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On Women’s Equality Day
This post may contain affiliate links, which means I’ll receive a commission if you purchase through my links, at no extra cost to you. Please read full disclosure for more information. Alright, so I’ve already acknowledged that I’m a little behind. If you need to know more about it, you can find out why here. Sometimes even with the best of intentions, we can fall short. So today, on Women’s Equality Day, I am honoring my original intention of dedicating my reading to books authored by and featuring Women of Color. The Hate U Give In the opening chapters of The Hate U Give, Starr witnesses her childhood best friend being shot…
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Women’s History Month 2021
This post may contain affiliate links, which means I’ll receive a commission if you purchase through my links, at no extra cost to you. Please read full disclosure for more information. March is upon us (again? still?). This year somehow felt like three years and one long month simultaneously, and somehow, I forgot that March comes after February. You would think writing a post about Valentine’s Day would alert me to the fact that March was creeping up. Well, that was not the case. I woke up on Monday, and (surprise!) it was March and the first official day of Women’s History Month! Despite being utterly unprepared for what is, obviously, the…
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The Office of Historical Corrections
Author: Danielle EvansDate read: January 11, 2021Edition: Hardcover, Book of the Month Club Edition Goodreads Synopsis: Danielle Evans is widely acclaimed for her blisteringly smart voice and x-ray insights into complex human relationships. With The Office of Historical Corrections, Evans zooms in on particular moments and relationships in her characters’ lives in a way that allows them to speak to larger issues of race, culture, and history. She introduces us to Black and multiracial characters who are experiencing the universal confusions of lust and love, and getting walloped by grief—all while exploring how history haunts us, personally and collectively. Ultimately, she provokes us to think about the truths of American…
