The Street was one of the first books that made me cry. The hopelessness, the despair, the destitution, the abandon, the tragedy. I was shattered after reading it. Eva’s man is on my TBR
Yesssss to all of this! It was A LOT. I’m surprised I didn’t cry myself. But I think maybe I was too shocked. Can you imagine being a Black woman in 1946 and reading this??? Wooo
One book I will always recommend is ML Bash's Who You Belong To. I am so in love with this story. It's been a month, and I still can't stop thinking about it. Black women being loved on is my favorite genre.
i rewatched the first video! and yes i would love for this to be a series because God knows we need it! you are always coming to our rescue. thank you luv 🙌🏾🛟 💕✨
I just finished reading 'Finding Me' by Viola Davis and I really learned something from it. I totally agree on your review of her memoir. On Black Sisters' Street' sounds very interesting. Great recs!
THANK YOU for part 2 ! Please remember those of us that look for your vids ( like me ) , when you read those annoying comments. People are gonna have their opinions. Nothing we can do about that, but keep focusing on your A-team girlies who keep coming back for you ! We appreciate you 💜💜…..LOVED The Street…..and The Narrows, actually. Ann Petry is almost poetry….and I agree: the audiobook was dope. I read it immersively: audio and paperback together. Loved that experience for this read.
I read ‘In Every Mirror She’s Black’. I finished and thought about it for days after. It was so good! I’ll definitely be reading book #2. Thanks for the recommendation ❤
I agree with everything you said about The Street. It was definitely my top read of the year but I was baffled by the end. I have The Narrows on my shelf and will purchase more of her books.
BAFFLED. STUNNED. SHOOK. All the above 😂 I am planning to get to The Narrows before the year ends. I’d like to end my year with a 5 starrrr. I just have faith she’ll come through for us again.
Love seeing ya beautiful face! (And hearing ya accent I’m from Jersey but living in fl the last 7 years so I miss my up north GWORLIES lol) Happy Thanksgiving 🍁
Thank you babes! You know NY and Jersey are cousinssss 😂 I can’t even imagine leaving but I understand why people do. Happy thanksgiving to you and your family as well 💜💜🦃
I Just came across your channel. Thank you for your recs. I just put Black Sisters Street and In every mirror she's Black and This Time Around on my tbr. I read The Street and Finding Me a couple of years ago they were heartbreaking but I loved them. I will be reading The street again.
Welcome to the channel! I too plan to reread The Street. So already 2 books down that you loved. We might have similar taste then 🥳 I hope you love the others!
OK with the last one, girl I was cracking up yes unfortunately "some of us have lived it" 🥴chile~ lol I felt so seen 😂Loved the video and keep em coming cus at this point why stop? ~'we the people' are looking forward to part 3
Oh you’re so lucky! Glad to know she’s lovely. I’d love to interview her. I’ve got QUESTIONS. I saw that she has a book coming out next year and I’m hyped!
I should have read The Street via audiobook because whew I clawed to the finish line. I couldn’t get into the florid writing. My voice wasn’t it. I needed a voice actor to inject some life into the narrative. Thanks so much for this perspective. I was perplexed.
Not yet. It’s on my shelves. I must say that everytime I see Jasmine Mans speak I’m like 🤯 so I want to pick it up. I really wanna make 2025 the year i become a poetry girlie 😂
Another banger by CCP! sorry if you made these but some requests: true short books to read, your experience with reading slumps and how to get out, best spicy books, books with conflicting characters (like in Queenie), and maybe about you and your history/background, and how you fell in love with books. Thank you for continuing this in spite of those comments. It is too often that people are hating on the spotlight we make for ourselves. To those people: kick rocks…matter of fact EAT THEM! Love your channel so much. As a BX girl far from home, literally and metaphorically, you make my day!
😂😂 girl I’m crackin up over here. I appreciate you. I didn’t know you was from the BX all this time! Thank you for these requests! I’m open to doing them all. I have done “how to defeat your reading slump” it’s an oldie so I can give it a refresh.
I started IN EVERY MIRROR SHES BLACK very interesting but had to focus on school def will be checking it back out. And yes white supremacy affects us on every continent even Africa girl. We in a chokehold but praying for better days and times.
