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The Book at the Bar: Gemini & Calvin's Sweet Romance with Spicy Scenes | Bookworm Love Story

Synopsis Will These Book Lovers Fall in Love or Will Their Story End in Tragedy? Gemini Collins enjoys her Friday bar-reading sessions after working as a Human Resources Supervisor at Helping Human Helpers inc. Every Friday she gets her favorite drink, a strawberry daiquiri, and indulges in her favorite smutty romance novel. After being single for three years, she has sworn off men and enjoys…

[thebookdragon217]

Happy Sunday! Still looking for books to read for Women's History Month? Add Wild Beautiful and Free by Sophfronia Scott. BIPOC historical fiction is my jam and this one is recommended by one of my favorite authors. Thanks to @tlcdiversity @amazonpublishing for the gifted copy. QOTD: What are you reading for Women's History Month? 🪻SYNOPSIS🪻 From award-winning author Sophfronia Scott comes the story of one young woman’s bold journey to reclaim her birthright and carve out her own place in a world that tells her she doesn’t belong. Born the daughter of an enslaved woman and a Louisiana plantation owner, Jeannette Bébinn is raised alongside her white half sister—until her father suddenly dies. His vindictive wife refuses twelve-year-old Jeannette her inheritance and sells her into slavery. Now on her own, Jeannette must fight the injustices she faces because of her mixed race. She escapes enslavement and travels from Mississippi to Philadelphia to New York to Ohio, all while searching for purpose, love, and her place in a country torn asunder by the burgeoning Civil War. Everything seems to fall into place when she meets Christian Robichaud Colchester, the white proprietor of Fortitude Mansion, a safe haven for escaped slaves where Jeannette teaches. But despite their instant connection, Jeannette isn’t convinced she belongs in his circle. In a world that tells her she doesn’t fit anywhere, Jeannette must decide what’s more important: bending to the expectations of others or embracing her true self. #WildBeautifulandFree #bookish #bookstagram #SophfroniaScott #20booksbyblackwomen #books #23histficbookswithme #reading #igreads #bookphotos #bookworm #historicalfiction #BlackAuthors #20booksbyblackfolx #fiction #bookrecommendation #literature #bookstagrammer #booklover #booksbooksbooks #readersofIG https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp_Yq0Nr-FC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[j-socurleigh]

😊 In the key of 'Friends' by Whodini, I will proceed to ask: Challenges! How many us of choose them? Challenges! Ones we can depend on... To challenge and mold us. ************************************* I have some reading challenges I’m committing to and below are the ones on my ‘Reading Challenge” dashboard for 2023. Check out the blog post for more details of how I plan to keep my head on with these challenges. See '2023 Reading Challenges' story highlights. ************************************* Challenge Hashtag | Host ************************************* #10Books10Decades | @reggiereads #12caribbeanbooksin2023 | @rensbookishspace #19Nonfiction | @bookitqueen #20BooksByBlackWomen | @melanatedreader #20BooksByBlackFolx | @melanatedreader #20BooksByAsianWomen | @ktlee.writes #23HistFicBooksWithMe | @blackbiracialandbookish #DiversityAcrossGenres | @reading.and.roaming and @booksonadventures #DecolonizeYourShelf2023 | @blackwalnutbooks #12BooksByAfricanWriters | @pretty_x_bookish https://www.instagram.com/p/CoGyCZ1uBZv/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[sistahscifi]

This review was so informative! Thank you!!!

Credit to @thewatsonreview Review 🚇

Title: Burn Down, Rise Up

Author: Vincent Tirado

Narrator: Julienne Irons

“Alone, we might not be enough, but as long as we can reach out to each other and stand together, we can change a lot.”

This was a fun horror novel about a mysterious plaque of disappearances linked to the Echo Game. The game is rumored to trap people in a sinister world underneath the city, and the rules are based on a particularly dark chapter in New York's past. You’re trapped if you don’t follow the rules.

The horror elements were disturbing, and had me hooked from the beginning. Raquel was a great MC; I loved the themes of friendship, family, and community, and how hard she fought for what she loved. You learn some Bronx history, too.

Asthma FACT:

📝 Historical and present-day structural racism has resulted in low-income and racial and ethnic minority communities (in this case, mostly Black and Latinx) experiencing disproportionate social determinants of health such as poverty, inequities in education and employment, poor housing quality, greater risk of exposure to pests, mold, and pollution, unequal health care access and quality, and high levels of chronic stress. ALL of these increase the prevalence/incidence of asthma.

I really appreciated how this was incorporated into the story, and it honestly was my favorite part.

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Rep: AfroLatinx sapphic MC with asthma, nonbinary author

CW: racism, burning, outing, misogyny, violence, police brutality, gun violence, gore, rats and insects

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#20BooksByLatinxAuthors Challenge hosted by @midnightbooklover

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ID: A hand holding the book ‘Burn Down, Rise Up’ in front of a moving subway train.

