9 Books to Read – Black Lives Matter Reading List

As a librarian, I am passionate about giving people information and encourage people to make informed decisions on any subject. However this subject is home it is where I live. Reading is so powerful. Once you are done reading take action. Please Vote, write your elected officials at all levels of government, and protest in the safest way possible.

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.

I’m Reading…The Reversal

I’m reading… “The Reversal,” by Michael Connelly. I really enjoy the Mickey Haller series a lot. I watched the Lincoln Lawyer movie before actually reading the book. Uh-Oh. However, I love Matthew McConaughey so much. 

I’m Reading…Bad Feminist

I’m reading or rather listening to, Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay. Bad Feminist was a really hard book to listen to the reason is it takes you on an extreme roller coaster ride. It makes you question everything you ever believed, yet you can breathe a sigh of relief when the author, Gay tells you […]