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How is it? I have it on my kindle I just haven't gotten around to it.
I’m not that far in but I like it. I’ll post a review here if I remember lol
Did you finish his podcasts?
Yup. LL McKinney is trash but we knew that. I have definitely seen how these black people in the faux hierarchy use their positions to send attack dogs. They hide behind those woke acts they haven't evolved from like he mentioned to bully and maintain their tokenism
 

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I’m not that far in but I like it. I’ll post a review here if I remember lol

Yup. LL McKinney is trash but we knew that. I have definitely seen how these black people in the faux hierarchy use their positions to send attack dogs. They hide behind those woke acts they haven't evolved from like he mentioned to bully and maintain their tokenism
Yep we been knew LL was trash. And what have any of these folks done for the community outside of donating some books? They write for kids but don't even have launch events with activities for them.
 

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Trying to read It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover but I'm not feeling the story. I hate love triangles and I'm assuming Atlas comes back. How Lily didn't notice that glaring red flag in the beginning with the doctor, I'll never know.
 

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Trying to read It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover but I'm not feeling the story. I hate love triangles and I'm assuming Atlas comes back. How Lily didn't notice that glaring red flag in the beginning with the doctor, I'll never know.
I didn’t even finish the book. I guess I get the hype but it wasn’t for me.
 

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@thebooknook About to listen

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I hate when my books expire and I have to wait months to finish. Either that or buy it

Will finish this one today though. It sounded messy so I couldn’t resist

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Just finished Linden Hills and didn't understand 80% of it. Why so many characters without finished storylines?! How did Willie suddenly know so much about Luther towards the end?

So disappointed in this one after reading the Vanishing Half :<
 

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The HBO adaptation of Native Son was diabolical and they should’ve just said it was inspired or a retelling.
 

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All of the bookstores are promoting that Tomorrow book. The description is so vague
 

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The comments are interesting to me. I knew the author was Black, but the main character was very clearly not meant to be identified as Black…at least in my opinion. Also found it interesting that when asked if Nikki would be played by a Black girl if a movie adaptation came out, the niece said her aunt would want her played by a “POC”.
 

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I'm shocked they're both black

Bradley Graeme is pretty much perfect. He's a star football player, manages his OCD well (enough), and comes out on top in all his classes . . . except the ones he shares with his ex-best friend, Celine.

Celine Bangura is conspiracy-theory-obsessed. Social media followers eat up her takes on everything from UFOs to holiday overconsumption--yet, she's still not cool enough for the popular kids' table. Which is why Brad abandoned her for the in-crowd years ago. (At least, that's how Celine sees it.)

These days, there's nothing between them other than petty insults and academic rivalry. So when Celine signs up for a survival course in the woods, she's surprised to find Brad right beside her.

Forced to work as a team for the chance to win a grand prize, these two teens must trudge through not just mud and dirt but their messy past. And as this adventure brings them closer together, they begin to remember the good bits of their history. But has too much time passed . . . or just enough to spark a whole new kind of relationship?
 

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I'm shocked they're both black

Bradley Graeme is pretty much perfect. He's a star football player, manages his OCD well (enough), and comes out on top in all his classes . . . except the ones he shares with his ex-best friend, Celine.

Celine Bangura is conspiracy-theory-obsessed. Social media followers eat up her takes on everything from UFOs to holiday overconsumption--yet, she's still not cool enough for the popular kids' table. Which is why Brad abandoned her for the in-crowd years ago. (At least, that's how Celine sees it.)

These days, there's nothing between them other than petty insults and academic rivalry. So when Celine signs up for a survival course in the woods, she's surprised to find Brad right beside her.

Forced to work as a team for the chance to win a grand prize, these two teens must trudge through not just mud and dirt but their messy past. And as this adventure brings them closer together, they begin to remember the good bits of their history. But has too much time passed . . . or just enough to spark a whole new kind of relationship?
Girl so am I! I still like her books though
 

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Has anyone here read the Outlander series? I just finished watching the show and I was considering reading the books (theres 9 or 10).
 

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I'm shocked they're both black

Bradley Graeme is pretty much perfect. He's a star football player, manages his OCD well (enough), and comes out on top in all his classes . . . except the ones he shares with his ex-best friend, Celine.

