Pretty G Reads

An avid mood reader with a knack to post honest reviews.

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📚 📖 🤩BOOK SPOTLIGHT🤩📖 📚 . Title: Couples Wanted Author: Briana Cole @bcoleauthor . . Be careful what you switch for! Adventurous and open-minded, newlyweds Bridget and Roman are determined to keep their relationship exciting. So, when they meet married swingers Corinne and Patrick, they're instantly drawn to their carefree glamour and warm promise of friendship. And after swapping spouses for one passionate, exhilarating night, Bridget and Roman feel fulfilled and closer together than ever... Until Corinne and Patrick start turning possessive, wanting more of them than Bridget and Roman can ever give. Soon, the young couple is plunged into a nightmare of suspicion, lies, and secrets in which they can't trust each other--or what they think they know about themselves. Pushed to the breaking point, they must uncover the truth behind the other couple's machinations. But when the dust settles, there's no guarantee Bridget and Roman will have their love--or anything else--left to save... Thank you @kensingtonbooks for gifting me an ARC! He loves me!! He really loves me!! LOL ❤️❤️❤️❤️😍😍😍 #blackbookstagrammer #blackgirlsreadtoo #blackgirlread #masterofpoisons #blackfantasy #bookstagram #bookspotlight #haitianbookstagrammer #booksforthesoul #booklover #booknerd #bookgirlmagic #bookfeature #bookspotlight #readingislit #bibliophile #bibliotheque #bookaddict #bookaholic #readersofinstagram #blackreads #blackbooksmatter #blackauthors #CouplesWanted #BrianaCole https://www.instagram.com/p/CUyi1AHLi_o/?utm_medium=tumblr

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📚 📖 🇭🇹BOOK SPOTLIGHT🇭🇹📖 📚 . Title: What Storm, What Thunder Author: Myriam J. A. Chancy @myriamjachancy . . The earth had buckled and, in that movement, all that was not in its place fell upon the earth’s children, upon the blameless as well as the guilty, without discrimination. At the end of a long, sweltering day, as markets and businesses begin to close for the evening, an earthquake of 7.0 magnitude shakes the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince. Award-winning author Myriam J. A. Chancy masterfully charts the inner lives of the characters affected by the disaster―Richard, an expat and wealthy water-bottling executive with a secret daughter; the daughter, Anne, an architect who drafts affordable housing structures for a global NGO; a small-time drug trafficker, Leopold, who pines for a beautiful call girl; Sonia and her business partner, Dieudonné, who are followed by a man they believe is the vodou spirit of death; Didier, an emigrant musician who drives a taxi in Boston; Sara, a mother haunted by the ghosts of her children in an IDP camp; her husband, Olivier, an accountant forced to abandon the wife he loves; their son, Jonas, who haunts them both; and Ma Lou, the old woman selling produce in the market who remembers them all. Artfully weaving together these lives, witness is given to the desolation wreaked by nature and by man. Brilliantly crafted, fiercely imagined, and deeply haunting, What Storm, What Thunder is a singular, stunning record, a reckoning of the heartbreaking trauma of disaster, and―at the same time―an unforgettable testimony to the tenacity of the human spirit. Thank you @tin_house for gifting me a finished copy! 🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹🇭🇹 #blackbookstagrammer #blackgirlsreadtoo #blackgirlread #masterofpoisons #blackfantasy #bookstagram #bookspotlight #haitianbookstagrammer #booksforthesoul #booklover #booknerd #bookgirlmagic #bookfeature #bookspotlight #readingislit #bibliophile #bibliotheque #bookaddict #bookaholic #readersofinstagram #blackreads #blackbooksmatter #blackauthors #WhatStormWhat Thunder #myriamjachancy https://www.instagram.com/p/CUyhR-KrkTz/?utm_medium=tumblr

