LAST. NOW. NEXT.
NUMBER THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE
TELL ME TUESDAY is a floating feature, depending on your readere you tell us what you read last, what you are reading now, what you will be reading next from your tbr pile, and why. I am curious why people read what they read, so tell me!
★
MEMOIR
1980s-2000s
NEW YORK CITY - INTERNATIONAL
Published 2016 - Hoopla Borrow
The reason this book isn't rated on Goodreads is because the author is known to stalk and harass people online for leaving negative reviews. This is a self-serving story by a narcissist. If you want to know some of my problems with the book read my thoughts on the previous TMT post. It's too bad, too, because I loved their writing style.
★★★★★
YOUNG ADULT
STANDALONE
REALISTIC CONTEMPORARY
BLACK CULTURE
Published 2020 - Hoopla Borrow
I loved and adored The Poet X, and With the Fire On High, so I was sure this book would delight me, too, and it did! This was another Summer in the City read for me. Again, the author narrated audiobook is the way to go.
★★
MIDDLE GRADE
ANTHOLOGY
BLACK CULTURE
Publishes August 3rd 2021 - NetGalley
I was extremely excited to read this book and instantly added it to my list of books to buy for the community center, but with only three or four good stories it was a big disappointment. Too many of the stories were about getting a girlfriend (you all know how I feel about sexual tension in MG) and having expensive clothes, and quite a few of the stories were about thirteen year old seventh graders. I began to think that the editor had mixed up the terms "Middle Grade" and "middle school," but there was also a fair share of stories about elementary school aged characters. Most of the stories seemed amateurish.
★★★★
NONFICTION
RACISM
Published June 2020 - Kindle Unlimited Borrow
This is a quick, easy to understand informative book about racism. There were a lot of images included. I would recommend this as a precursory read to other more in-depth books about racism. The author talks about racism in other counties, not just the US, and about the different forms racism takes on.
ADULT FICTION
DISCWORLD SERIES
HUMOROUS FANTASY
Published 1993 - Own Hardcover and Ebook
This is the current read-along book for the TURTLE RECALL Discworld reading challenge hosted by A Dance With Books.
ADULT FICTION
STANDALONE
REALISTIC CONTEMPORARY
Published May 2021- NetGalley
Next month is Dog Days of Summer and this book is an ARC, so it will be my first August read.
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