三位一体的阅读清单
自从我能够阅读以来，我就喜欢阅读。我喜欢探索新世界和新人。我最喜欢的作家通常非常擅长揭开谜团和发展复杂的人物，以至于只需要最响亮的声音就能打破我的恍惚状态。总是很难找到新的和有趣的书，所以我想分享一些我一直最喜欢的书。我发誓要有意识地阅读黑人女性关于黑人女性的书籍。我对我读到的东西非常挑剔，所以这可能很困难，但我很荣幸能与你分享这段旅程。
*除非明确说明，否则预计剧透最少*
Finding Me by Viola Davis (A Memoir)
I love this memoir. I learned so much about Viola that I ignorantly never thought of. I always saw Miss Davis as a strong, incredibly talented woman who broke barriers in Hollywood. I saw her as a person who was sooo talented that the white supremacists who run the world had to award her. But reading her book I was correct and wrong. She was strong and talented but she didn’t always see herself as that. Reading about her childhood, I learned about Black history and her history. She’s been through so much but even though our stories diverge at places, I felt grounded and human knowing that one of the people I looked up to for years still goes through similar things and feels similar feelings as me. It was encouraging since she had such good advise even though I do not plan on being an actor any time soon. Her story about finding a husband is so funny but I can relate (God please hear my cries lol). I also really appreciated her feelings on therapy and how it is really a tool to help us. Five stars out of five! I think everyone should read this not just Black women or aspiring actors, EVERYONE!
FIVE STARS OUTTA FIVE ★★★★★
My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
This is a thriller book not so much of a mystery. I enjoyed it and I want a sequel because I am not satisfied with the ending. I wonder if it is a commentary on enablers but with the humanizing of the sister at the end, I am not so sure. In this book, we follow Korede who is helping to look out for her younger sister, Ayoola who is everything Korede is (thinks she is) not. But Ayoola has a habit of killing and Korede helps her by cleaning up her messes. Ayoola comes off as an aloof asshole and does not care about her sister’s feelings as much as Korede cares for her. I think Korede enables her sister out of a pressure from their mother and herself to protect her but as adults, we have consequences to face for our actions. I couldnt relate to Korede but I felt bad for her. She overthinks things as we all do but I wish she had a backbone when it came to her sister. Thats why I want a sequel because I felt like the next couple weeks could be a repeat of the same cycle or something new could happen. And we never really got an answer as to why Ayoola keeps killing these men because we don’t really believe all her stories. Could it be magical? Could it be hereditary? Could it just be she is a serial killer at heart? We’ll never know. Lets hope we get a sequel.
Overall, a good, quick summer read.
★★★★☆
The Monsters We Defy by Leslye Penelope
First of all, I love this book! Its very Black and healthy! No babymommas and other stereotypes. I love how it is a period piece that doesn’t focus on trauma and racism even though we all know it exists. The story follows a young woman (20s ish) by the name of Clara who can speak to spirits. I know a lot of Black people are skeptical when it comes to hoodoo and such but this is like a thriller/action/heist with a spiritual element which I enjoyed. I am not a fan of romance novels or romance plots but I found myself wooing and aww-ing at the few romance beats in this work. They were cute and I can’t even lie. I also appreciated the representation. I envisioned everyone as dark skinned Black except for the character with albinism, who I loved by the way. I also love the set up for the plot and how the other protagonists were introduced by their background stories as well. I really enjoyed all the characters in the book. It’s very hard for me to find books by Black people about Black people in a non stereotype, not weird and not about bashing the Black community. I had so much fun reading this book that I had to limit myself to one chapter per day so I could enjoy it until I found another acceptable book. And we got a piece of media where Black people get a happy ending and I am so grateful for that. We are not just trauma and racism and pain but we are strength and we deserve joy in our Blackness. I also try to find books that are about young women because I am a young woman in my twenties but a lot of young woman books are about finding love (boring) or about a white man (wtf) and the teen books are simpler than I prefer and its hard for me to follow the protagonists and feel for their struggles because I have been there and done that.
So I am eternally grateful I found this novel.
Unfortunately none of the other novels by Leslye Penelope have caught my eye since I am not into book not all about all Black people and I am not into romance novels but if you are, definitely check them out.
I can’t wait until I get to recommend this book to my cousins and my kids. I think its an incredible read. I am so glad I ran across it and hopefully one day I forget it and can return to it as a new reader.
