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BOOK REVIEWS – Five ⭐️ Favorites Listed at Top

  • Roses in the Mouth of a Lion -Bushra Rehman
  • Didn’t Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta – James Hannaham
  • Four Treasures of the Sky – Jenny Tinghui Zhang
  • How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water- Angie Cruz
  • Deacon King Kong – James McBride
  • Gilded Mountain- Kate Manning
  • Moonrise Over New Jessup – Jamilla Minnicks
  • Unlikely Animals – Annie Hartnett
  • Shadows of Pecan Hollow – Caroline Frost
  • Harlem Shuffle – Colson Whitehead
  • The Lincoln Highway – Amor Towles
  • Stork Bite – L. K. Simonds
  • Broken (in the best possible way) – Jenny Lawson
  • Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 – Edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha Blaine
  • The Dictionary of Lost Words — Pip Williams
  • Chevy in the Hole – Kelsey Ronan

Tag: #race

Moonrise Over New Jessup – Jamilla Minnicks

It is 1957. Alice grew up in rural Alabama, working the land with her family. Her mother died when she was young. Her sister Rosie took off for Chicago. Alice hasn't heard from Rosie for years. And now, with her father's death, she has to leave. The landlord got the worst of his effort to … Continue reading Moonrise Over New Jessup – Jamilla Minnicks →

Emily Leader Book Reviews Leave a comment January 27, 2023January 27, 2023 2 Minutes
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