City of Secrets: Chapter 1
Amberlee Diaz couldn’t find her damn keys. Again. She moved opened boxes, scattered unopened boxes, and checked under the couch, in her purse. No keys. Panic started to rise up, she wrestled it down. She couldn’t be late today. Not today. She closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and thought back to last night when she’d come…
City of Secrets: Prologue
The cold morning air bit Zalinia’s cheeks as she stepped out onto her front porch, the chill creeping through her oversized North Face puffer coat and teal blue scrubs. Lake Erie had a way of intensifying the seasonal change; despite it being late August, autumn was already beginning to make its presence known. Pulling her cell phone out…
Coming Soon! City of Secrets: Seneca City Series Book 1
Everybody Has Secrets Welcome to Seneca City, the most affluent African-American city in America. When race is no longer a factor what issue will the black residents of Seneca City still face; When poverty and racism are no longer a problem? What trouble will the residents tumble into? Detective Xeric Armstrong is charged with finding out the person…
10 Horror Books by Black Authors
Halloween is my favorite time of the year. Scary movies and even scarier books. Here is a list of ten horror/thriller novels back black writers. All blurbs are courtesy of Goodreads. The Weight of Blood by Tiffany Jackson When Springville residents—at least the ones still alive—are questioned about what happened on prom night, they all have the same…
That Time My Classmate Tried It.
Experiencing Microaggression. One of my addictions is juggling a lot of balls at one time. Life doesn’t feel right if I don’t have a million things going on. Makes me feel like a slacker. When this incident happened I was I am taking a cohort that focused on Diplomatic Leadership. A course that tries to ensure I am…
Beasts of Prey by Ayana Grey Book Review
“I left Ghana and knew I wanted to write a story in which Black people had the opportunity to be both magical and nuanced.” -Ayana Grey
The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton Book Review
Eleven-year Ella Durand, a intellectually curious conjuror, has just been selected to be the first Conjuror to attend the Arcanum Training Institute. A magic school that trains children from around the world in cultural arts. You see conjurors aren’t seen as equals in the world of magic. They are believed to possess a dark evil magic, but Ella’s…
Let’s Talk About These Amazing Nigerian Artists.
Now I don’t know if its because I finally took my AnsetryDNA test ( I’m 34% Nigerian, and guess what I’m 5% Irish, take that St. Paddy or whoever), but my soul has been loving the current Nigerian artists swirling around on Beyoncé’s internet. Sidenote: did you know Sade, real name Helen Folasade Adu, was born in Nigerian.…
ADHD and Me
At forty years old I’m still not in sync with my ADHD. That may be because I was diagnosed late in life and and was kind of already set in my ways. It’s funny that growing up I’d never thought about black women having ADHD. Being unorganized, messy, and late were just things I assumed was part of…
Review of Like A Sister
Like many folks, I love a good who doneit. The keep you on your toes, page turner type of book. Karin Slaughter and Nora Roberts- writing as J.D. Robb- are my favorite go to authors when it comes to this genre. I’ve been dying to find a black mystery author in that same realm. Ya’ll this book……. aint…
Review of Charmaine Wikerson’s Black Cake
For those of you who don’t know I work at Target in my spare time and I try my hardest to avoid the Entertainment/ Book section. When I say the struggle is hard, its like sending a kid in a candy store, or getting my kids to agree on one thing. Yeaaah.. that kind of struggle. Okay back…
Review of Viola Davis’ Finding Me
There is no secret that I stan for black culture. I mean I love everything about black people and black culture. Hell the only thing I don’t like black is my coffee. Debate your mama because that mess is nasty. Anyways, back to the topic. Viola Davis is hands down one of my favorite actress. Unlike many, who…
The Amazing Art of Jacob Lawrence
Jacob Lawrence was born in Atlantic City, on September 7, 1917. When Lawrence was seven years old, his parents divorced, and placed him and his sibling into foster care until he was thirteen, at which time they moved to New York City. His mother enrolled him in arts and craft class at the Utopia Children’s Center. This was…
The Honorable Judge Jackson
(Photo by Kevin Lamarque-Pool/Getty Images) On January 26, in the year of Blue Ivy ‘s 2022, Justice Stephen Breyer caused legal minds yank their selves always from stale legal briefs and relentless recycled legal speculations on former President Donald Trump’s. On that day, Justice Breyer announced he would retire from the Supreme Court. “What in the Ronald Regan?”…
Book Review of Dread Nation and Deathless Divide
Blurb for Dread Nation from Goodreads. Jane McKeene was born two days before the dead began to walk the battlefields of Gettysburg and Chancellorsville—derailing the War Between the States and changing America forever. In this new nation, safety for all depends on the work of a few, and laws like the Native and Negro Reeducation Act require certain…
Review of Amari and the Night Brothers
“You’re not going to change the world unless you hang with people who want to change the world too.” Blurb from Amazon. Amari Peters has never stopped believing her missing brother, Quinton, is alive. Not even when the police told her otherwise, or when she got in trouble for standing up to bullies who said he was gone…
Seven Days in June Book Review
There is something to be said about experiencing your first love. A love so sweet, innocent. Well, this aint that type of book. Seven Days in June by Tia Williams explores rather or not people truly can change, does love really endure? Can you really get that old thang back? The story revolves around Eve Mercy, a famous…
I’m So Over Black Trauma in Movies and Books.
Yes, I said what I said and I’ll say it again because I mean it. I -AM- S0 OVER-BLACK TRAUMA. I really am. In EVERYTHING. In our movies, our music, our books, the news, hell even in my own damn life Now let me stop you all, you too-woke people before you jump down my throat. I understand…
Will Book Review
Before I read this book, I already loved Will Smith. I don’t know if it was what I thought “his story was” or his recent zeal for adventure that had me already loving him. It doesn’t even matter what my reasons were before, because after reading this book I am now a card carrying die hard Will Smith…
C.S. Carraway 