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📚 📖 🤩BOOK SPOTLIGHT🤩📖 📚 . . Title: Haitian Girls Brunch Author: Jina Etienne, MSW . . Haitian Girls Brunch was written to create brunch and dialogue about the cultural experiences of the Haitian girls as whole. The book will also serve as a guide to empower Haitian girls and women and bring much awareness in finding ways to cope with mental health issues and generational trauma that they have experienced. Cause there are many issues that are left unresolved as it relates to the upbringing of the Haitian girl that others relate to. This book will create a space for Haitian girls and Haitian women to connect. As well as, act as the springboard to generate more conversation about the cultural experiences of Haitian Girls amongst Haitian professionals who are women. Thank you @haitiangirlsbrunch for gifting me a finished copy! Don’t judge my Chanel, judge ya mama not my pockets 😂🤣😂 #blackbookstagrammer #blackgirlsreadtoo #blackgirlread #masterofpoisons #blackfantasy #bookstagram #bookspotlight #haitianbookstagrammer #booksforthesoul #booklover #booknerd #bookgirlmagic #bookfeature #bookspotlight #readingislit #bibliophile #bibliotheque #bookaddict #bookaholic #readersofinstagram #blackreads #blackbooksmatter #blackauthors https://www.instagram.com/p/CUyep55rJwt/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Exhausted is not the WORD!!! Can you tell by my hair? 😂 📚 📖 🤩BOOK SPOTLIGHT🤩📖 📚 . . Title: Black Girls Must Die Exhausted Author: Jayne Allen @jayneallenwrites . . The first novel in a captivating three-book series. Tabitha Walker is a black woman with a plan to “have it all.”  At 33 years old, the checklist for the life of her dreams is well underway. Education? Check. Good job? Check. Down payment for a nice house? Check. Dating marriage material? Check, check, and check. With a coveted position as a local news reporter, a "paper-perfect" boyfriend, and even a standing Saturday morning appointment with a reliable hairstylist, everything seems to be falling into place. Then Tabby receives an unexpected diagnosis that brings her picture-perfect life crashing down, jeopardizing the keystone she took for granted: having children. With her dreams at risk of falling through the cracks of her checklist, suddenly she is faced with an impossible choice between her career, her dream home, and a family of her own. With the help of her best friends, the irreverent and headstrong Laila and Alexis, the mom jeans-wearing former "Sexy Lexi," and the generational wisdom of her grandmother and the nonagenarian firebrand Ms. Gretchen, Tabby explores the reaches of modern medicine and tests the limits of her relationships, hoping to salvage the future she always dreamed of. But the fight is all consuming, demanding a steep price that forces an honest reckoning for nearly everyone in her life. As Tabby soon learns, her grandmother's age-old adage just might still be true: Black girls must die exhausted Thank you @harperperennial for gifting me a finished copy! #blackbookstagrammer #blackgirlsreadtoo #blackgirlread #masterofpoisons #blackfantasy #bookstagram #bookspotlight #haitianbookstagrammer #booksforthesoul #booklover #booknerd #bookgirlmagic #bookfeature #bookspotlight #readingislit #bibliophile #bibliotheque #bookaddict #bookaholic #readersofinstagram #blackreads #blackbooksmatter #harperperennial #blackauthors #JayneAllen https://www.instagram.com/p/CUydkaqraI2/?utm_medium=tumblr

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💭 Bookish Thoughts 💭 📖 . . T: Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be . . A: Nichole Perkins . . . . From the first essay to the last, I felt as if I was somewhere with my girls, my sister, my aunt, or just strangers at beauty salon. These essays are conversation topics that every woman or girl should have or had in the past. This memoir essays explores living in the south, sexuality, family and much more. The first 3 essays are very intriguing. The woman who shouts speak to me on some many level, I would hate to indulge but that essay resonates in me because it’s me, I felt she was telling my life. This collection of essays is a must read and completely relatable especially growing up in the south! I am very excited to see what Nichole Perkins come out with next!! Thank you @grandcentralpub for my e-book! . . Is it worth reading: Absolutely . . #blackbookstagrammer #blackgirlsreadtoo #blackgirlread #readingblackislit #bookreview #bookstagram #haitianswhoblog #haitianbookstagrammer #booksforthesoul #booklover #booknerd #blacklit #bookgirlmagic #blackauthors #reading #readingislit #bibliophile #bibliotheque #bookaddict #bookaholic #readersofinstagram #blackreads #blackbooksmatter https://www.instagram.com/p/CT1pWcMrkkf/?utm_medium=tumblr

