I’m Reading Darktown & Lightning Men
I wanted to read an African American fiction book; which it is, but written by a white male author. That can always be tricky when white authors try to write about others’ experiences. However, Thomas Mullen did great writing about the African American experience during the Jim Crow era in the late 1940s Atlanta.
4 Mini Book Reviews
Hey Readers, this summer has been one for the ages. I have gone through so much this summer and you can tell by some of my book choices seen (below). I’m here to give you a brief review of the four listed here.
I’m Reading Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper
Title: The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper
Author: Phaedra Patrick
Sixty-nine-year-old Arthur Pepper lives a simple life. He gets out of bed at precisely 7:30 a.m., just as he did when his wife, Miriam, was alive. He dresses in the same gray slacks and mustard sweater vest, waters his fern, Frederica, and heads out to his garden.
I’m Reading Shadowshaper
Sierra Santiago was looking forward to a fun summer of making art, hanging out with her friends, and skating around Brooklyn. But then a weird zombie guy crashes the first party of the season. Sierra’s near-comatose abuelo begins to say “No importa” over and over. And when the graffiti murals in Bed-Stuy start to weep…. Well, something stranger than the usual New York mayhem is going on.
