Aminata is home. As we all know home is a place you can never go again, things are about to radically change. Arriving in Sierra Leone, Aminata discovers the British are once again long on good intentions and short on… Read more »
Posts Tagged: A Minus
The Book of Negroes E3 and E4
When we closed E2 all trust between Lindo and Aminata had been broken by his conspiracy with Appleby. Arriving in New York, Aminata is shocked to discover a community of free blacks. In addition to the shanty town, the inn Lindo… Read more »
ABC’s Fresh Off The Boat E1 to 4
Fresh Off The Boat is a television series based on Eddie Huang’s autobiographical book. Initially I skipped it because F.O.B. only has racist connotations in my community. The previews focused on stereotypical comedic setups and ABC hasn’t had the best… Read more »
Flower in the Desert by Lavender Parker
After our recent guest post by Jill Flower In The Desert was Twitter nominated as the second entry in our Let’s Read A Damn Book series. Lavender Parker is a new to me author but this cover was to die for…. Read more »
My Beautiful Enemy by Sherry Thomas
My Beautiful Enemy is a book possibly better without it’s prequel. The Hidden Blade was so exceptional that My Beautiful Enemy is left with shoes it can’t fill. Yet My Beautiful Enemy is an excellent story on it’s own merits. Catherine… Read more »
Flight by Kate Christie
Author Jill Sorenson stops by today with a review of a coming-of-age/New Adult f/f book that she really enjoyed. I have no idea why I bought this book. I think I found it on Amazon during one of my endless… Read more »
Island Peril by Jill Sorenson
Everything I disliked about Island Peril can be summed up in one phrase “I grew up in South Florida in the 70’s and 80’s.” But we can get to that. Jill Sorenson tweeted a link to Island Peril as a free… Read more »
My Last Day Without You (2011)
On a one-day business trip to New York, a German business executive (Ken Duken) falls in love with a singer-songwriter (Nicole Beharie) who exposes him to her Brooklyn world and emotions he has never experienced before. Starring: Nicole Beharie, Ken… Read more »
Murdering My Youth by Cady McClain
When I purchased Murdering My Youth I didn’t expect it to be very good. With very few exceptions celebrity memoirs are awful. I ordered it anyway because I love memoirs and Cady McClain was once part of my fictional therapy…. Read more »
Hot Under The Collar by Jackie Barbosa
Hot Under The Collar was purchased in 2012 and then promptly placed in the TBR pile where it languished until recently. When Courtney Milan suggested we all review Jackie Barbosa’s work as a show of support, I had already begun… Read more »
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