LA LA IN THE LIBRARY: TELL ME TUESDAY #371 - Last. Now. Next.

LAST. NOW. NEXT.

NUMBER THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-ONE

FEBRUARY READING WRAP-UP

TELL ME TUESDAY is a floating feature, depending on your reading style, where 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!

MY PREVIOUS TMT

2022 A YEAR OF BLACK AND NATIVE AMERICAN AUTHORS

THIS IS ONE MONTH OF READING

MY GOODREADS REVIEW

★★★

(2.5)

MIDDLE GRADE

STANDALONE

HISTORICAL FICTION 1970s

FAMILY - FRIENDS

RACE RELATIONS

BLACK CULTURE

Publishes May 17th 2022 - NetGalley ARC

I loved the premise of this book and it was fun reading about the 1970s, but the writing was a bit on the amateurish side. This is a debut author, so I will definitely read his next book.

GOODREADS

★★★★★

MEMOIR

BLACK HISTORY

BLACK CULTURE

Published 2019 - Own Ebook

This was a Black History Month book. It's an un-put-downable history of a family and their grandmother's home in East New Orleans. It's written in a conversational, almost personal journaling, style. The events will pull you in and keep you turning the pages. There are accompanying family photographs as well. The Katrina and post-Katrina content is extremely eye opening.

GOODREADS

★★★

ADULT FICTION

STANDALONE

CONTEMPORARY

CLASSISM

RACE RELATIONS

MOTHERHOOD

Published December 2019 - Overdrive Borrow

This book is full of vulgar obscenities. It was really difficult for me to read at times, and I'm no prude. And just so you know... Black women don't twerk all the time. It did have a great message about motherhood, though.

MY GOODREADS REVIEW

★★★★★

YOUNG ADULT

STANDALONE

REALISTIC CONTEMPORARY

COMING OF AGE

FRIENDSHIP

FAMILY

BLACK CULTURE

Published 2017 - Hoopla Borrow

It's a book about race relations, friendships, and stereotypes written in an engaging and down-to-earth way, from a teen's POV. It isn't historical, but I finished my February TBR, saw it on Hoopla, and didn't want to waste the last two days of the month. I loved it and will be getting a copy for the community center's library.

GOODREADS

★★★★★

(4.5)

ADULT FICTION

STANDALONE

REALISTIC CONTEMPORARY

HISTORICAL FICTION

RACISM

FEMINISM

MOTHERHOOD

ADICTION

ENVIRONMENTALISM

Published February 1st 2022 - Edelweiss ARC

I loved this multi-generational story. The .5 star deduction comes from one too many coincidences, but everything else was so glorious I was able to live with them even though they are one of my biggest pet peeves in writing.