Race Music

Title: Race Music: Black Cultures from Beebop to Hip-Hop

Author: Guthrie P Ramsey Jr

Publisher: University of California Press

 
ISBN:97805202

 

Thoughts: This read much older than it actually was, which was confusing at times.

 

Rating: 3/5

Deadly Animals

Title: Deadly Animals

Author: Marie Tierney

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

 
ISBN:9781250367624

 

Thoughts: Dark and highly engaging mystery.

 

Rating: 4/5

Land of Milk and Honey

Title: Land of Milk and Honey

Author: C Pam Zhang

Publisher: Riverhead Books

 
ISBN:9780593538241

 

Thoughts: A powerful love story set in a dystopian near-future.

 

Rating: 4/5

Kingdom of No Tomorrow

 Title: Kingdom of No Tomorrow

Author: Fabienne Josaphat

Publisher: Algonquin Books

 
ISBN: n/a

 

Thoughts: Realistic look at the Black Panther Party of the 60s, but the romance aspect took away from some of the power.

 

Rating: 3/5

Lazarus Man

Title: Lazarus Man

Author: Richard Price

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

 
ISBN: 9781250353948

 

Thoughts: Character-driven story filled with flawed characters and smatterings of hope.

 

Rating: 3/5