Category: Reviews
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The Decline of the Older, Female Protagonist: Carrie Soto Is Back
Taylor Jenkins Reid has experienced a surge in popularity in the past five years, with the help of social media platforms like YouTube and TikTok. Her most popular books Daisy Jones and The Six (was adapted into a limited series on Amazon Prime) and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (in production) are still heavily […]
Who Is S.A. Cosby Apart From His Racially-Centered, Small Town Narratives? Review of All Sinners Bleed
S. A. Cosby is an author I discovered a couple of years ago from a conversation taking place on Twitter (before the name change). Then I read Razorblade Tears, which I enjoyed. He released his current mystery thriller, All Sinners Bleed in 2023, which has similar themes of racism, corruption, and small town society. In […]
Legal Thrillers By Black Authors
This is a solid debut in the thriller genre, which could use some new and cultured voices.We follow Ellice Littlejohn, who is a mature-aged, token, Black lawyer at her company: she was hired to combat racial discrimination and lawsuits. While she is managing her “little secrets” she discovers her boss lying dead in his office […]
The Rules of Arrangement flips the HEA in Romance
Thank you to NetGalley and Alcove Press for providing an eARC. This is Anisha Bhatia’s debut novel. She is an Indian woman living in American. Her first novel has traditional Indian beliefs about women living in a patriarchal society. But it is not your typical hopeless or predictable story about a young woman whose only […]
30th Anniversary of the Rhythm Nation 1814 Tour
Janet Jackson is one of the few names in pop culture who has been a successful triple threat throughout her entire career. In 1990, she headlined her first world tour. With the release of her fourth studio album, Rhythm Nation 1814, Miss Jackson performed songs from that album as well as her third album Control. […]
Monica and Brandy tense Verzuz Battle
Verzuz Battle has become the alternative to live concert entertainment. With COVID changing the way we live our day to day lives—temporarily or permanently—we as fans have found creative ways to enjoy music during quarantine. Verzuz Battle was started by super producers, Swizz Beatz and Timberland. The live event is hosted on their Instagram channels […]
The City of Brass review
I was recently introduced to the Daevabad Trilogy by S.A. Chakraborty. I finished the first book, The City of Brass last week. It is a thick book; not what I call a quick or light read. This debut novel by Chakraborty’s was first published in 2017. Harper Voyager published all three books with the final […]
A Savior’s Champion Review
Have you ever read a book that you didn’t enjoy but you kept reading because you felt like if you didn’t finish it, then what you’ve read so far would have been a waste? That is my current experience with The Savior’s Champion by Jenna Moreci. I stumbled upon her Youtube channel and kind of […]
Astrology is my game
As I’ve mentioned before, I am a writer. I’m currently working on my first manuscript. When building my protagonist, I did not know where to start. I looked at a few books. Watched a couple of videos. I found some great ones on Youtube which were informative. I also discovered the Myers- Briggs Type Indicator […]
Tameka Fleming 