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[thebookdragon217]

I am so happy for the Harper Collins Union and glad that folx are back to doing the work they love. Everyone deserves a living wage. Today I bring you the latest installment of the Zoe Washington Series, On Air With Zoe Washington by Janae Marks just in time for #MiddleGradeMarch. This one published 2/14 and I am excited to see what Zoe is up to as a young teen. Thank you @theshelfstuff for the gifted copy. This latest installment features: 🧁A podcast that voices social justice issues 🧁Black Girl Magic 🧁A recently released father 🧁 A foodie story 🧁A fierce, female MC using her voice QOTD: What's a MG or YA book that you always recommend? 🧁SYNOPSIS🧁 An empowering and big-hearted sequel to the bestselling and critically acclaimed From the Desk of Zoe Washington by Janae Marks! Two years ago, Zoe Washington helped clear Marcus' name for a crime he didn't commit. Now her birth father has finally been released from prison and to an outpouring of community support, so everything should be perfect. When Marcus reveals his dream of opening his own restaurant, Zoe becomes determined to help him achieve it--with her as his pastry chef of course. However, starting a new place is much more difficult than it looks, and Marcus is having a harder time re-entering society than anyone expected. Set on finding a solution, Zoe starts a podcast to bring light to the exonerees' experiences and fundraise for their restaurant. After all, Zoe knows full well the power of using her voice. But with waning public interest in their story, will anyone still be listening? #OnAirWithZoeWashington #books #JanaeMarks #middlegrademarch #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #tbr #reading #20booksbyblackfolx #IGReads #booksbooksbooks #read #20booksbyblackwomen #bookworm #podcast #socialjustice #bookish #fiction #literature #HarperKids #series #bookish #bookmail #libros #newborns #bookphotography #BHM https://www.instagram.com/p/CpRPsfBL69I/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[thebookdragon217]

Cocktail and currently reading. The tension in this first story and the way my heart hurts let's me know this is going to be a five star read for me. I can never get enough Afro-Boricua stories in my life. Thanks to @counterpointpress for the gifted copy. This one is out 2/7 so be sure to run and grab yourself a copy. QOTD: What's your current read? #WhenTryingToReturnHome #books #JenniferMaritzaMcCauley #reading #bookstagram #bookstagrammers #ReadCarribean #ReadPuertoRican #tbr #IGreads #afroboricua #bookish #20booksbyblackwomen #boricua #20booksbyblackfolx #shortstories #bookphotography #foodie #drinks #BIPOCBookstagram #bookworm #readersofinstagram #literature (at Tacombi) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoTSWGVLgx-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[thebookdragon217]

I always look forward to new reading challenges. It's Always Been Ours: Rewriting the Story of Black Women's Bodies by Jessica Wilson, MS, RD is out 2/7/23 and it's perfect for: #20booksbyblackwomen #20booksbyblackfolx #19nonfiction Body politics and body liberation are subjects I aim to read more about so I'm excited to delve into this one. I also want to read more nonfiction this year. Thanks to @hachettego and @bibliolifestyle for the gifted copy. QOTD: What reading challenges are you participating in? 📚 SYNOPSIS 📚 In It’s Always Been Ours, eating disorder specialist and storyteller Jessica Wilson challenges us to rethink the politics of body liberation by centering the bodies of Black women in our cultural discussions of self-image, food, health, and wellness. Interrogating a status quo that perpetuates white supremacist ideas about who Black women are, how they live in their bodies, and what Black health means, she creates a context for understanding how whiteness and capitalism have shaped the ways we view and treat our bodies, and how even well-intentioned solutions to this problem continue to center thin white women. With an incisive blend of historical documents, the work of popular authors, and the narratives of clients, friends, and celebrities, Wilson examines the ways that ideas about respectability and restriction have harmed Black women. With wit and levity, she challenges what it means to have the “right” body and helps all women understand that a radical reimagining of body narratives is a prerequisite for vibrant wellbeing. It’s Always Been Ours is a love letter that encourages Black women to find joy in their bodies and their identities.  #ItsAlwaysBeenOurs #JessicaWilson #bookstagram #bookcommunity #tbr #readingchallenge #reading #books #BlackAuthors #BlackBookstagram #bookphotos #igreads #bookworm #bookrecommendations #bookish #HBSocialClub #Hachette #nonfiction #bibliolifestyle #bodyliberation #read https://www.instagram.com/p/CnJH9L6AqjC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[sistahscifi]

Wow, Chain-Gang All-Stars is intense!!!

(Oh, and we have signed copies in stock: @sistahscifi | www.sistahscifi.com | https://sistahscifi.com/products/signed-chain-gang-all-stars-by-nana-kwame-adjei-brenyah) You can also check it out from your #library!

Reposted @literapy_nyc QOTD: Do you enjoy reading dystopian fiction?

I have a book recommendation for you that simultaneously critiques the prison industrial complex while centering the ways our ability to forge genuine interpersonal bonds helps support our mental health and overall survival.

"Staxxx had appeared and suddenly she owed her life to another. She resented it. But it kept her alive.”

Chain-Gang All-Stars is a feat like no other!

How Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah manages to provide an all-encompassing critique of mass incarceration and the violence and primal nature of the commodification and exploitation of people's minds and bodies is beyond what I can currently process in words.

I was not expecting to end this book in tears but that is just the level of nuance this story provides. A story where prisoners are offered an option to battle for a chance at gaining their freedom.

Chain-Gang All-Stars is equal parts horrifying while somehow still managing to be romantic. The love story between Thurwar and Staxxx was completely unexpected and yet it hooked me all the way through to the final page. I cannot recommend this novel enough. It definitely comes with multiple content warnings but if you have the spoons for it, get ready to face some tough feelings that leave you quite thrilled at the end.

The author writes that he studied the work of Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Angela Davis, and Mariame Kaba among others and shares with us the many years of preparation and study he dedicated to his craft. I am grateful for it 🙌🏾

Thank you @pantheonbooks for the #gifted copy 🌸

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