Black Coffee discussion

Hey Y’all!

It’s that time again!

April is around the corner so if you have a suggestion for the poll that would be great.

I look forward to hearing from you 🤓

Here's my suggestion.

Wild Women and the Blues by Denny S. Bryce

Wild women and the blues by Denny Bryce

Suggestion:
How to Say Babylon

Shaylah wrote: "Here's my suggestion. Wild Women and the Blues by Denny S. Bryce".

Looks good! Is there a theme for April?
I'd like to propose another historical novel, with elements of magical realism: Ours by Phillip B. Williams.

The Queen of Sugar Hill: A Novel of Hattie McDaniel by ReShonda Tate Billingsley

a.g.e. montagner wrote: "Shaylah wrote: "Here's my suggestion. Wild Women and the Blues by Denny S. Bryce".

Looks good! Is there a theme for April?
I'd like to propose another historical ..."

There’s no special theme this month but the group’s theme is Black historical fiction. Sometimes we go outside of historical fiction.

Great suggestions so far. If you have more feel free to post them. The first five books will go on the poll 🤓🤓

The Union by Leah Vernon

If that's our theme, then I'd love to nominate something else by James McBride. Have we ever read Song Yet Sung? This is my favourite book by him, so if we haven't I'd like to nominate that. Or if it's been long enough that we can read it again. For me he's the king of historical fiction sprinkled with magical realism although, to be fair, this one is more amazing visions of the future. I'd be happy to read this a third time because it is going to be brilliant every single time, IMO.

Song Yet Sung is my favorite book by McBride also. I would love to read it again.

I just bought a copy of Passing by Nella Larsen ($6 at the Met? Who knew that was possible?)
But, I'm up for anything, especially James McBride.

Hey Y'all!

I created the poll, it closes March 31st at 11:59pm PDT.

Link to the poll is below.

https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/2...

Happy Voting 🤓🤓

Karin wrote: "If that's our theme, ..."

So this is what the homepage says regarding theme, "This group focuses on books written by or about black people from all continents in many different genres though we focus on historical fiction and classics." from the time I joined the group I believe we've stuck to the general theme.

Shaylah wrote: "Karin wrote: "If that's our theme, ..."

So this is what the homepage says regarding theme, "This group focuses on books written by or about black people from all continents in many different genre..."

Yes, I was just responding to a question and thought it would be fun to go with that because it made me think of Song Yet Sung.

Hey Group!

So, a winner was chosen and it's How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair. I created the thread and added the link below.

I can't wait to read your thoughts on the book.

Happy reading 🤓🤓

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Looking forward to this one!

I don't know much about Rastafarian culture so I'm looking forward to learning something new.

I’m looking forward to it.

I'm still deciding if I'll read this book this month, but do want to read it now that I've heard about it. I've read memoirs about strict control of clothing and women's purity in different religions in various parts of the world, but none by a woman in a strict Rastafari sect.