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This book is giving major Harry Potter vibes in the best way! I feel like I’m a first year getting a tour of Hogwarts by a Head Boy. The dark robes they have to wear makes it even more wizard-y.
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it’s giving the same sort of vibe as His Dark Materials at the moment and i’m loving it
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Babel
R.F. Kuang
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Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)
Benjamin Stevenson
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I Hope This Finds You Well
Natalie Sue
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im not typically a dnf gal, i normally persevere begrudgingly and then complain about it after, but ive decided there’s no point carrying on if something isn’t enjoyable. but the issue with this is, i cant tell if i AM in fact enjoying it or not.
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I Hope This Finds You Well
Natalie Sue
jasminereadsalot commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
It was my birthday this week. I've been working a lot this week so didn't get a chance to do this when it was relevant. But it's always relevant and I don't think it's too late.
I would like to ask this community for a birthday present. Will you read a book by a black author in whatever your favorite genre is? Then next time you start a new book, make it one by a black author. Read a book with a black main character. Borrow it from your library. Buy it. I don't care. But don't put it in the TBR to languish. Actually read it. I have so many lists to help you choose one. If you need recommendations, I have plenty. Tell me what you like and I will find you something.
If you choose to participate, let me know what book you picked! And if you've read one recently, especially if you're not due to start a new book for a while (series readers, I see you), recommend a book by your favorite black author in the comments! Put it in the recommendations of a similar book by a white author! Check the book recommendations for the books by white authors you're currently reading and look for black authors. If you don't see them there, add them! Upvote them! Or at the very least, don't downvote them? (I came across this again when I was adding recommendations on A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking. Whomever downvoted This Poison Heart, I hope you stub your toe.)
I dream of a day when books by black authors get the same respect and attention that books by white authors do. I dream of a day when reading isn't segregated anymore. I dream of a future different from the trajectory we're currently on. That's the birthday gift I'm giving myself.
Let's dream of that together.
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god i only ended up finishing it in the hope that it would get better. just poorly written, massive plot holes, rubbish character development. not a happy gal :(((
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The Housemaid (The Housemaid, #1)
Freida McFadden
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American Psycho
Bret Easton Ellis
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