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Non-stop book reviewer. Writer, editor, auntie, godmother, curmudgeon. You might have seen me elsewhere! booktweeting.com is my website.

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A WOMAN’S INTENSE OBSESSION with an older artist and her teenage daughter flowers disturbingly on a summer trip to Greece in this elegant yet creepy Swedish novel. B PLUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/antiquity-hanna-johansson/1143787481?ean=9781646221714

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UNFORGETTABLE STAR ANNA MAY WONG, a pioneering Chinese-American actor whose career spanned screen, stage, radio, and television, is the topic of this fascinating, deeply researched biography. Old Hollywood glam through a very modern lens! B PLUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/not-your-china-doll-katie-gee-salisbury/1143644528?ean=9780593183984

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THE GREAT MIAMI NOVEL may well be this devastating blend of satire, magical realism, and local history—the story of a wannabe gangster and the imprisoned orca that fascinates him. Startling, distinctive, surreal. A MINUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/say-hello-to-my-little-friend-jennine-cap-crucet/1143636670?ean=9781668023327

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HIGH-INTENSITY FANTASY THRILLER recasts werewolf myths through a lens of female empowerment, and the result is a heist adventure led by two unforgettable young women/wolves. Sharp writing and evocations of hardscrabble backwoods life. A MINUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/learn-to-howl-jennifer-r-donohue/1144508971?ean=9781945548284

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A BLACK PHYSICIAN’S UNSPARING examination of the profound impact racism has on healthcare and health outcomes intertwines with stories of her own, her sister’s, and her mother’s lives as doctors. Thoughtful, deep, engaging. A MINUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/legacy-uch-blackstock-md/1142804246?ean=9780593491287

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A MEMOIR OF DIVORCE AND MOTHERHOOD shines brightest when talking about the raw physicalities of birth and parenting and love and longing. Candid and impressively unafraid to show the writer’s flaws. B PLUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/splinters-leslie-jamison/1143707716?ean=9780316374880

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TWO MAGICAL OUTCASTS join forces on a quest to discover a lake of mystical power. Vividly drawn fantasy set in a fascinating world offers memorable characters. B PLUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/faded-moon-t-l-morgan/1144013972

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BEWITCHINGLY SURREAL FABLE of the magical city of Prague, a book that keeps rewriting itself, and the shifting powers of love and hatred. B PLUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/parasol-against-the-axe-helen-oyeyemi/1143764127?ean=9780593192368

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FIERY, UNSETTLING, INCISIVE collection of essays delves deep into history and cultural critique as well as the author’s life for a rigorous exploration of power and control, from racism and colonialism to misogyny and sexual violence. A MINUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/creep-myriam-gurba/1143063142?ean=9781982186470

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ACTION-PACKED SPACE OPERA draws on astrophysics and the mythology of Ancient Egypt to create a memorable tale. Fresh, original, well crafted science fiction! B PLUS

https://www.jakestollman.com/books

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FUNNY, SAD, SILLY, wise novel about the end of a long relationship and what comes after that. Strong characterizations and a distinctive voice take this a level or two above the ordinary. B PLUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/good-material-dolly-alderton/1143206443?ean=9780593802991

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BLEAK, STUNNING ALTERNATE HISTORY, set in a US where white male supremacy is de jure as well as de facto the norm, intertwines the stories of a brilliant young Black woman seeking freedom and her 19th century ancestor. A MINUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-blueprint-rae-giana-rashad/1143483024?ean=9780063330092

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INVESTIGATING A SHADY CONGRESSWOMAN leads two journalists into an investigation with life-or-death stakes. Romantic thriller captures both suspense and love within Houston’s Black elite. B PLUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-missing-link-natasha-d-frazier/1144395999?ean=9798989550906

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SISTERS, CLINGING TOGETHER after a family tragedy leaves one with profound brain injuries and the other with responsibilities she can barely handle, find separate ways through crises. Lovely mix of Trinidadian legends and European fairy tales.

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-princess-of-thornwood-drive-khalia-moreau/1142902677?ean=9781538725269

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@lunalein @bookstodon I would have loved more about the sisters’ relationship in both of the worlds!

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LINKED BY FAMILY AND FRIENDSHIP, generations of Black women hold tightly to the things that bind them against forces that threaten to overwhelm them—heartbreak, mortality, racism, misogyny, literal and figurative ghosts. Lovely, stirring writing. B PLUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/an-autobiography-of-skin-lakiesha-carr/1141448927?ean=9780593316535

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SMART, SIZZLING VAMPIRE novel is a sexy, erudite, witty retelling of the Dracula story with a young Black woman at its center. Contemporary and queer and funny as hell. A MINUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/darknesses-lachelle-seville/1142638816?ean=9783949666131

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BRILLIANT, MOTIVATED, AND FIERCELY fabulous, activist Eddie Ndopu tells the story of his journeys: South Africa to Canada to Oxford to his role on the world’s most glittering stages speaking out for the rights of people with disabilities. B PLUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sipping-dom-p-rignon-through-a-straw-eddie-ndopu/1142837554?ean=9780306829062

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A BARISTA TURNS PODCASTER to re-examine the decades-old cold case of her grandfather’s murder, then finds herself at the center of a modern-day homicide investigation. Charming cozy mystery has a lot of heart. B PLUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/double-mocha-blues-tyora-moody/1143858690?ean=9781961437234

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A PROUD FAMILY LEGACY—the pioneering accomplishments of the US military’s first Black generals, a father and son—serves as the center of a close, thoughtful look at the history of military inclusion and segregation. B PLUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/invisible-generals-doug-melville/1143030226?ean=9781668005132

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THREE WOMEN’S LIVES COLLIDE in unexpected ways in a Southern university town. Hilariously satirical, meticulously observed, and full of compassion, this novel has a lot to say about modern life, love, family, sex, race, class, and money. A MINUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/come-and-get-it-kiley-reid/1143331341?ean=9780593719954

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A HIGH-POWERED BLACK EXECUTIVE quits her Fortune 500 corporate job and takes on the challenge of turning a struggling hair salon back into the neighborhood icon it once was. Entertaining urban fiction with a positive spin. SOLID B

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/lavonne-on-the-job-sheila-murdock/1143647768

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DISTINCTIVE, COMPULSIVELY READABLE novel combines its glossy setting among the Hollywood elite with a story of hidden resistance to anti-Black oppression. Unforgettable, larger than life characters mix with a fast-paced plot. B PLUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/did-you-hear-about-kitty-karr-crystal-smith-paul/1141920088?ean=9781250815309

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DELICIOUSLY TWISTY 21st CENTURY GOTHIC has a thrill a minute, a house to die for, and a wealth of sharply drawn characters. Shades of Daphne du Maurier (which I mean as a high compliment)! B PLUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-heiress-rachel-hawkins/1143330046?ean=9781250280039

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AS INTERSTELLAR PLAGUE RAGES, a small spaceship and its tightly knit crew find an infected stowaway—and that’s the least of their problems. Fast paced, elegantly crafted far-future science fiction adventure with great characters, world building. A MINUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/insiders-shannon-knight/1143638253?ean=2940167340480

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