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Books on My Summer 2020 TBR

Happy Top Ten Tuesday over at That Artsy Reader Girl!

Like many of us, I've been adding TONS of books to my TBR lately with all the anti-racism reading lists. I also broke my own book buying rules for the year for a good cause and bought So You Want To Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo from Mahogany Books because I thought it was important to buy from a Black-owned bookstore local to me. I also bought The Untelling by Tayari Jones on Kindle, because I wanted to read it, she happens to be a Black author, and  Kindle is cheaper/doesn't take up space. Here's the charge, if you're interested (and c'mon this is an excuse to BUY BOOKS):



Books On My Summer 2020 TBR


  1. So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
  2. The Untelling by Tayari Jones
  3. Fleishman Is In Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner (book club pick)
  4. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley (other book club pick)
  5. By Sea & Sky by Antoine Bandele (preordered this on Kindle because sky pirates)
  6. Nocturne by Cheryl Mahoney (I read her blog and love her writing, so excited!)
  7. The First Mrs. Rothschild by Sara Aharoni
  8. The Price of Paradise by Susana Lopez Rubio
  9. Your Perfect Year by Charlotte Lucas
The last three were all free ebooks from Amazon on World Book Day, which means they're all translated from other languages! Have you read any of these? What do you think?

Comments

Lydia said…
I haven't read any of these books yet, but they're all going on my TBR. :)

My TTT .
lil desiqua said…
Aw man, so disappointed that I missed World Book Day, but looks like you picked up some great reads! I haven't read that one by Tayari Jones but I have An American Marriage, so hoping to read that one soon. Hope you enjoy all of these!
I hope all of these treat you well this summer!
Susan said…
I've seen some great anti-racist lists going around. Such a great resource!

Happy TTT!

Susan
www.blogginboutbooks.com
Donna said…
I have those same last 3 books, I can't wait to read them either!
Judy Krueger said…
I want to read The Untelling. Tayari Jones can do no wrong for me.
Everybody is reading So You Want To Talk About Race. I’ve also been thinking about breaking my book buying ban to get it. I hope you enjoy these!

Aj @ Read All The Things!
By Sea and Sky looks like it's going to be awesome!

Check out my TTT and my review of Sword and Pen by Rachel Caine
curlygeek04 said…
Tayari Jones is so good - I loved American Marriage and just read Silver Sparrow. I'll definitely be checking out the other books she's written. Like you I'm also reading a lot of books on the subject of race. White Fragility gave me a lot to think about and I recommend that one.