📚 Happy Publication Day 📚 ⠀ ✨ Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour ⠀ Synopsis: There’s nothing like a Black salesman on a mission. ⠀ An unambitious twenty-two-year-old, Darren lives in a Bed-Stuy brownstone with his mother, who wants nothing more than to see him live up to his potential as the valedictorian of Bronx Science. …
✨ There’s no better feeling than getting stuff done. ⠀ I ❤️Agendas. I ❤️ planners. I ❤️calendars. I ❤️post-it notes all over the damn place! I ❤️ lists. ⠀ ✨ Check, check, and yesssss! 🙌🏾 ⠀ This year I’m going fully digital for the first time. I’ve synced my iCal, and have reminders on Alexa …
Let’s talk about retellings you didn’t know you needed… ⠀ If you’ve read 📚 The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry ⠀ Checkout 📚 The Little Prince by Inua Ellams ⠀ ✨This one has a Afrofuturism twist! It’s technically a play, but I’m such a fan of this author that I will read anything with …
👩🏾🎨 To quote Erykah Badu: “I am an artist and I’m sensitive about my ish…” ⠀ But in this time of social isolation I am hard pressed for a creative release. Among other things, I am a spoken word artist. I wrote a piece for my environmental science class with the hope of performing it …
🎉 Vision Board 2021 🎉 ⠀ I’m done with my vision board and officially ready to start strutting into this new year with 2020 on the bottom of my shoes 👠 like a chewed up and flavorless spat out piece of Juicy Fruit! ⠀ Unlike the previous 4 years, this year’s board is not the …
✨What is your first book of 2021? ⠀ 🤔 I’m curious to know how you’re kicking off the year. ⠀ I’m now Reading… 📚 How to Catch a Queen: Runaway Royals by Alyssa Cole ⠀ 🥰 Yep, bring on the romance. Besides, this cover is so gorgeous I just had to show it some love. …
I asked him to get in on this New Year reading… and he kindly obliged! ⠀ 📚 We are working our way through Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self by Danielle Evans in our daily couple’s short story read aloud. ⠀ 📚 I started How to Catch a Queen: Runaway Royals by Alyssa Cole …
Peace out 2020! It’s been real ____ (fill in the blank)! ⠀ Happy New Year’s Eve, everyone! ⠀ Of the 231 titles read and/or listened to, here are my favorites for the year: ⠀ Fiction: 📚 Kindred by Octavia E. Butler 📚 These Ghosts are family by Maisy Card 📚 Deacon King King by James …
I’m looking forward to 2021! I’m currently setting my 2021 Intentions: ✨ Study Gematria (Hebrew numerological system) ✨ Study Tagalog (language) ✨ Learn about International Paranormal Folklore ✨ Read 21 meaningful books Please help me set my study plan by listing a few paranormal creatures from around the world below! Also, let me know your …
📚 Bookish Thoughts📚 ⠀ How the Land of BIG Numbers by Te-Ping Chen made me feel… ⠀ In sum, “Mono no aware”! This debut novel evokes longing and melancholy with each story closure. Comprised of ten short stories of Chinese life and experiences, I emphasized with the trailblazing activism and redefined loneliness. I thoroughly enjoyed …