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📖 🤩BOOK SPOTLIGHT🤩📖 📚 . . Title: Master of Poisons Author: Andrea Hairston . . Synopsis: The world is changing. Poison desert eats good farmland. Once-sweet water turns foul. The wind blows sand and sadness across the Empire. To get caught in a storm is death. To live and do nothing is death. There is magic in the world, but good conjure is hard to find. Djola, righthand man and spymaster of the lord of the Arkhysian Empire, is desperately trying to save his adopted homeland, even in exile. Awa, a young woman training to be a powerful griot, tests the limits of her knowledge and comes into her own in a world of sorcery, floating cities, kindly beasts, and uncertain men. Awash in the rhythms of folklore and storytelling and rich with Hairston's characteristic lush prose, Master of Poisons is epic fantasy that will bleed your mind with its turns of phrase and leave you aching for the world it burns into being. Thank you @tordotcompub @torbooks for gifting me a finished copy! Baybeeee for a second I thought it was me on this cover for a second 😂😂🤣😂 #blackbookstagrammer #blackgirlsreadtoo #blackgirlread #masterofpoisons #blackfantasy #bookstagram #bookspotlight #haitianbookstagrammer #booksforthesoul #booklover #booknerd #bookgirlmagic #bookfeature #bookspotlight #readingislit #bibliophile #bibliotheque #bookaddict #bookaholic #readersofinstagram #blackreads #blackbooksmatter #torpublishing #blackauthors #AndreaHairston https://www.instagram.com/p/CTrXqq1LZsT/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Seeds in a Dark Fruit Sky is a collection of narrative non-fiction stories from Haiti. This book is a unique opportunity for the world to hear the voice of this small country. Stories are a powerful thing. They contain truth, emotion, memory and the opportunity to try on another person’s shoes and see the world from their eyes. Too often people think of different ways of life as “other,” and almost less than human. Haiti is only 700 miles away from the United States, yet most Americans only know about the stereotypes–voodoo, poverty, corruption–and have quickly forgotten the earthquake that briefly brought Haiti to the world’s attention. Seeds in a Dark Fruit Sky is a chance for the Haitians to prove that they are real people with complex lives who have compelling stories to tell. This book contains the stories in both English and Creole, the language of Haiti. With both languages, those who are attempting to learn one of the languages will have the opportunity to practice by reading this book. I am so grateful to have received this book. It is a great read and can’t wait til this book hit the shelves. Thank you @darkfruitsky for gifting me a copy. #blackbookstagrammer #blackgirlsreadtoo #blackgirlread #carribeanreads #bookreview #bookstagram #booksforthesoul #booklover #booknerd #bookgirlmagic #blackbooks #reading #readingislit #bibliophile #bibliotheque #bookaddict #bookaholic #readersofinstagram #blackreads #blackbooksmatter #blackbooksarelit #haitiansbooks #haitiansreadstoo https://www.instagram.com/p/CTk_WvmLGTS/?utm_medium=tumblr

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🎉🎉🎉 Happy Pub Day!! 🎉🎉🎉 I wish I could just scream HAPPY PUB DAY HONORÉE and the whole world could hear me!!! It’s finally the day, Honorée’s chunky baby hit the shelves of these bookstores!! GO AND GET IT NOW!! NOT LATER GO GET IT NOW!! My Reflections: This historical piece had me hooked a few pages in. Yes Ms. Honorée put her foot all in these 800 pages and it didn’t feel like I read 800 pages! The words flowed so lyrically off the pages but it’s no surprise because Honorée is an amazing poet! The Love Songs of W.E.B Dubious gave us a generational lineage that educated us so effortlessly. And Guess what it’s an @oprahsbookclub I literally stalked and beat down the doors just to get my hands on this book! Thank you @sarahburnes for gifting me the copy and THANK YOU @_pagesgaloree and @melanatedreader for guiding me to the right place. #blackbookstagrammer #blackgirlsreadtoo #blackgirlread #carribeanreads #bookreview #bookstagram #pubday #thelovesongsofwebdubois #booksforthesoul #booklover #booknerd #honoreejeffers #bookgirlmagic #blackbooks #reading #readingislit #bibliophile #bibliotheque #bookaddict #bookaholic #readersofinstagram #blackreads #blackbooksmatter #blackbooksarelit https://www.instagram.com/p/CS-LjObrqqI/?utm_medium=tumblr

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“Black People deserves beautiful sentences! We really really do!” - Kiese Laymon @kieselaymon Ohhh!!! I get equally excited about BookMerch Mail as I do BookMail!! I ordered 2 shirts from @simplyliteraryco and I love the fit of them!! If you haven’t checked out the merch over at @simplyliteraryco you are missing out!! Don’t be the one without!!! And you know I had to pair Long Division by Kiese Laymon with the shirt! It’s only right!! Plus it’s his birthday 🥳 week and he definitely needs to be celebrated!! #blackbookstagrammer #blackgirlsreadtoo #blackgirlread #carribeanreads #bookreview #bookstagram #blackbusiness #haitianbookstagrammer #booksforthesoul #booklover #booknerd #haitianbooks #bookgirlmagic #blackbookstabusiness #reading #readingislit #bibliophile #bibliotheque #bookaddict #bookaholic #readersofinstagram #blackreads #blackbooksmatter #kieselaymon https://www.instagram.com/p/CSsLatarhc1/?utm_medium=tumblr

