A member of the #MRDRC22 shares a recommendation; books in conversation. Check out her thoughts below and she incorporated 2 different reading challenges to read these books. ====== Posted @withregram • @agingerandherbooks 📚 Books in Conversation 📚 I read Love is a Revolution by Renée Watson and The Street by Ann Petry at the same time and felt like a teacher wanting to connect my younger students to both books. I didn't purposely choose to read them together, but I highly recommend for those that may want to get a sense of Harlem in different eras. I picked up The Street for #10Books10Decades and knew I wanted a lighter fare as my second book, so when Love is a Revolution was available on my library app, I grabbed it for #MRDRC22 . Set about 80 years apart, Harlem is two different characters in these novels. In The Street, it feels darker, void of hope, with few bright lights. Harlem of Love is a Revolution was light, inspiring, and beautiful. To be fair, the authors purposely set the stories in two different seasons (winter vs summer) - and NYC is a different city in each season, no matter the era. Nala & her crew moving through Harlem knowing it is their safe space are free to figure out & be who they are. In The Street, Harlem wasn't always a safe space for the characters - in many ways there was NO safe space for Lottie, as a woman, as a Black woman, as a mother to a Black boy. I enjoyed these two books - the music, the characters, and the writing. When I was so angry with the men & the street denying Lottie growth, denying Lottie her dreams, I turned to Love is a Revolution for a sweet escape into Nala's growth & love. #readreadread #write #maddblackreads #wellreadblackgirls #diversespines #goodreads #blackreaders #booksofinstagram #bookstagram #booknerdigans #bookaholic #bookaddict #bookstagrammer #diversebooks #bookworm #blackgirlsread #lovetoread #blackwomenread #readblackbooks #blackandbookish #bookreview #blackstoriesmatter #blackbookblogger #bookclubofinstagram #moodreader #readwhatyouown #bibliophile https://www.instagram.com/p/CY-Sm3dJzD6/?utm_medium=tumblr
