by Sherring D.
I was working at Borders (moment of silence for my favorite former workplace) twenty years ago when Zadie Smith’s debut novel White Teeth was flying off the shelves.
Categories: Goodreads, Random Thoughts, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: book challenge, book review, Books, fiction, Goodreads, novel, Readathon, reading
by Sherring D.
Martin Gray is a young Black attorney with a boutique storefront law firm in Queens. After winning a high-profile civil rights case, Martin earns himself an invitation into a secret society made up of elite and affluent Black men from all sorts of industries: media, real estate, finance, and other lawyers.
The men invite Martin on what he believes would be a white-water rafting weekend trip, but in reality is a secret retreat in the middle of nowhere. Wives are barred from joining, as is the use of cell phones on the gorgeous estate known as Forty Acres.
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by Sherring D.
The Vanishing Half is an intriguing novel about identical twin sisters, Stella and Desiree. The two are born and raised in the fictional town of Mallard, Louisiana, which was founded by their great-great-great grandfather after being freed by his master-father. The girls have creamy skin, hazel eyes, wavy hair and dreams of leaving their small hometown. They do so at the age of sixteen and run away to New Orleans. From there, their lives take on drastically different paths.
Categories: Fabulousness, Goodreads, Random Thoughts, Uncategorized • Tags: Black Love, Black Love Books, book review, Books, fiction, Goodreads, Historical Fiction, novel, reading, Twins
by Sherring D.
Being the book nerd that I am, I of course requested a trip to a bookstore. Unfortunately, there aren’t any reasonably nearby Indie or Black-owned bookstores. There is a Barnes & Noble and I sure darkened its doorstep. H-h-h-hessica was working a half-day in-office, so her husband (poor guy) drove me. He was bored out of his mind as I frolicked through a bookstore for the first time in over a year.
Categories: Goodreads, Listicle, Random Thoughts, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: birthday, Books, Bookstagram, Bookstore, Goodreads, reading, Vegas
by Sherring D.
No real self-respecting book lover abuses books. By abuse, I mean crack the spine, mark it up, rip pages on purpose or by accident, toss around carelessly, and most definitely do not dog ear pages. Only monsters do that.
Categories: Back in the Day, Fabulousness, Listicle, Random Thoughts, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: Book nerd, Book Things, Bookish Things, Bookmarks, Books, reading
by Sherring D.
Nappily Ever After by Trisha R. Thomas My rating: 2 of 5 stars Nappily Ever After has been on my TBR list for over ten years, spanning back to my days of working at Borders Bookstore. There were talks of then “It Girl” Halle Berry adapting it into a film. For whatever reason, not only was the movie not produced, but I never got around to reading the novel. It faded from memory and sunk to oblivion in my TBR […]
Categories: Goodreads, Goodwatch, Uncategorized • Tags: #BlackLove, book review, book-to-movie, Goodreads, Nappily Ever After, Read Soul Lit, reading, Soul Lit
by Sherring D.
After MONTHS of not writing and barely even reading (missed my Goodreads goal again), I clawed myself out of the rut I somehow found myself stuck in. Well, no, not somehow. There’s always an ebb and flow to the motivation that sparks me to pursue my creative outlets of reading and writing. Blame it on the weather. Blame it on my dissatisfaction with my career. Blame it on a lackluster social and love life. Blame it on the lure of […]
Categories: Random Thoughts, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: depression, reading, self care, writing
by Sherring D.
Helen of Troy’s face launched a thousand ships, and Kiki’s love inspired a song that launched an internet dance challenge craze started by @theshiggyshow. Long before I finally heard the full length of Drake’s In My Feelings, the same seconds-long clip played as people jumped out of cars making hearts with their hands and criss-crossing their legs in the same choreography Kiki, do you love me? Are you riding? Say you’ll never ever leave from beside me ‘Cause I want […]
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by Sherring D.
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas My rating: 3 of 5 stars The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas is a work of fiction, but to borrow from the beloved and long-running NBC show Law & Order: SVU, it’s a story line, or several storylines quite frankly) that’s ripped from the headlines. Starr Carter has suffered the trauma of witnessing the shooting deaths of not one, but two close friends a few years apart. The sixteen year old lives […]
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