#throwbook thursdays

[curlyhairedbibliophile]

ThrowBook Thursday | The Color Purple

Celie’s story has stuck with me far beyond my first read and many viewings of the movie. Much like Their Eyes Were Watching God, I loved following a character find pieces of herself throughout her life and grow stronger as a woman.

I carry so much of this story with me that I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to add it to my personal library. But with such a beautiful cover, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity for a spur of the moment buy ... even if I’m trying to cut down 🙈

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ThrowBook Thursday | How Long ‘Til Black Future Month?

This was my introduction to both N.K. Jemisin and specualtive fiction and I’m so glad Instumbled upon it. It was also the third short story collection I read last year so I’m slowly expanding my reading into more - especially if they’re like this!

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ThrowBook Thursday | The Baby-Sitters Club

This was one of the main series of books that I continuously checked out from the library when I was younger, along with Goosebumps, and American Girl. I had no idea that they had been turned into graphic novels so I’ll have to check those out soon.

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ThrowBook Thursday | Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry is one of the first books I remember having an immediate connection to the main character - one that looked like me - and being completely drawn into the story, making it one of my favorite reads when I was younger despite the tougher topics. It’s been a while since I’ve read it, but I never really forgot about Cassie Logan and her family.

I also never knew that this was part of a series (please forgive me! 🙈), so I will definitely be giving this a much needed reread along with the others before I jump into the latest one. I can’t wait to spend more time with this family!

[curlyhairedbibliophile]

ThrowBook Thursday | Addy series from American Girl

This was probably the first series of books outside of maybe Goosebumps or Babysitters Club that I repeatedly checked out from the library and reread multiple times when I was younger. Much like Cassie Logan from the Logan series (that I still have to find and finish reading immediately!), Addy Walker was one of the few characters I saw myself in on library shelves and I loved spending time with her and her family. It crossed my mind a few days ago and I found this story collection on Amazon so I may have to get it just for nostalgic purposes, but also for my library of childhood favorites.

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ThrowBook Thursday | A Wrinkle in Time

Tessering with Meg Murry, Mrs. Who, Mrs. Which & Mrs. Whatsit was my first taste of science fiction. And while Meg didn’t necessarily look like me, I found a lot of similarities - the love of math and science and definitely the self-consciousness. I gave this a reread about a year or so ago, but I’ve never actually read the others in the series so I’ll have to get on that soon. I also loved the 2018 movie - it was everything my middle school self needed! 😍🤓

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ThrowBook Thursday | Born a Crime: Stories of a South African Childhood

I don’t remember exactly how I stumbled upon Trevor Noah, but I loved the way he told stories.

This gave me such insight into his life and upbringing and I could hear his voice in every page I read.