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May Reading Recap

May 31, 2022

May

Wait a minute—is May over? I’m pretty sure I was cheated out of a week. Or maybe it’s just that the bad news is coming at a faster pace, whether it’s the increasing attack on women’s rights or the ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Feature Tagged: book clubs, debut, food, historical fiction, memoir, mini-reviews, racism, true crime

My 8 Best Books of 2021

December 27, 2021

  Best is a big word, especially these days when words that have been a part of the lexicon for lifetimes feel as if they’re losing their meaning. The first that comes to mind is “normal”. There ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Feature, Reading Tagged: book clubs, favorite books, literary, racism

Three Girls from Bronzeville

October 21, 2021

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Dawn and her baby sister, Kim, live in an apartment building in the South Chicago neighborhood known as Bronzeville. In the apartment above them lives Debra, Dawn’s best friend. The area is the hub of ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Non-fiction Tagged: friendship, memoir, racism

We Are Not Like Them: A Novel

October 11, 2021

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I’m a fan of diverse reading. There are so many places I’ve never gone and experiences I haven’t had in real life. Visiting them in the pages of a book helps expand my horizons and opens my mind in ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: book clubs, contemporary life, friendship, racism

Unbound by Tarana Burke

September 17, 2021

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It’s likely you don’t know who Tarana Burke is, but almost impossible you’ve never seen the words that became the hashtag that defined one of the biggest social justice movements in American history. ... Read More...

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