Welcome to the MLK Giveaway Hop hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer & Mocha Girls Read !
In honor of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday, observed on the third Monday of January each year – that’s today although his actual birthday is tomorrow, January 19 – Caffeinated Reviewer and Mocha Girls Read have created this giveaway hop of books celebrating Black authors. As book reviewers and book bloggers, we are celebrating diverse reading and drawing attention, we hope, to the richness of a more diverse reading experience.
To that end, this week I’ll be reviewing books by Black authors, no matter what their genre. And we’re all giving away books that express that diversity and/or gift cards so that our winners can read what’s available for themselves.
For more terrific recommendations and more chances to win, be sure to visit the other stops on this hop!
Becoming by Michele Obama is my favorite book
Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
I loved Becoming, but also just read Dear Martin and Dear Justyce and they were excellent.
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Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory is my recent favorite.
Oooh, tough choice. In historical fiction, I was very taken with Homecoming by Yaa Gyasa, in historical romance probably Beverley Jenkins, and in contemporary romance, I’ve recently fallen for Rochelle Alers small town stuff. I love Binti for sci-fi, too. 🙂
Neat that you’re doing a week of black author book reviews, Marlene!
Becoming by Michele Obama is a wonderful book
My fave has to be The Belles – I love it!
Homecoming by Yaa Gyasa
The Belles
The Summer I Loved You bt J.L Lora
I loved My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite.
Becoming by Michele Obama is my favorite book.
Signal Boost by Alyssa Cole is the first one that came to mind.
The Color Purple by Alice Walker.
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
no fav
It is hard to pick one, but I love Justina Ireland.
Becoming by Michele Obama
Darkness on the Delta by G.E. Johnson. MLK’s actual birthday is on 1/15 because we had it off before it was official pre-Reagan because our high school celebrated it in Illinois.
I loved Becoming by Michelle Obama.
Hi!! Thank you so much for this opportunity:) I enjoyed War Girls by Tochi Onyebuchi
Becoming by Michelle Obama (it seems to be a popular choice!)
Homecoming by Yaa Gyasa
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
I really love More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera
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The Girl With The Louding Voice.
The Souls of Black Folk
Book by W. E. B. Du Bois
I don’t know if I have a favorite book. I have favorite authors. I love Naima Simone and Reese Ryan.
Favorite would be Legendborn!
I actually really like a few books by Sister Souljah!
I just got the graphic novel version of Long Way Down, and I am IN LOVE! Definitely my most recent favorite.
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Audre Lorde – A Burst of Light
Thanks for the contest.
Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
the belles
An oldie but a goodie-Kindred by Octavia Butler.
The Color Purple is my favorite
My Sister the Serial Killer
Amy Tan’s The Kitchen God’s Wife is one of my favorites.
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng was a great book.
Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue.
Becoming by Michelle Obama