Shannon’s Reading List: You Got Anything Stronger?; Luster; The Other Black Girl.
What stand out books did you read in 2021? … More Shannon’s Reading List: You Got Anything Stronger?; Luster; The Other Black Girl
Black books by black authors during these trying times for black people. … More Shannon’s Reading List: The Street; Heaven, My Home; How We Fight For Our Lives
Self-isolation: an excuse to stay in and veg? I’m so in! Until . . . … More Shannon in Self-Isolation
On some of my picks of essay collections by black women authors. … More Shannon’s Reading List: We’re Going to Need More Wine, Meaty, and So Close to Being the Sh*t, Y’all Don’t Even Know
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson I read this book in preparation for the author’s visit to Albuquerque for a public library fundraising event. It’s a multi-award winning memoir written in verse style, which I had to get used to. But after a few pages I was devouring chunks in one sitting. If I were … More Shannon’s Reading List: Brown Girl Dreaming, Bad Feminist, and Always and Forever, Lara Jean
I’m so behind on updating my Goodreads list. I know this because I keep getting prompts from the 2017 Reading Challenge – “You’re 5 books behind schedule! Do you need a boost? A pep talk? A life line?” I actually have read some books over the past three months. I just had yet to collect my thoughts. … More Shannon’s Reading List: Is It Really Already Spring 2017?
I marveled anew at how Maya went from a child who didn’t speak for five years to someone who spent the rest of her life speaking eloquently, powerfully, and when it matters most. … More Movie Night: And Still I Rise
or, In Case You Were Wondering What I Was Doing Trying to Drive to the D H Lawrence Ranch in the Snow “I really want to do this, but if I do, am I making a declaration to the universe that I want to be alone the rest of my life?” “No,” said my therapist. … More Happy Birthday To Me – Doing A Solo Gal Trip
So this happened: Stephen King came to li’l ol’ Albuquerque as part of his End of Watch tour, and got interviewed by George R.R. Martin. All thanks to our local indie bookstore, Bookworks. Here are some notes from that June 16, 2016 conversation. “They saved my life.” –Stephen King on George R.R. Martin’s Song of … More Notes on the Stephen King and George R.R. Martin Conversation
One of the highlights of my summer was listening to the audiobooks Black Water Rising and Pleasantville by Attica Locke. This list from Bookriot turned me on to these books, and I recognized the author’s name as being one of the writers from the show Empire. Once I read the synopses on Goodreads, I knew … More Shannon’s Reading List: Black Water Rising and Pleasantville
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