Book Tag Thursday: Black History Month Tag
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Today’s Topic: Black History Month Tag
Found At: Books by Leynes
What is a book everyone should be reading during Black History Month? (give one fiction and one nonfiction title)
Fiction:
This novel is read like a diary and each chapter felt like a personal essay of some sort. I felt like the story is relatable and talks about how mental illness is stigmatized in the Black community. I thought the narrative was very important because many Black women of all ages are going through the same things Morgan is. (Review)
Nonfiction Pick:
Black Fortunes follows the narratives of America’s first black millionaires. The book focuses on six historical figures and how they rose to their status and used their power for social justice, movements, to help their communities grow, and how they helped people of color to thrive. (Review)
Which Black Booktuber would you recommend watching and why?
I love this channel so much. Such a fantastic variety of content, important discussions about books, and lots of recommendations for books I don’t usually see floating around the Booktube space.
What is your favorite book written by a Black author from an African country?
So many picks to choose from for this prompt, but I’ll pick something more recent. This thriller was engrossing from beginning to end. The story follows Korede, who is dealing with the fact her sister is a serial killer. She has suspicions early on, but after further documentation of the untimely deaths of Ayoola’s exes, she knows that it’s true. I felt that while it’s got horror elements, the plot also mixes in satire too. (Review)
What is your favorite Black classic?
This book was one of my favorite novels growing up! The novel is a sequel to her 1975 novella Song of the Trees. The popular novel explores life in southern America as we look through the eyes of Cassie Logan, our narrator, who grows up and experiences life during the Depression.
Which movie / book-to-movie-adaptation / documentary would you recommend watching during Black History Month?
I love to watch documentaries about musicians and What Happened to Miss Simone? is one of my favorites. This is such a beautiful and heartbreaking documentary about Nina Simone’s life and legacy. I was introduced to her music at a young age and have been a fan ever since. Watching this documentary gave me a greater sense of understanding about her music, legacy, and activism work. I gained even more respect for her. It’s a music documentary I highly recommend.
What’s on your TBR for Black History Month?
I don’t usually set monthly TBR piles, but these are 3 books I’d like to finish before the end of the month.
Which new releases by Black writers are you looking forward to the most this year?
So many new releases that I’m excited about, but here are just a few!
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Well I’d say David Olusoga’s Black and British for nonfiction and I really liked Charmaine Wilkerson’s Black Cake as a novel. I have my eye on that Black Love Matters one, too, though I’m not allowing myself to buy books right now …
Black Cake was such a fantastic novel! I think I heard of Olusoga’s novel, but I’ll look it up and check out that book. Thanks for the rec!
So curious to see what you think of Akata Witch.
I’m probably not going to review this one on the blog, but I just finished Akata Witch and enjoyed it. I think it was a bit slow-moving for me at first but the second half of the book really picked up. I loved the cultural aspects and details that made it feel really rich for me. I am intrigued enough to pick up the second installment.
I need to re-read Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry.
Same here. It’s been years since I read it!