From New England Book Award winner Lily King comes a breathtaking novel about three young anthropologists of the '30s caught in a passionate love triangle that threatens their bonds, their careers, and ultimately, their lives.
English anthropologist Andrew Bankson has been alone in the field for several years, studying the Kiona river tribe in the territory of New Guinea. Haunted by the memory of his brothers' deaths and increasingly frustrated and isolated by his research, Bankson is on the verge of suicide when a chance encounter with colleagues, the controversial Nell Stone and her wry and mercurial Australian husband, Fen, pulls him back from the brink. Nell and Fen have just fled the bloodthirsty Mumbanyo and, in spite of Nell's poor health, are hungry for a new discovery. When Bankson finds them a new tribe nearby - the artistic, female-dominated Tam - he ignites an intellectual and romantic firestorm between the three of them that burns out of anyone's control.
Set between two World Wars and inspired by events in the life of revolutionary anthropologist Margaret Mead, Euphoria is an enthralling story of passion, possession, exploration, and sacrifice from accomplished author Lily King.
I enjoyed watching the following video of Lily King discussing her novel, Euphoria.
Professor Louis Moore’s audiobook about the history of African Americans in sports in the United States educates listeners about the fascinating social and cultural history of the nation. For example, integration of major league and professional sports broke a major color barrier for one of the first times in the early years of the Civil Rights Movement. African American athletes competed in America long before the 20th century - in fact, they even competed during the years of slavery.Hear how the struggles and triumphs of these and other African American sports stars opened doors for professional players who came to dominate their fields, including Serena Williams and Michael Jordan. Learn about the founding of Black sports leagues during the years of segregation, how the Great Migration reshaped athletics in America, and how African American athletes balanced their athletic success with the everyday reality of racism and became engines of social change. While sports helped level the playing field in many ways, Black athletes still grapple with the legacy of inequality in America today.
- Boxer Tom Molineaux, who fought for the entertainment of slave masters, went on to earn his freedom, and then became a professional fighter and trainer
- Champion boxer Jack Johnson
- High jumper Rose Robinson
- Track star and four-time Olympic gold medalist Jesse Owens
- Baseball legend Jackie Robinson
- Decathlon gold-medalist Rafer Johnson
- The first female African American Olympians, Tidye Picket and Louise Stokes
Winner of the National Book Award for Young People's Literature.
Discover the inside story of the Civil Rights Movement through the eyes of one of its most iconic figures, Congressman John Lewis. March is the award-winning, #1 bestselling graphic novel trilogy recounting his life in the movement, co-written with Andrew Aydin and drawn by Nate Powell. This commemorative set contains all three volumes of March in a beautiful slipcase.
#1 New York Times and Washington Post Bestseller
First graphic novel to receive a Robert F. Kennedy Book Award
Winner of the Eisner Award
A Coretta Scott King Honor Book
One of YALSA's Outstanding Books for the College Bound
One of Reader's Digest's Graphic Novels Every Grown-Up Should Read
I am giving March (Trilogy Slipcase Edition) by John Lewis a rating of 4.5 stars out of 5 stars.
Until my next post, happy reading!!
P. S. One of my reading goals for 2021 is to read five trilogies... One trilogy down, four more trilogies left to read!
Real Men Howl by Celia Kyle & Marina Maddix is my second Valentine's Day themed read for 2021.
I was able to download the ebook edition of Real Men Howl by Celia Kyle & Marina Maddix to my Kindle app from Amazon for FREE.
Below is honest, unbiased review of Real Men Howl by Celia Kyle & Marina Maddix.
Real Men Howl by Celia Kyle & Marina Maddix is a paranormal romance novel and is the first novel in the 'Real Men Shift' series. Real Men Howl features werewolves... And even though I found Real Men Howl by Celia Kyle & Marina Maddix to be predictable and formulaic in many ways, I enjoyed the writing, the characters and the feisty main character, Lucy Morgan.
So if you're looking for a hot, paranormal romance novel with some sizzle, then Real Men Howl by Celia Kyle & Marina Maddix may be the read for you.
Below is a summary for Real Men Howl by Celia Kyle & Marina Maddix from Goodreads:
Mason’s inner wolf will go crazy without her. Lucy thinks he’s already crazy. Werewolves aren’t real. Right?
Lucy Morgan left Ashtown, Georgia, ten years ago and planned to never return. Unfortunately, life didn’t get that memo. She’s back and now painful memories follow her everywhere. Until she meets him. Mason Blackwood is over six feet of sinfully gorgeous man who—for some reason—wants her. He also thinks he’s a werewolf so… yeah. He’s crazypants. But when he wants to have his wicked way with her, his sanity doesn’t seem all that important anymore.
Mason isn’t sure how much longer he can remain Alpha over the Blackwood pack. Without a mate to balance him, his wolf snatches more control every day. It won’t be long before he loses himself to the animal entirely. Then he meets Lucy—a sassy, curvaceous beauty who calms his beast with a smile. One sniff is enough to tell him she’s his mate, and nothing will keep them apart.
Not even the pack’s deadliest enemy who’s determined to kill Lucy before Mason can claim her.
I wasn't sure whether to give Real Men Howl by Celia Kyle & Marina Maddix a rating of 3 or 4 stars. I decided to be generous and give Real Men Howl by Celia Kyle & Marina Maddix a rating of 4 stars out of 5 stars.
Until my next post, happy reading!!
In this never-before-in-print romantic comedy, Annabelle Coakley and Clay Castleberry are determined to stop their parents from getting married...they didn't count on falling in love themselves!
I am giving Stop the Wedding! by Stephanie Bond a rating of 2 stars out of 5 stars.
