Tag: books

• I Love Female Protagonists: A Women’s History Month Book Roundup

  The other day it occurred to me that I’m always reading books with a female protagonist. It’s not by design and I see no issues with it. Thanks to my predilection, I have read many books with some of the fiercest, most humane, fully realized female characters. Here are some of the books that I…

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  March 18, 2025

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  antebellum south, black history, books, eliza jane brazier, etaf rum, fiction, historical fiction, krystal marquis, maurice carlos ruffin, never saw me coming, new orleans, palestine, reading, tanya smith, the davenports, thriller, women’s history month, young-adult

• She Reads: “Bird of Paradise” and “How to Die in Paris”

  It’s such a shame that I’m just now writing about these memoirs, considering that both have been sitting in many ‘NEED TO READ’ notes and documents on my iPhone and computer for a combined total of two years. What’s even more absurd is that after I ordered both books, I left them on my bookshelf…

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  February 18, 2014

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  ancestry, Bird of Paradise, books, bookworm, depression, DNA, Dominican, How to Die in Paris, Naturi Thomas, novels, Paris, Raquel Cepeda, reading, review, suicide