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🎉 Happy pub day! 🎉 The Dating Playbook By @farrahrochon Thank you to @readforeverpub For this gifted copy. Will be reading this soon! Have you read any #farrahrochon Books? ⁠⁠ The Dating Playbook is the second book in The Boyfriend Project series and follows Taylor’s story. SUMMARY:⁠⁠ The dating game is on. And the rules just went out the window.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ When it comes to personal training, Taylor Powell kicks serious butt. Unfortunately, her bills are piling up, rent is due, and the money situation is dire. Taylor needs more than the support of her new best friends, Samiah and London. She needs a miracle.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ And Jamar Dixon might just be it. The oh-so-fine former footballer wants to get back into the NFL, and he wants Taylor to train him. There's just one catch - no one can know what they're doing. But when they're accidentally outed as a couple, Taylor's game plan is turned completely upside down. Is Jamar just playing to win...or is he playing for keeps?⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ #TheDatingPlayBook #FarrahRochon #ReadForeverPub #GoodBook #RomCom #BookReview #Paperback #Swag #NewBook #HappyDay #ReadThis #MustRead #BookLove #bookMail #ReadingIsSexy #SportsRomance #GetYourCopy #AuthorLove #ReadForever #blackauthors #blacklove #blackbookstagrammer https://www.instagram.com/p/CSr3TNiLWbL/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Whew 😅 chile!!l This girl been busy purchasing and in the next few weeks I will be lost in these worlds!! How’s a girl suppose to sleep with all the different personalities from these worlds living rent free on my head?! Like a baby 🤣😂🤣 Within the past few weeks these are the titles I have added to my wonderful growing library: Go Tell It on the Mountain - James Baldwin Some Soul to Keep - J. California Cooper (Rec by @melanatedreader ) Remembrance - Rita Woods Children of the Night The Best Short Stories by Black Writers 1967 to the Present (this is a gem 💎) The Prophets - Robert Jones Jr. (Current Read, trying to participate in @booksarepopculture discussion on 8/29) Libertie - Kaitlyn Greenidge (Rec by @ablackmanreading ) Seven Days in June - Tia Williams Island Queen - Vanessa Riley Shirt: @nubian_bookstore #BookPost #BlackBibliophile #Bookstagram#BookFun #Prettygreads #ReadBlackLit #ShareBlackStories #ReadBlackReadBetter #Bookish #WellReadBlackGirl #BlackGirlsReadToo #DiverseSpines #Blacklitisactuallylit #Booksareaninvestment #Blackbookstagram (at Atlanta, Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSnprXDLhb7/?utm_medium=tumblr

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The joys of capturing a moment! My Babies!!!!!! #BoyMom I wish this moment last forever!! My sons, they are their brother’s keeper!!! I know and trust @bam_4_scballinboyz is always going to be his baby brother’s protector and best friend! These photos are the definition of an Unbreakable Bond!! #CicisBoys #BrotherlyLove #BookstaKids #Bookraised #BamNBabyD #myloves #blackboys #blackkings #blackkidslit #blacklit (at Face In A Book) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSkGIpfLhfC/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Hey it’s Cici and I’m joining in this #BookstaRush Challenge brought to you by the FABULOUS Nia J @_pagesgaloree !! T-Shirt : @nubian_bookstore Shorts: F21 Shoes: Converse (a chuck collector too) Current Read : The Prophets x Robert Jones Jr. @thesonofbaldwin I'm soo excited to be apart of this book community and participating in this challenge! #BookPost #BlackBibliophile #BookstaRush #BookFun #NiaJReads #PagesGaloree #ReadBlackLit #ShareBlackStories #ReadBlackReadBetter #Bookish #WellReadBlackGirl #BlackGirlsReadToo #BookRush #DiverseSpines #theprophets #jamesbaldwin #robertjonesjr (at Tyrone, Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSj_PfErSlo/?utm_medium=tumblr