Celine Bangura is conspiracy-theory-obsessed. Social media followers eat up her takes on everything from UFOs to holiday overconsumption--yet, she's still not cool enough for the popular kids' table. Which is why Brad abandoned her for the in-crowd years ago. (At least, that's how Celine sees it.)

These days, there's nothing between them other than petty insults and academic rivalry. So when Celine signs up for a survival course in the woods, she's surprised to find Brad right beside her.

Forced to work as a team for the chance to win a grand prize, these two teens must trudge through not just mud and dirt but their messy past. And as this adventure brings them closer together, they begin to remember the good bits of their history. But has too much time passed . . . or just enough to spark a whole new kind of relationship?

I think she has at least one other book with a Black love interest, but I’m still shocked to see she wrote another one.

ETA: Went and checked and the only thing she’s written with a Black love interest is actually a novella.

Also really shocked that this one will be YA.
 
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I'm shocked they're both black

Bradley Graeme is pretty much perfect. He's a star football player, manages his OCD well (enough), and comes out on top in all his classes . . . except the ones he shares with his ex-best friend, Celine.

Celine Bangura is conspiracy-theory-obsessed. Social media followers eat up her takes on everything from UFOs to holiday overconsumption--yet, she's still not cool enough for the popular kids' table. Which is why Brad abandoned her for the in-crowd years ago. (At least, that's how Celine sees it.)

These days, there's nothing between them other than petty insults and academic rivalry. So when Celine signs up for a survival course in the woods, she's surprised to find Brad right beside her.

Forced to work as a team for the chance to win a grand prize, these two teens must trudge through not just mud and dirt but their messy past. And as this adventure brings them closer together, they begin to remember the good bits of their history. But has too much time passed . . . or just enough to spark a whole new kind of relationship?
Because Black YA romance is trendy right now and they offered her a hig check. Before she was saying she doesn't write Blsck romance because as someone who only dated IR she can't write what she doesn't know.
 

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listening to "Let Me Love You". while I am enjoying the audiobook, parts of cringy and sound like 2 different writers based on which character is speaking.

I don't feel this is 2022's next "Coldest Winter Ever" but it's overall a decent read.
 

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I'm reading the Ramona Quimby and Sweet Valley High series.

I try with the gentle parenting but Ramona's legs would have been on fire the day she invited her nursery school class to the house and threw food at the other kids because they didn't want to eat it.

Elizabeth Wakefield is such an annoying Karen and Jessica is a b!tch.

I'm going to need RL Stine to put his Fear Street series on Kindle Unlimited.
 

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Saw this on twitter and IKYFL now I see WHY yall call this a white gaze book

 

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Saw this on twitter and IKYFL now I see WHY yall call this a white gaze book


So many Black people who work in publishing/are publishing adjacent ate that book up but most general Black readers I've come across hated it.
 

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Setting a low goal of reading 25 books in 2023. Wish me luck sisters

IDK how those girls on Booktok read 100+ books a year. Maybe I'll get there one day :joy:
 

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I speaking specifically to genre fictions writers but broadly I want Black writers to know that it is ok to write fiction with exclusively Black main characters or entire Black cast. As I've gotten older and gained more life experience I crave genre fiction that centers Black stories with no non-Black characters clogging up page time. I want to read horror crime and sff that is about black people and no one else.
 

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I speaking specifically to genre fictions writers but broadly I want Black writers to know that it is ok to write fiction with exclusively Black main characters or entire Black cast. As I've gotten older and gained more life experience I crave genre fiction that centers Black stories with no non-Black characters clogging up page time. I want to read horror crime and sff that is about black people and no one else.
I understand it's harder to get published with an all Black cast but if more Black authors stood their ground and pushed for stories with all Black casts it would be easier
 

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Idk why this forum section doesn't have a random thoughts thread...


Barnes and Noble is talking about 50% blowout sale like their books aren't marked up to like $30. So basically we can buy books for regular price for a few days. Oh.

Hi @JessicaL Please send me a link to an example of a book that has been marked up. As a bookseller myself I always found B&N to be reputable, so I'm anxious to see an example of what you've deascribed
 

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I have this stack of books sitting here, but had the nerve to order on bookoutlet twice…. I’ll do better one day
 

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