March 2022 Book Review: BLESS THE DAUGHTER RAISED BY THE VOICE IN HER HEAD by Warsan Shire

I need you all to know that Warsan Shire will always be on a book review list–any list that I do when books are involved. This book here? OH. MY. …

NOVEMBER 2021 BOOK REVIEW: WILL by Will Smith

Can I tell you all something? Reading this book made me feel all of my 40 (soon to be 41) years. I am old enough to remember when, Will Smith, …

April 2021 Book Review-The Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

This book was another one in my the weird space of a TBR and oral recommendations. And as of this posting, the author is in talks to bring this book …

MARCH 2021 BOOK REVIEW: PROFESSIONAL TROUBLEMAKER: THE FEAR-FIGHTER MANUAL by Luvvie Ajayi Jones

Let me just say this: I stan Luvvie Ajayi Jones. STAN HER! Note: I, like Luvvie, have a grandmother that is no longer with me, and it is indeed to …

September 2020 Book Review- Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff

Shameless plug: WATCH LOVECRAFT COUNTRY ON HBO! Note: This book does have lots of racial themes, and the N-word is used. I try and take book reviews from the people …

November 2019 Book Review-FREE CYNTOIA: My Search For Redemption In The American Prison System

I have spoken about Cyntoia Brown before. There was a sadness in her eyes that I have seen in my own. That sadness comes from trauma, disappointments and trying to …

September 2019 Book Review-My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

How far will you go for family? This is the question I had when I read this book. This book here? Oh my! This was the perfect book to lead …

August 2019 Book Review-NOT THAT BAD, by Roxanne Gay

TW: rape, sexual assault, rape culture. Roxanne Gay is one of my writing heroes. She is vivid, unapologetic, and there is a power to her work that is visceral. Perhaps …

April Book Review: THE SOURCE OF SELF-REGARD

“A writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind. They are a necessity.” -Toni Morrison In diving into this work, into any Toni Morrison book, I felt I …

RUNITBACK FRIDAY: 11/23/2018

The Obama’s are making money and legacy hand over fist. There is a gratitude I have for Mrs.Obama that is reverent and deep. The country is better, is always better …