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📖 💭 Bookish Thoughts 💭 📖 . . T: Black Buck . . A: Mateo Askaripour @askmateo . . Hmmm 🤔 Where do I start? First let me say Zeno Robinson (narrator) did an AMAZING job! He nailed it and he kept me really engaged. Zeno’s narrating literally made the words jump off the pages of this impactful novel written by Mateo. I want to say so much about Black Buck without giving too much. This book is definitely a page turner and it does exactly what it’s suppose to do evoke many different emotions and make certain people uncomfortable 🥵. BTW Rhett is my least favorite character, (YES, I said it my DMs are open if you want to argue lol 😂) I just wanted to throw that out there! The twist in the ending I definitely wasn’t ready for. Darren definitely didn’t deserve that, I really felt for him even though he did a lot of things when he was he lost but when he started finding himself again. He gets pushed right back down. So sad 😞. This is a great read I definitely recommend this book but I do have to forewarn you, you will suffer some side effects reading this book. Side effects includes a little Tourette, hysterical laughter, and at times you will find yourself throwing this book across the room. Is it worth reading: Absolutely . . #blackbookstagrammer #blackgirlsreadtoo #blackgirlread #carribeanreads #bookreview #bookstagram #haitianswhoblog #haitianbookstagrammer #booksforthesoul #booklover #booknerd #haitianbooks #bookgirlmagic #blackbuck #reading #readingislit #bibliophile #bibliotheque #bookaddict #bookaholic #readersofinstagram #blackreads #blackbooksmatter https://www.instagram.com/p/CSAVopPLpAW/?utm_medium=tumblr

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I hope Dylan is enjoying this book as much as I am!! ✨ Buddy Read: A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James ✨ ✨ @_pagesgaloree @allwaysblack @melanatedreader @_withtheshxtsexp ✨ ✨ #MelanatedReader #PagesGaloree #WithTheShxtsExp #ABHO7K #SummerBuddyRead #DiverseSpines #ReadBlackReadBetter #ShareBlackStories #BlackGirlsRead #PhotoChallenge #Giveaway #BlackBookstagram #pullup #marlonjames #riverheadbooks #summertime #bookstagram #buddyread #readcaribbean https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ1BLXQLCfn/?utm_medium=tumblr

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📚 📖 🤩BOOK SPOTLIGHT🤩📖 📚 . . Title: Nothing but Lust To Give Author: Poetic Diva504 . . Synopsis: Geraldine Lycams life is far from picture perfect. She is a clothing store owner with an insatiable sex drive. Embarking on her struggle to find Mr. Right, she uses sex to fill an monumental void. When Geraldine boyfriend Sean ignores her, she goes down a road of nothing but destruction, with a whole lot of pleasure, and deceit by affecting those closest to her. Danny the brother of Geraldine boyfriend's Sean. He is dating her best friend, Trischonda. Trischonda isn't your typical female in a relationship. She is focused on one thing which is living her life to the fullest. She has her own extracurricular activities going on which keeps her blinded by what Danny and Geraldine really has going on. Geraldine is forced to confront her misplaced anger, and her sexual liberations which may cost her everything. Come on this bumpy ride with Geraldine and see how things are heating up for this beauty. The best question yet is, will she keep going down this route to a point of no return? FYI: This juicy book is a series and a quick read!! So head over to Amazon and get your copy today!!!! #blackbookstagrammer #blackgirlsreadtoo #blackgirlread #HaitianReads #bookreview #bookstagram #haitianswhoblog #haitianbookstagrammer #booksforthesoul #booklover #booknerd #bookgirlmagic #bookfeature #bookspotlight #readingislit #bibliophile #bibliotheque #bookaddict #bookaholic #readersofinstagram #blackreads #blackbooksmatter #indieauthors #blackauthors https://www.instagram.com/p/CQpfes2rYXD/?utm_medium=tumblr

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So here’s the thing, when Nia (@_pagesgaloree ) and Crystal (@melanatedreader ) was giving The Love Songs of W.E.B Dubois all of its praises. I had to go in beast mode to obtain a copy myself and when I received my copy I was very ecstatic. (You just don’t know how happy I was when I received this book) But I had to wait to crack this bad boy open because my mind was preoccupied, so about 2 days ago with a clear mind I decided to read a few pages. A few pages turned into 20 which turned into 40 which turned into about 100 and something pages. And BAYBEEEE!!!! This is the one right here!!! THIS NOVEL RIGHT HERE!! Is everything and I’m not even done yet. Listen if you have it in your possession, you need to stop playing and open this book! You don’t know what you are missing!! Oh and I thought this was the most cutest bookmark I seen at some store 🤣🤣 I said all this to say Honorée (@honoree_jeffers) you did your thang on this one! Now let me stop with all this idle chatter and get back to it! #QOTD: What was the last book you read that seemed like you just couldn’t put it down? #blackbookstagrammer #blackgirlsreadtoo #blackgirlread #bookspotlight #bookstagrammer #bookstagram #blackauthor #booksforthesoul #booklover #booknerd #blackbookstagram #honoreejeffers #thelovesongs #thelovesongsofwebdubois #bibliophile #bibliotheque #bookaddict #bookaholic #readersofinstagram #blackreads #blackbooksmatter #pageturners https://www.instagram.com/p/CQb7F7GLbYW/?utm_medium=tumblr