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Book Review: They Call Me Lioness by Ahed Tamimi & Dena Takruri
They Called Me a Lioness is a raw and unflinching memoir co-authored by Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi and journalist Dena Takruri....
Genola Johnson
Jul 9, 20252 min read


Book Review: "Broken Country" by Clare Leslie Hall
Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall, drops readers into a haunting corner of the English countryside, where love, loss, and long-buried...
Genola Johnson
Jul 1, 20252 min read


Book Review: "Deacon King Kong" by James McBride
Set in 1969 Brooklyn, Deacon King Kong opens with a literal bang: an elderly church deacon named Sportcoat shoots a young drug dealer in...
Genola Johnson
Jun 29, 20252 min read


Book Review: The Last Session by Julia Bartz
The Last Session takes readers deep into the world of an experimental group therapy retreat designed to break emotional...
Genola Johnson
Jun 26, 20252 min read


Book Review: The Wife Upstairs by Freida McFadden
📖 Quick Summary In The Wife Upstairs , Freida McFadden delivers a gripping psychological thriller that keeps you second-guessing every...
Genola Johnson
Jun 19, 20252 min read


Book Review: The Queen of Sugar Hill by ReShonda Tate
📖 Quick Summary The Queen of Sugar Hill tells the story of Hattie McDaniel , the first Black woman to win an Academy Award, in a...
Genola Johnson
Jun 16, 20252 min read


Book Review: Let Us Descend, by Jesmyn Ward
📖 Quick Summary In Let Us Descend , National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward returns with a visceral, lyrical novel about Annis, a...
Genola Johnson
Jun 11, 20252 min read


Book Review: Banyan Moon by Thao Thai
📖 Quick Summary Banyan Moon is the lush, emotionally layered debut novel by Thao Thai that spans continents and generations—from...
Genola Johnson
Jun 10, 20252 min read


Book Review: The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw
📖 Quick Summary The Secret Lives of Church Ladies is a stunning debut short story collection by Deesha Philyaw that peels back the...
Genola Johnson
Jun 9, 20252 min read


Book Review: What the Fireflies Knew by Kai Harris
📖 Quick Summary Told through the eyes of 10-year-old Kenyatta Bernice (KB), What the Fireflies Knew is a tender and deeply emotional...
Genola Johnson
Jun 9, 20252 min read


Book Review: Salt Houses by Hala Alyan
📖 Quick Summary Salt Houses by Hala Alyan is a sweeping multigenerational novel that follows the Yacoub family through more than five...
Genola Johnson
Jun 9, 20252 min read
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