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Bout of Books 24 – Day 3
Hey Book Loves, Today’s challenge from Bout of Books is: Six degrees of separation from Bout to Books Find an original way to connect the two words (Bout and Books) through six books Chat ’Bout!: An Anthology of Jamaican Conversations – Shelley Sykes Coley – How to Love a Jamaican – Alexia Arthurs – The…
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New Books: Tuesday January 2019
Hey there my bookish friends: So it’s Tuesday and the first big publishing day of 2019!! Below are some books out today that I find super interesting. I sourced this batch from the Book Riot Insiders New Release Index. In the coming weeks, I will use this source as well as publisher’s news for new…
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Bout of Books 24 – Day 2
Hey ya’ll! It’s day 2 and I spent much of last night (I couldn’t sleep) and this morning (I was on a bus ride from Boston to NYC) just reading. So, I got to finish book number 3 of the year! I was reading Alice Isn’t Dead, which started as a podcast on the Nightvale…
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Well Read Black Girl – An anthology – edited by Glory Edim
Hello my loves, I’ve been so lucky lately! I started off 2019 with two great reads and here is the first. This is a collection of black women looking back at their reading lives and discussing in their own style what has impacted them the most. Over and over again we see that in the…
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bout of books 24 – day 1
hey hey hey bookish people! Today is day 1 of bout of books 24. we are encouraged to just read! (and post a few things as well!) if you can, pop over to Instagram and using the hashtag #BoB24igphoto with what you are currently reading (and don’t forget to tag @boutofbooks). Also, post to your blog…
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2019’s Book Challenges
2019’s Book Challenges Well, last year was a failure in terms of reading challenges and goals. Not this year! I am going to shoot for the moon so that if I fail I will complete at least two 🙂 Book Riot’s Read Harder 2019 (#readharder) – https://bookriot.com/2018/12/12/2019-read-harder-challenge/ The Strand BookStore 2019 Resolutions (#readsolutions) – https://www.strandbooks.com/readsolutions-2019…
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Bout of Books – 24
Ah, New Year’s – that time of year when any resolution or goal seems possible. For me, that means a devout belief that THIS TIME, I will complete ALL my reading goals and resolutions. With that in mind, I’m super excited about Bout of Books 24. What is Bout of Books you may ask? Find…
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Books released this week
Hi all and Happy 2019! I read some amazing books in 2018 and can’t wait to see what 2019 has to offer. Below are some titles out this week I’m excited to check out: Book Love – Debbie Tung (comic) Andrew McMeel Publishing The One You Fight For – Roni Loren (romance) Source Books Also,…
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January Wrapup
After failing almost all my 2017 reading challenges, January was bit rough for me – but I still read some terrific books! Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier A classic I never read before (WHY??!!) that mixes mystery, slow growing tension and super British class structures. I loved it. I think this is a book I…
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March Wrap Up
Let’s not talk about how far we are into 2018 and I feel like we just got here…. Instead let’s celebrate my quasi serious goal of 10 books a month for the year and to focus on reading down my TBR 🙌🏾👏🏾🎉🎈🍾 The Last Black Unicorn by Tiffany Haddish This was so good! It turns…
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