Until my nest post, happy reading!
Washington was a controversial figure in his own lifetime, and W. E. B. Du Bois, among others, criticized some of his views. The book was a best-seller, and remained the most popular African American autobiography until that of Malcolm X.[2] In 1998, the Modern Library listed the book at No. 3 on its list of the 100 best nonfiction books of the 20th century, and in 1999 it was also listed by the conservative Intercollegiate Review as one of the "50 Best Books of the Twentieth Century".[3]
Booker T. Washington fought his way out of slavery to become an educator, statesman, political shaper, and proponent of the "do-it-yourself" idea. In his autobiography, he describes his early life as a slave on a Virginia plantation, his steady rise during the Civil War, his struggle for education, his schooling at the Hampton Institute, and his years as founder and president of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, which was devoted to helping minorities learn useful, marketable skills.
He gives an account of his travels, speeches, and meetings with various leaders, including Theodore Roosevelt in the White House. Employing a didactic tone, Washington deftly sets forth his belief that the black man’s salvation lies in education, industriousness, and self-reliance. This is the true-life story of a man of real courage and dedication.
Booker Taliaferro Washington (1856-1915), founder of Tuskegee Institute, was a leading educator, author, and statesman who rose from slavery to become internationally famous.
I am giving Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington a rating of 3.5 stars out of 5 stars.
Until my next post, happy reading!!
I came across an article on Bookriot's website titled, TONI MORRISON: 10 FACTS ABOUT THE INCOMPARABLE AUTHOR by Emily Martin.
I enjoyed learning some new to me facts about Toni Morrison from Emily Martin's article and hope you too! I enjoyed the links at the end of the article to discover authors like Ms. Morrison and also a link to Ms. Morrion's list of must read authors.
Click on the link above to read the full story!
Octavia Butler walked a singular path. A writer from her poverty-stricken childhood to her death in 2006 at the age of 58, she committed her life to turning speculative fiction into a home for Black expression. In her hands, the genre felt capacious and infinite. “I wrote myself in,” she told The New York Times in 2000.
Her ink was permanent. Weathering rejections, dead-end jobs and her own persistent doubts, Butler rose to international prominence. She became the first science fiction author to be granted a MacArthur fellowship, and the first Black woman to win Hugo and Nebula awards. Today her influence spans literature, genres and media.
Click on the above link to read which of Butler's books made the list and why each book is recommended.
The Silence of Our Friends by Mark Long and Jim Demonakos had been on my reading wishlist for quite some time, so thought I'd go ahead and read it this year for Black History Month.
The Silence of Our Friends by Mark Long and Jim Demonakos is semi-autobiographical and is written in the graphic novel style, which made for a very quick read.
The Silence of Our Friends by Mark Long and Jim Demonakos is set in Houston, Texas during the 1960s. The primary focus of this book is that of two families (one white family and one black family) trying to deal with blatant racism during this time period. Additionally, the topics of the Vietnam war, the Civil Rights Movement, police brutality, and Martin Luther King's assassination are all touched upon topics presented in The Silence of Our Friends.
I feel like the themes and topics presented within The Silence of Our Friends were very important ones to write about and shed light upon, but I also felt that how the material in this book was presented was a bit disjointed at times. I simply wish there had been a smoother transition from one topic to another in certain areas of this book and/or more detail added about certain subject matters touched upon to make things more clear for readers.
I did love the artwork for The Silence of Our Friends. However, the text was sometimes sooooo small in certain sections of this book that it was difficult to read the text even with a magnifier.
My favorite quote from The Silence of Our Friends by Mark Long and Jim Demonakos is the following one:"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." Martin Luther King, Jr.
A New York Times-bestselling graphic novel based on the true story of two families--one white and one black--who find common ground as the civil rights struggle heats up in Texas.
This semi-autobiographical tale is set in 1967. A white family from a notoriously racist neighborhood in the suburbs and a black family from its poorest ward cross Houston's color line, overcoming humiliation, degradation, and violence to win the freedom of five black college students unjustly charged with the murder of a policeman.
The Silence of Our Friends follows events through the point of view of young Mark Long, whose father is a reporter covering the story. Semi-fictionalized, this story has its roots solidly in very real events. With art from the brilliant Nate Powell (Swallow Me Whole) bringing the tale to heart-wrenching life, The Silence of Our Friends is a new and important entry in the body of civil rights literature.
I am giving The Silence of Our Friends by Mark Long and Jim Demonakos a rating of 3 stars out of 5 stars.
Until my next post, happy reading!!
“I love America more than any other country in the world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.” —James Baldwin
This quote, written by James Baldwin in his 1955 essay Notes of a Native Son, has become one of his more famous platitudes, especially during times of upheaval in this country. But exactly who was James Baldwin? Was he an activist? A novelist? All of the above? He is a complicated and fascinating figure who no doubt made his mark on this country in more ways than one. And yet, despite his undeniable intelligence and impact on literary history, he is rarely taught in high schools in this country. The root of this is most likely tied to the reason that Baldwin is in fact so famous—his literature and his essays are some of the most frank accounts of racism that this country has ever seen. He also wrote openly about homosexuality and interracial relationships at a time when both were still illegal in this country. And it is for exactly these reasons that he should be required reading for all Americans. Not only to educate those of us who are more privileged, but so that other children growing up in similar circumstances know that they are not alone.
I have yet to read anything written by James Baldwin and now I want to read his writing! I seen/heard more people reading Baldwin's works than ever recently. Now to decide which of his books to start first! Any suggestions?
Click on the above link to read Katherine Packer's entire article about James Baldwin.
