“Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.” ~Toni Morrison https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/736076-beloved Happy Women’s History Month! To start off this months of amazing women writers, I decided to choose a well known novel written by the beloved Toni Morrison called ‘Beloved’. The novel takes place after the civil war, late JanuaryContinue reading “Beloved Book Review”
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March: Book One Book Review
“Fury spends itself pretty quickly when there’s no fury facing it” ~ John Lewis Those this is a graphic novel, I had to mention this visual impacting story co-written by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin and drew by Nate Powell. John Lewis’ story is broken up into three graphic novel that displays the lifelong struggleContinue reading “March: Book One Book Review”
Native Son Book Review
“Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread” ~Richard Wright, Native Son Native Son…this book was a whole adventure. Richard Wright told the story of Bigger Thomas, a twenty-year-old black American, who lived in 1930s Chicago South Side in utter poverty. In order to makeContinue reading “Native Son Book Review”
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Book Review
If you are a huge fan of the late poet Maya Angelou, this should be at the top of your list. Serving as an autobiography, this novel opened up many readers’ eyes about the life of Maya Angelou and all that she went through during her childhood. “I Know Why the Caged Birds Sing” isContinue reading “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Book Review”
Becoming Book Review
Happy Black History Month!!! Though this post may or may not be posted by the end of the first week, this month I will review books that are/were written by African Americans. If I’m late and this post is published during the second full week of February, I will extend this to the first fullContinue reading “Becoming Book Review”
Demian Book Review
Unless you are an English major or a lover of books, you probably never heard of Hermann Hesse. He is known for this novel, “Demian: The Story of Emil Sinclair’s Youth” which told the story of a boy named Emil Sinclair, who is described as “world of light” and “world of illusion”. This novel wasContinue reading “Demian Book Review”
13 Reasons Why Review
“No one knows for certain how much impact they have on the lives of other people. Oftentimes, we have no clue. Yet we push it just the same” — Jay Asher Many of us have probably seen the Netflix series that came following the popular release of this novel, Thirteen Reasons Why, but how manyContinue reading “13 Reasons Why Review”
First Blog Post
Hello Readers! I decided that I was going to start my blog with just a welcoming post instead of a book review, but one is already in the works. The first book review I’m going to do is Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher, for this was a long overdue post I been meaning toContinue reading “First Blog Post”
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