FIVE STARS OUTTA FIVE ★★★★★
死去的女孩（哈莱姆文艺复兴之谜），Nekesa Afia
Dead Dead Girls 是 Nekesa Afia 的一个相当新的版本。这是一个系列的第一个版本，让我对故事将如何继续感到兴奋。 _cc781905-5cde -3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_Dead Dead Girls _cc781905-5cde -3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_的故事离家太近了。它跟随哈莱姆文艺复兴时期的一位年轻黑人女性。在一些奇怪的情况下，女人路易丝卷入了一起谋杀黑人女孩的神秘案件。她想帮忙处理这个案子，因为她知道没有人在乎。
这是一本成人小说，但它真的很容易阅读 并且有时会脱落 as 青少年小说。故事的气氛和转向很棒，但它确实突然停止了。我不确定是因为与本书的其余部分相比，最后几章附近的节奏加快了，还是我花了太多时间看谜团。罪魁祸首是一个典型的反派，一旦被发现，就会将他们的陈词滥调泄露给主角。结尾的高潮也加快了，但我真的很喜欢这部小说，直到最后几章。我真的很喜欢这些角色，尤其是主角路易丝。她与家人的麻烦很有趣，我希望我们有更多的时间来解决这个问题并找到解决方案。我认为这是一本不错的读物，但如果您超过 25 岁，它可能会有点无聊和典型。
★★★★☆
死去的女孩（哈莱姆文艺复兴之谜），Nekesa Afia
Dead Dead Girls 是 Nekesa Afia 的一个相当新的版本。这是一个系列的第一个版本，让我对故事将如何继续感到兴奋。 _cc781905-5cde -3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_Dead Dead Girls _cc781905-5cde -3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_的故事离家太近了。它跟随哈莱姆文艺复兴时期的一位年轻黑人女性。在一些奇怪的情况下，女人路易丝卷入了一起谋杀黑人女孩的神秘案件。她想帮忙处理这个案子，因为她知道没有人在乎。
这是一本成人小说，但它真的很容易阅读 并且有时会脱落 as 青少年小说。故事的气氛和转向很棒，但它确实突然停止了。我不确定是因为与本书的其余部分相比，最后几章附近的节奏加快了，还是我花了太多时间看谜团。罪魁祸首是一个典型的反派，一旦被发现，就会将他们的陈词滥调泄露给主角。结尾的高潮也加快了，但我真的很喜欢这部小说，直到最后几章。我真的很喜欢这些角色，尤其是主角路易丝。她与家人的麻烦很有趣，我希望我们有更多的时间来解决这个问题并找到解决方案。我认为这是一本不错的读物，但如果您超过 25 岁，它可能会有点无聊和典型。
★★★★☆
Zakiya Dalila Harris的另一个黑人女孩
另一个黑人女孩 是一本非常好的书。我喜欢这一切的奥秘。除了主角 Nella，还有其他一些观点。起初我很犹豫，因为阅读关于黑人在别人的桌子上互相争夺座位的书并没有让我感到很舒服，但读完之后，它变得如此之多。我与内拉的关系不足以为她感到难过，但我确实喜欢跟随她，因为她揭开了她办公室里唯一另一个黑人女孩的历史。我不喜欢 Nella 对人们称她为白人感到不安的部分，她将此归咎于
her AP 课程只有白人。她说因为她“先进”而感觉不到黑色，这听起来非常反黑色。除了这个和突然而令人惊讶的结论之外，我很享受这次旅程。我认为这本小说确实讲述了黑人有时如何被迫同化以赚钱并通过小“胜利”过日子，或者通过正面对抗压迫来承担巨大风险。它还谈到了多元化计划，该计划只允许少数黑人工作，而不允许公司中的任何黑人领导人工作。读起来有点难过，因为我刚刚进入劳动力市场，但总的来说，读起来很扎实，有足够的神秘感来取悦我挑剔的自我。
★★★★☆
肯尼亚亨特的女孩 Gurl Grrrl
Girl Gurl Grrl 是关于各种主题的散文集。我真的很喜欢这本书。我真的很喜欢这本书，因为它涵盖了很多我一直想谈论的话题，但我缺乏一个 strong 黑人女性社区，他们的想法相似。我会推荐任何布莱克阅读这本书。我认为 Kenya Hunt 在 总体上探索黑人女性身份方面做得非常出色，同时也展示了她所涵盖主题的个人见证。我喜欢黑人被允许成为人类、坚强和脆弱，而亨特抓住了这一点。这让我感到被看到和听到，因为我们都在弄清楚生活，我们都在与压迫作斗争。第 20 章，“坏婊子”是我最喜欢的一章。有一段时间，我觉得自称坏婊子的女人被用来对付我们，但她在一个章节中创造了一种社区的感觉，甚至在她进入之前就定义了坏婊子。这本书读起来很有趣，很有趣有时非常肯定像我这样的女人，而不是像我这样的女人。
★★★★★
Brit Bennett 的母亲们
The Mothers by Brit Bennett 是我最喜欢的小说之一。它是少数几本与我性格几乎相似的书之一。小说讲述了一个女孩娜迪亚，她最终离开了家乡，但因为家庭紧急情况回来了。纳迪亚是一个奇特的人物，读起来很有趣。离开家乡后，她对生活有了新的认识，可以和很多黑人大学生产生共鸣。还有一些其他的主要角色也很有趣，包括足球运动员牧师的儿子和一个专注的、重生的高中女生，有着黑暗的过去。这听起来很老套，因为我正在描述它，但它远非一个让我快乐的爱情故事。 这本书真正广泛地探讨了黑人母性和母性。我喜欢阅读不同的育儿策略和选择如何在孩子身上以不同的方式表现出来，无论好坏。还有内化、八卦和保密的主题非常有趣。我也喜欢关于如何成为母亲或如何处理这些角色做出的其他选择的答案，因为生活真的是要找到自己并做出可以忍受的选择和决定。_cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b -136bad5cf58d_
★★★★★
