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Sherring’s Goodreads: More than Enough

08/02/2019 by Sherring D.

More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are by Elaine Welteroth My rating: 3 of 5 stars Reading Elaine Welteroth’s memoir More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are (No Matter What They Say) was right on time. While I could certainly relate to her experiences of being a creative and independent child, failed romances when we really should’ve known better, and chasing dream jobs, Chapter 21: Burning Out, in particular, resonated with me. It led to a […]

Categories: Goodreads, Uncategorized • Tags: dream job, Editor, Elaine Welteroth, memoir, More Than Enough

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Sherring’s Goodreads: The World According to Fannie Davis

02/26/2019 by Sherring D.

The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother’s Life in the Detroit Numbers by Bridgett M. Davis My rating: 4 of 5 stars As I was reading the last pages of The World According to Fannie Davis, the palm of my right hand began to itch. I smiled. In Haitian culture, an itchy hand means that you’re getting money. It can also mean that you’re losing money, depending on the hand. I can never remember which, so I called my […]

Categories: Goodreads, Uncategorized • Tags: Goodreads, Lottery, memoir, Mother-Daughter Relationships, Numbers, review

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#BlackLoveBooks Challenge Day 12: LGBTQ

08/12/2018 by Sherring D.

#BlackLoveBooks Challenge Day 12: LGBTQ: a book written by or about LGBTQ community I can’t say much about I Can’t Date Jesus: Love, Sex, Family, Race and Other Reasons I’ve Put My Faith in Beyoncé. It’s a recent purchase and still on my TBR list. I kept hearing good things about it, so I had to get it. With such an interesting title, I know the book is bound to be humorous. It’s compared to Phoebe Johnson’s You Can’t Touch My […]

Categories: Goodreads, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: Black Love Books, book challenge, Goodreads, Humor, I Can't Date Jesus, memoir, read, Read Soul Lit

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Sherring’s Goodreads: Born a Crime

11/17/2017 by Sherring D.

Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah My rating: 5 of 5 stars Let me tell you how much I enjoyed reading Trevor Noah’s memoir, Born a Crime. When I got home late Thursday night aka Shonda Rhimes Night aka Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal Night, I opted to continue reading to finish the book, instead of tuning in to the tear-jerker and suspenseful shows, respectfully. I could’ve easily saved the last few pages for the […]

Categories: Goodreads, Uncategorized • Tags: book review, Born a Crime, memoir, The Daily Show, Trevor Noah

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Sherring’s Goodreads: When Breath Becomes Air

01/16/2017 by Sherring D.

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi My rating: 4 of 5 stars Paul Kalanithi could have easily become a writer, but felt a stronger calling to become a neurosurgeon instead. After he was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer, he focused his time to draft his beautifully written memoir When Breath Becomes Air. The son and brother of doctors was at first deterred by the medical profession which he attributed to his father’s absence from many childhood memories; however, […]

Categories: Goodreads, Uncategorized • Tags: Book recommendations, book review, cancer, Goodreads, lung cancer, memoir, When Breath Becomes Air

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Sherring’s Goodreads: Year of Yes

01/11/2017 by Sherring D.

Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes My rating: 4 of 5 stars Shonda Rhimes is a liar. Her word, not mine. She calls herself this because she likes to make up stuff, all the time. Lucky for her it’s paid off. The highly successful ABC shows Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, How to Get Away with Murder, and Private Practice (no longer on air) are spawns of what […]

Categories: Goodreads, Uncategorized • Tags: Books, Goodreads, memoir, Shonda Rhimes, Year of Yes

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Sherring’s Goodreads: Handbook for an Unpredictable Life

10/22/2016 by Sherring D.

Handbook for an Unpredictable Life: How I Survived Sister Renata and My Crazy Mother, and Still Came Out Smiling by Rosie Pérez My rating: 4 of 5 stars I was completely in shock and awe throughout Rosie Perez’s memoir Handbook for an Unpredictable Life: How I Survived Sister Renata and My Crazy Mother, and Still Came Out Smiling (with Great Hair). I knew Perez as a sassy Nuyorican dancer, choreographer and actress, and was not prepared for what she shared […]

Categories: Goodreads, Uncategorized • Tags: book review, Books, family, Hollywood, memoir, mother-daughter, relationships, Rosie Perez

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Milk Does a Body Good

06/02/2016 by Sherring D.

I grew up on good old-fashioned whole milk. The thicker the better. I loved how it used to coat my tongue. In elementary school, I always opted for the carton of plain milk over chocolate. Not that I didn’t like chocolate milk. My parents used to buy Nestlé Quik, strawberry and chocolate flavored. And Ovaltine. It was annoying how the Ovaltine defiantly refused to dissolve into the milk. Small pockets of the powder just floated on the surface. Not so […]

Categories: Back in the Day, Random Thoughts, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: A to Z Challenge, almond milk, eating, memoir, milk, soy milk, vanilla

Love in the Lemonade

04/14/2016 by Sherring D.

This post is part of the Blogging From A to Z Challenge. I loved my mother’s fresh squeezed lemonade. She added canned evaporated milk, the one with the red and white label and flowers, and so much sugar and ice cubes that I could hear the sugar scraping at the bottom of the plastic pitcher and the ice clink as she stirred, or let me stir, with a giant wooden spoon. She never measured, but would check the taste by dropping […]

Categories: Back in the Day, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: A to Z Challenge, drink, food, lemonade, memoir, mother

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Tag: memoir

Sherring’s Goodreads: More than Enough

Sherring’s Goodreads: The World According to Fannie Davis

#BlackLoveBooks Challenge Day 12: LGBTQ

Sherring’s Goodreads: Born a Crime

Sherring’s Goodreads: When Breath Becomes Air

Sherring’s Goodreads: Year of Yes

Sherring’s Goodreads: Handbook for an Unpredictable Life

Milk Does a Body Good

Love in the Lemonade