Libraries are a necessary fixture in all communities. Their purpose for existing is more than housing books. Take the time to visit your local library more often. If you aren’t able to do that, get an e-library card and borrow ebooks from your library. Keep them open and active. Utilize their devices. They continuously support YOU, so support and amplify them wherever you can.

Resuscitating My Love for Reading This post may contain affiliate links and as an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you. Bear with Me, I’m a Newbie I promise I’m working on other bookish blog posts. While they are in the works, please bear with me as I work on the aesthetics and overall functional layout of this blog. With time everything will fall into place, so for now please appreciate the blank canvas and foresee its potential.  I didn’t want to hold off on blogging due to my writing process and initially was…

Bring a snack, a beverage, or just some good ol’ conversation. I will be on YouTube doing LIVE reading and productivity sprints August 4-6, 2023.

Imbued with emotion and reflection, Call and Response will supply readers with a front-row seat into Botswanan life. In 9 beautifully written, self-revelatory stories, we experience the inner turmoil and contradictions of embracing cultural traditions in post-colonial Botswana, inevitable shifts and changes in shared bonds between people, coming of age, navigating familial expectations, and the all too familiar event and memories of homecoming. Be prepared to traverse around cities of Botswana, and witness the characters’ revelations of themselves as they answer their call.

Get in here! Diane Marie Brown’s, Black Candle Women checks these boxes: black and female characters of varying ages, family secrets, voodoo and hoodoo magic, and R&B music references. If this rings any of your bells, give it a read.

February, the Month of Love, was my Month of Meh. I had some decent reads, but I wasn’t wowed. It was a pretty mediocre month of reading for me.

Mrs. Wiggins was a good time, but there were some things that I noted that may be goofy to some and useful to others. Follow me further…

What’s On My Nightstand is a sometimes weekly blog post, composed to update you all on what I’m currently reading. Why? Because I’m terrible at updating my social cataloging apps. I know. Shame on me.

I read 5 books in January 2023: 1 x Short Story Collection, 1 x Graphic Novel, 2 x Audiobooks, and 1 Fiction Novel. More details in the post! Let’s get into it!

Here we are, book three in the Lexington, Alabama series, Love, Honor, Betray by Mary Monroe and it was something else, ya’ll.

The Villa by Rachel Hawkins: A delectable gothic, suspense, thriller novel with complex characters, sure to mislead you in the best possible way.

I had a raggedy Winter Break, but at least I got some reading done :-).