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[book-owl-madness]

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[redladymoon]

What was my favorite book in the 1st half of 2019? Which made me happiest? Who was my fave character? Hmm, I don't know. Why not watch the video where I answer those questions and more. In my Mid Year Book Freak Out tag video I also talk about the biggest disappointment, book that made me cry, several witchy nonfiction books and my fave bookish community member. Check out the link in my bio to watch.⁠ https://youtu.be/hUkAy71-vbQ⁠ ⁠ 📚⁠ ⁠ #scarletmooncreations #letstalkaboutlove #bookstagram #booklr #amreading #asexuality #nyc #bookcommunity #contemporarybooks #lgbtqiarep #fortheculture #priestess #selfcare #booklover #blackathon #intersectionality ⁠ #midyearbookfreakouttag #witchesofinstagram #witchywoman⁠ https://www.instagram.com/p/B1cch36nzyk/?igshid=pu9moul8xgh1

[juneboba]

blackathon 2023 reading p2 (part 1)

[juneboba]

late to this but some book recommendations for blackathon 2023 (but also support bipoc creatives year-round) | part 2

[kappabooks]

Blackathon Round 5 | February 2023 TBR

It's TBR time! Check out my February TBR!

As with every February, I prioritize Black authors for Black History Month and participate in Blackathon! I have a separate TBR for Blackathon and 3 other books I want to get to otherwise, so let’s get into them! Blackathon Blackathon is a readathon that runs throughout the month of February where the goal is to read books by Black authors! There are reading challenges, Instagram challenges, a…

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[jeannekwong]

It is #fridayreads and I am actually reading a romance novel. It will also be my first read for #blackathon and there are still a few days before February. #amreading #bookstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CZSBA2tJrGe/?utm_medium=tumblr

[jeannekwong]

So far for #Blackathon which is one of the readathons online to celebrate Black History Month, I have started 3 books, am halfway through one, and now I am starting a 4th book. I'll try to read only one of the books in this bindup of #zoranealehurston works in February. #modernclassic #mondayreads #bookstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CLVYRX5hiY3/?igshid=etrlhm51hl7x

[bitchwhoyoukiddin]

Reading, reading. #Blackathon update.

My week got a bit thrown into a blender due to the snow last weekend, so I didn’t get to finish/start the stuff I’d meant to. I only finished one book last week, but I’ll likely finish two more in the next couple days. Possibly three? It depends on how into The Ballad of Black Tom I get. Like, I say I want to tackle some Lovecraftian horror, but do I? Do I really?

Anywho, I did get a couple things in from ILL, so I now have the #Blackathon group book, The Secret Wives of Baba Segi’s Wives by Lola Shoneyin in my hands. I had meant to start it this week, but next week is fine too. I also really need to start tackling some of these nonfiction books. The Cooking Gene by Michael Twitty is the one I’m looking forward to the most. I mean, it’s a food history. Are we shocked over here?

However, I did make progress on Binti, and I managed to start Smash It! by Francina Simone. I should be able to finish both up pretty quickly. SI! is a nerdy theater kid YA with a lot of swearing and oh my god, the mortal dread of being 16 is just coming off this narrative in waves. It is both amazing and I kind of want to hug Olivia and tell her it won’t be that bad.

I did manage to finish a book last week though! And it counts for Black Author Readathon, as well as #Blackathon. It was Intercepted by Alexa Martin.

I liked this book a lot, but it was pretty clearly a freshman novel. There is zero wrong with that! But there were definitely some plot threads dropped that I wish had been explored further (and finished), and some stuff that got sped through. Both leads were a smidge too good to be true, and Very Put Upon. But the author has a fun voice and while the #HashTagCuteInnerThoughts got a bit much, it was a bit the style of the time it was written (prolly ~2016). I’m curious to read a few more books in the series - which, honestly, feels like a more diverse and realistic update of the Chicago Stars series by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - but only if they come across my attention when I’m in a good place for it. Solid 6/10.