Join me for another “Do What I Want” December Reading Goals list!!!! December is a super busy month for me as a working mom. So I’m going to continue my tradition of not putting too many expectations on my reading goals this month. Last year it worked out pretty well and I had a chance […]
The irony of November this year was that I was deeply entrenched in all things books and simultaneously too busy to do a lot of reading. So this post is dedicated to all of the Moms Who Read and I hope we are all blessed with quiet time during this holiday & winter season to […]
The National Book Awards are November 16 and one of the books that I’m rooting for is Victory. Stand! Raising My Fist for Justice by Tommie Smith, Derrick Barnes and Dawud Anyabwile. If you are a fan of John Lewis’ March graphic novel series, then you want to run, not walk to check out Victory. […]
Affiliate Link: https://bookshop.org/shop/cocoawithbooks November Book Drive The Bookshop.org team is partnering with Penguin Random House for the launch of Michelle Obama’s latest book, The Light We Carry On: Overcoming in Uncertain Times. To help give back to our communities, Bookshop.org will donate 10% of all sales of Michelle’s latest book to We Need Diverse Books (WNBD) – a nonprofit organization that promotes […]
As an English teacher, I could not resist checking out Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese. My first encounter with Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlett Letter was as a high school English student. While my teacher hammered away at all of the symbolism in the book, I was really wondering about how Hester was surviving around all […]
“If you think you heard something…you didn’t.” Welcome to Appalachia folks and to the premise of Jackal by Erin Adams! I picked this book up expecting 2 or 3 things and got 6 or 7 very different other things instead in a very cool, roller coaster ride way. Black girls missing in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Racism? […]
Sisterhood, Drama, Family Ties and Harlem in the 80s/90s. Hold You Down by Tracy Brown will take you for a ride that will have you in your feels by the end of it. I picked Hold You Down up based on the cover featuring two Black women who looked like two stylish sisters – one […]
As a book lover, November is one of my favorite months. Think about it: warm drinks, cozy atmosphere, holiday themed books, making book gift lists. Plus there is a built in Thanksgiving break where all you have to do is say you need help with the dishes after dinner and everyone disappears so you can […]
For my October Reading Wrap-up I finished up one more spooky read while I worked on the #Arctober challenge hosted by the #ReadSpinRepeatBookClub on Instagram. My reading goals list was long and lofty, but I did manage to knock three arcs off of my list!!! A win is a win folks! Now all I have to […]
If you are looking for a Thanksgiving story to share with your children, I recommend Keepunumuk: Weeâchumun’s Thanksgiving Story by Danielle Greendeer, Anthony Perry and Alexis Bunteen, illustrated by Garry Meeches Sr. This is the story of Thanksgiving from the First Peoples perspective. The Meal That Changed Lives Keepunumuk is the thanksgiving story told by […]