Going to watch the video in a few but found a book called "sky full of elephants" and thought of u lol. It's a book about how all the white people in America walk into a body of water and never return and how life is without them
Oh I love when yall think of me 🥰 And best believe I read that one as soon as it came out! I loved it. I’d say that should be required reading for allll Black people.
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I would thoroughly enjoy this continuing as a series 🥰
☺️🙌🏾 yay! I’m on it
SAME !!
The Street was one of the first books that made me cry. The hopelessness, the despair, the destitution, the abandon, the tragedy. I was shattered after reading it.
Eva’s man is on my TBR
Yesssss to all of this! It was A LOT. I’m surprised I didn’t cry myself. But I think maybe I was too shocked. Can you imagine being a Black woman in 1946 and reading this??? Wooo
One book I will always recommend is ML Bash's Who You Belong To. I am so in love with this story. It's been a month, and I still can't stop thinking about it. Black women being loved on is my favorite genre.
Oh I love books that just stick with me. I’ve seen ML Bash around so thank you for the rec!
a series on black love would be great toooooo - thanks for that last one because we def. deserve to be loved
Most definitely!
Finding Me was phenomenal! ❤❤❤
It truly was! There was no way I could leave it off this list 🙅🏾♀️
I ❤ all of your videos. I always come away with a book or author I never heard of, and then my TBR grows 😅 Keep them coming!!!
Thank you so much for watching! I know a TBR hate to see me coming 😂
i rewatched the first video! and yes i would love for this to be a series because God knows we need it!
you are always coming to our rescue.
thank you luv
🙌🏾🛟 💕✨
Not the life boat 🤣🤭 you got it
I just finished reading 'Finding Me' by Viola Davis and I really learned something from it. I totally agree on your review of her memoir. On Black Sisters' Street' sounds very interesting. Great recs!
I am so glad you liked it! 'On Black Sisters' Street' is a MUST.
Your so pretty and smart. Thank you for making youtube a more grounded peaceful place.
You’re too kind thank you so much 🤗
You got me adding books to my TBR like it's not a mile long! 😭😭
Thanks for the video, sis!
Ayyyeeee 😂 at least you’ll always have something to read
THANK YOU for part 2 ! Please remember those of us that look for your vids ( like me ) , when you read those annoying comments. People are gonna have their opinions. Nothing we can do about that, but keep focusing on your A-team girlies who keep coming back for you ! We appreciate you 💜💜…..LOVED The Street…..and The Narrows, actually. Ann Petry is almost poetry….and I agree: the audiobook was dope. I read it immersively: audio and paperback together. Loved that experience for this read.
🤗 For sure! I appreciate yall so much. Omg the audio chapters with the Super 😳 I am planning to end my year with The Narrows. It’s only right!
I read Ann Petry's The Street several years ago and it has stuck with me ever since. Very powerful story with a gut punch of an ending.
Yessss an absolute gut punch! Since then I’ve been on the lookout for more stories that make me feel this way.
I read ‘In Every Mirror She’s Black’. I finished and thought about it for days after. It was so good! I’ll definitely be reading book #2. Thanks for the recommendation ❤
I'm so glad it resonated with you! And if you think book 1 was something babyyyy wait till you get to #2
The Street has been recommended to me recently but It seems I must prioritize it. Finding Me (screaming) YES! Everything you said, spot on!👌🏾
Can you pleaseee? I need to know your thoughts on it. Finding me…some of the things Viola shared with us had me so shocked
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I agree with everything you said about The Street. It was definitely my top read of the year but I was baffled by the end. I have The Narrows on my shelf and will purchase more of her books.
BAFFLED. STUNNED. SHOOK. All the above 😂 I am planning to get to The Narrows before the year ends. I’d like to end my year with a 5 starrrr. I just have faith she’ll come through for us again.
Love seeing ya beautiful face! (And hearing ya accent I’m from Jersey but living in fl the last 7 years so I miss my up north GWORLIES lol) Happy Thanksgiving 🍁
Thank you babes! You know NY and Jersey are cousinssss 😂 I can’t even imagine leaving but I understand why people do. Happy thanksgiving to you and your family as well 💜💜🦃
@@ChocolateCoveredPages thank you gorgeous! 🫶🏾💕
first, love ur top 🥰 the bows! Got my snack-let's go.
