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The Violin Conspiracy by Grandan Slocumb (cover) Image: a graphic picture of a multicolored guitar against a yellow background
December 22, 2022December 22, 2022 Carol

The Violin Conspiracy [Book Review] #classicalmusic #mystery

Last Summer on State Street by Toya Wolfe (cover) Image: black text over a colorful graphic of large apartment buildings
June 13, 2022November 7, 2022 Carol

Last Summer on State Street [Book Review]

The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates (cover) Image: white text over the background of an African American man floats face down in water
October 7, 2021October 12, 2021 Carol

The Water Dancer [Book Review] #ThrowBackThursday

The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Murray (cover) a young woman in a long red dress stands against the railing of a grand staircase....a small stack of books held to her chest
June 25, 2021June 27, 2021 Carol

The Personal Librarian [Book Review]

The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Huntry Girls by Anissa Gray (cover) Image: text inside a yellow silhouette of the heads of 3 girls that are joined to form one graphic
April 28, 2021 Carol

The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls [Book Review] #ThrowBackThursday

10 Reading Ideas for Black History Month (image: right focus on a woman's hands reading a book sitting by water)
February 26, 2021 Carol

#BlackHistoryMonth: 10 Reading Ideas

The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd (cover) Image: white text over a reddish orangish landscape that has birds flying low over the water
February 25, 2021 Carol

The Invention of Wings [Book Review] #ThrowBackThursday

Love is a Revolution by Renee Watson (cover) Image: a plus size Black girl is centered....4 smaller images of the same girl and her boyfriend sound her
February 16, 2021February 18, 2021 Carol

Love Is a Revolution [Book Review]

An American Marriage by Tayari Jones: Black text over a bare gold tree against a blue background
November 26, 2020November 27, 2020 Carol

An American Marriage [Book Review] #throwbackthursday

Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero by Kelly Baptist (cover) Image: the back view of a middle grade boy wearing a blue superhero cape and holding a pencil
October 21, 2020October 22, 2020 Carol

Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero [Book Review]

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