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syd📚 @sydbereading.bsky.social · Feb 28

Black History Month may be ending today, but that shouldn’t stop you from reading books by black authors year round 👀

Here are 31 books written by Black women that you can pick up in March 🧵

#blackbooksky #booksky

syd📚 @sydbereading.bsky.social · May 28

So exciting!

syd📚 @sydbereading.bsky.social · May 27

That’s how I felt about some of her other works. Gotta get to Dear Vicky soon!

syd📚 @sydbereading.bsky.social · May 27

Ooo these are so entertaining! Which one?

syd📚 @sydbereading.bsky.social · May 27

I’ve heard such good things about this!

syd📚 @sydbereading.bsky.social · May 27

Great read, I enjoyed that one!

syd📚 @sydbereading.bsky.social · May 26

Some of my Memorial Day weekend reads. What was your favorite read this long weekend?

#booksky

Hand holding 3 books in front of a bookshelf:

The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Honjin Murders by Seishi Yokomizo
Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn

syd📚 @sydbereading.bsky.social · May 14

Consider this my formal apology with tears for my post yesterday. I thought this one was getting here on May 20th and I was salty 💀 #booksky #blackbooksky

Hand holding a copy of the book Can’t Get Enough by Kennedy Ryan

syd📚 @sydbereading.bsky.social · May 14

So when I preorder a book, it should be at my door the day it comes out??

syd📚 @sydbereading.bsky.social · May 13

Picked up Mosab Abu Toha’s new release, Forest of Noise, and each page has been a beautifully written gut punch. Such a powerful poetry collection #booksky

syd📚 @sydbereading.bsky.social · May 13

Blacktop Wasteland 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

syd📚 @sydbereading.bsky.social · Apr 26

Listening to a romance audiobook, and I’ve decided that fake dating is my favorite trope. Will not be taking questions at this time thx 🫶🏾

#booksky #romancebooksky

syd📚 @sydbereading.bsky.social · Apr 22

Thank you #Sinners for sending me on a vampire/black gothic horror book hunt. Just upped my tbr by so much lol

#booksky

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P. Djéli Clark | The Disgruntled Haradrim @pdjeliclark.bsky.social · Apr 19

So, I hear ya’ll like #Sinners. might I also humbly suggest…

Book cover to the novella Ring Shout featuring two black hands outstretched with a triangular klansman hood in the background with two open mouths with teeth for eyes.

syd📚 @sydbereading.bsky.social · Apr 20

✨ Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

You should’ve read this book already…But if you haven’t, read this if you want an engaging YA fantasy with a well thought out magic system and characters that take you through all the emotions. Starting Bloodmarked soon, and I’m so excited to get back into this world.

syd📚 @sydbereading.bsky.social · Apr 20

✨ A Burst of Light: And Other Essays - Audre Lorde

Read this if you’re in the mood for some black feminist wisdom or want a thought-provoking examination of life and legacy. Really enjoyed my time with this one and can’t wait to read more of Lorde’s work.

syd📚 @sydbereading.bsky.social · Apr 20

✨ Capone I & II - Jahquel J

Read this if you need a fast-paced urban romance with all the drama and a swoon-worthy mmc. I fear I’m late to the party with this one, but Jahquel did her big one.

syd📚 @sydbereading.bsky.social · Apr 20

✨ When the Music Hits by Amber Oliver

Read this if you want a contemporary fiction about the good, bad of the music industry. This book comes out on June 17th and has excellent commentary on how black and brown artists are treated by major record labels. Solid debut from this author!

syd📚 @sydbereading.bsky.social · Apr 20

✨ Malinalli by Veronica Chapa

Read this if the only thing you’ve heard about this historical figure is that she’s evil, or if you want a mythological retelling of an important woman in Mexican history. This was a long read, but I appreciated the voice this gave back to Malintzin years later.

syd📚 @sydbereading.bsky.social · Apr 20

✨ Dearborn by Ghassan Zeineddine

Read this if you’re in the mood for an engaging short story collection highlighting the Lebanese-American experience in a small town across multiple decades. Great set of stories and a great audiobook read with multiple narrators!

syd📚 @sydbereading.bsky.social · Apr 20

✨ No Ordinary Love by Myah Ariel

Read this if you’re in the mood for a sweet contemporary romance between two celebrities growing from their previous relationships. Absolutely loved this, and I can’t wait to reread it at some point.

syd📚 @sydbereading.bsky.social · Apr 20

Here are some books I’ve read so far this month and who I’d recommend them to (🧵)

#booksky #blackbooksky #bookrecommendations

syd📚 @sydbereading.bsky.social · Apr 20

Oooo I'll check it out, thank you!

syd📚 @sydbereading.bsky.social · Apr 20

Bless you 🙏🏾🙏🏾

syd📚 @sydbereading.bsky.social · Apr 20

My two hyperfixations this week will be the nba playoffs and the movie Sinners when I see it…

Anyone have standalone book recs about basketball or vampires? 😅

#booksky #blackbooksky

syd📚 @sydbereading.bsky.social · Apr 18

I’m feeling a reading slump coming on, and I have 7 books checked out from the library 😭 #booksky