Thank you girl! My goal has always been for people to eat something while watching me 😂🙌🏾
I Just came across your channel. Thank you for your recs. I just put Black Sisters Street and In every mirror she's Black and This Time Around on my tbr. I read The Street and Finding Me a couple of years ago they were heartbreaking but I loved them. I will be reading The street again.
Welcome to the channel! I too plan to reread The Street. So already 2 books down that you loved. We might have similar taste then 🥳 I hope you love the others!
Thank you for continuing to enlighten us 🙌🏾 absolutely Enjoyed and look forward to your videos 🫶🏾
🤗 Appreciate you Tara!
OK with the last one, girl I was cracking up yes unfortunately "some of us have lived it" 🥴chile~ lol I felt so seen 😂Loved the video and keep em coming cus at this point why stop? ~'we the people' are looking forward to part 3
Courtney has SPOKEN and so shall it be! 😂
Thank you for the recommendations. On Black Sisters Street will be my next book I read over the holiday weekend. Happy Holidays everyone 😊
Oooo that’s how you rollin for the holidays huh 😂 I love it. Happy holidays to you and yours as well!
OMG 😱, I just attended a book reading last weekend by Lola Akinmade Åkerström! She is just the sweetest person ever.
Oh you’re so lucky! Glad to know she’s lovely. I’d love to interview her. I’ve got QUESTIONS. I saw that she has a book coming out next year and I’m hyped!
In every mirror she's black has been recommended to me by my sister for some time now. I believe it is time that I pick up that series.
Your sister has great taste! 😂 it’s timeeee
thank you so much for curating this list for us. We definitely need this!
Viola Davis’ memoir is my favorite!
It was so good! I went into it honestly not knowing what to expect.
Hair, shirt, earrings 🔥! 😍 btw
Thank youuu 🥰
I should have read The Street via audiobook because whew I clawed to the finish line. I couldn’t get into the florid writing. My voice wasn’t it. I needed a voice actor to inject some life into the narrative. Thanks so much for this perspective. I was perplexed.
Oh nooo 🥴 hate that for you! I need you to re-read it so you can get the full experience
Thanks for sharing. Great video.
I appreciate you watching!
Thank you for this ❤
Thank you for watching! 💜💜
First time here. Thank you
Welcome! I hope you’ll decide to stick around ☺️💜💜
@ definitely will 😊
Good recommendations definitely adding some of these to my list.
🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 Btw your book is on the way!
Love the catchy title❤ blessings 2 you girl😊
Thank you
Thank you for part two!! Have you read Black Girl, Call Home by Jasmine Mans? The audiobook is excellent and the whole body of work is so relatable!
Not yet. It’s on my shelves. I must say that everytime I see Jasmine Mans speak I’m like 🤯 so I want to pick it up. I really wanna make 2025 the year i become a poetry girlie 😂
Another banger by CCP! sorry if you made these but some requests: true short books to read, your experience with reading slumps and how to get out, best spicy books, books with conflicting characters (like in Queenie), and maybe about you and your history/background, and how you fell in love with books.
Thank you for continuing this in spite of those comments. It is too often that people are hating on the spotlight we make for ourselves. To those people: kick rocks…matter of fact EAT THEM! Love your channel so much. As a BX girl far from home, literally and metaphorically, you make my day!
😂😂 girl I’m crackin up over here. I appreciate you. I didn’t know you was from the BX all this time! Thank you for these requests! I’m open to doing them all. I have done “how to defeat your reading slump” it’s an oldie so I can give it a refresh.
@ glad I could make you laugh! Yep, born and raised! I will check it out but here for a refresh too! Keep it up!
I started IN EVERY MIRROR SHES BLACK very interesting but had to focus on school def will be checking it back out. And yes white supremacy affects us on every continent even Africa girl. We in a chokehold but praying for better days and times.
When you’re done it’ll be waiting for you! Good luck with school. And yes girl you and me both. I’m finding comfort in my books.
Going to watch the video in a few but found a book called "sky full of elephants" and thought of u lol. It's a book about how all the white people in America walk into a body of water and never return and how life is without them
Oh I love when yall think of me 🥰 And best believe I read that one as soon as it came out! I loved it. I’d say that should be required reading for allll Black people.