Finally Black History Month Book Tag | recent/fav reads + more

0:00 intro
0:55 black history month reads
4:51 anticipated releases
6:08 favs of last year
8:13 must read classic
9:44 fav authors
13:38 conclusion
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QUESTIONS
1. What book are you looking forward to reading the most in honor of Black History Month? What book are you looking forward to re-reading the most?
Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamasse / The Good House by Tananarive Due
Earthseed by OEB?
Broken Earth Trilogy by NK Jemison?
2. Do you have a Black History Month TBR? If so, please share it now.
Womb City by Tsamaase, Tlotlo
Long Division by Kiese Laymon
Freedom is a Constant Struggle by Davis, Angela Y.
The Good House by Tananarive Due
The Ecstatic by Victor LaValle
Roll of Thunder, Heary My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta
3. Are there any new releases by a Black American author you're highly anticipating?
Blackheart Man by Nalo Hopkinson
One of You by Erin E. Adams
How to Be Heard by Roxane Gay
4. What was your favorite read by a Black American author from the previous year?
Lone Woman by Victor LeValle
Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin
Out There Screaming edited by Jordan Peele
5. What was your favorite read by a Black Author across the diaspora from the previous year?
Opinions by Roxane Gay
Jackal by Erin E. Adams
6. What classic Black American literary work would you recommend to someone new to reading Black Literature?
Earthseed by Octavia E Butler
7. Who are your favorite Black American authors and which of their books is your favorite?
Octavia E Butler: Earthseed (2nd Kindred)
James Baldwin: Another Country
Tananarive Due: The Good House and The Between
8. And because you should be reading Black Literature and Black stories year round, what books by Black authors do you plan on reading this year?
The Source of Self-Regard, by Toni Morrison
Girl, Woman, Other, by Bernardine Evaristo
Dawn, by OEB
Blood Is Another Word for Hunger by Rivers Solomon

[@pagesandprose1736]

Girl, Woman, Other is so good! Very readable and not dense at all. I actually read Dawn in February...it was sooo good! I'm excited to continue the series.

[@JoshsBookishVoyage]

Glad to hear! I think I'll probably get to Girl woman other next quarter

[@hellobookworm]

I really enjoyed this video! The only book mentioned that I've read is Call of Thunder, Hear My Cry, and WOW is that an incredible book; truly one of the most moving works of children's literature I've ever read.
Have you read Ring Shout by P Djeli Clark? I get the impression that you would really it.

[@JoshsBookishVoyage]

Thanks! I have read it, but it didn't work well for me. I don't have a solid reason. Part of me wonders if maybe I was just in a bad headspace, and if I reread it I might like it more. But it's made me hesitant to read more Clarks work bc I'm worried I just don't vibe with his writing.

[@hellobookworm]

@@JoshsBookishVoyage Oh, how unfortunate. Not every book is a good fit, and that's okay.