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Also for the record, other than a free digital or physical copy of the book, I don’t get paid when someone asks me to review so you can trust that I actually recommend it. (I upset an author a few months ago for being honest! Sorry!)
2021
I don’t even know, y’all. Everything I read this month was so personal or weird so here’s my best attempt besides Women, Race, & Class by Angela Y. Davis. Everyone should read that.
2021
If you want something fun: Taylor Jenkins Reid’s Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
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If you just read one or two books a year: Isabel Wilkerson’s Caste.
2020
It started out meh with the book about friendship that I didn’t care for, but the triple whammy of Pachinko, The Warmth of Other Suns, and the masterpiece that is Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows made for a beautiful month of reading.
2020
Pizza Girl: A Novel by Jean Kyoung Frazier is high on my list of recommendations this month. It’s unique and stirring and a quick read so even if you can’t settle into something long, you can do this one.
2020
Hmm, I'd recommend quite a bit this month. The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore, Followers, There, There, and Party of Two, which is actually a greater recommendation for all of Guillory's books. And honestly if you haven't read Their Eyes Were Watching God in your whole life, prioritize that.
2020
Everyone, especially people who love and appreciate literature, should own a copy of The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations by Toni Morrison to reference. Both of Janet Mock's books, I'd recommend to just about anyone.
2020
[What I Recommend] I'll admit Zami: A New Spelling of My Name will not hit everyone the same, but I do recommend it. And Heartburn because everyone should read Heartburn.
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[What I Recommend] Everyone should read The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom, and if you love Nora Ephron and romantic comedies, you should also read I'll Have What She's Having by Erin Carlson.