. Her power over the Joseph boys is remarkable and her maturity at this young age was immense. She seemed to be omnipresent at times because she got into all of the Joseph families heads. The authorโs strength is in her multi-layered character building. I felt like a knew each character quite well. I found the discord between Elise and Marley to be incredibly well written. They were the adage of: so close and yet so far.Themes of mental illness, egotistical misogyny, sibling relationships, motherhood, and mystery were all woven through the storyline. Book clubs will get a good discussion out of this one.@burnsamyjo @celadonbooks๐: Do you have any sisters or brothers? #newbookreview#bookreview#bookstagram#bookreader #tbr #addtoTBR #bookreviewer #goodbookfairybookreview #goodbookfairy... See MoreSee Less
Miss your smile. Miss your face. Miss your calls. Miss your laughter. Miss your honesty. Miss you telling me what I needed to hear when I was too fragile to hear it. Miss you telling me the hard truths when I couldn't see straight. Miss not celebrating our birthdays together. I just plain miss you. Enjoy your lemon drop ๐ธ in Heaven. ... See MoreSee Less