February Reads
- Sophie Bjorkquist
- Feb 28, 2021
- 2 min read
Ms.Bjork here,
It’s time for my February Reads on bookstagram! This month, the 13 books I read are in tiers of MUST READS, Add these to your TBR, and Read them if they come your way. Although only about half of my books were by Black authors, ALL of my Tier 1 books were Black authors and only about a third of the books I read were by white dudes - I am committed to reading #diversespines by BIPOC authors all year long not just during Black History Month.
Favorite Book This Month:
Kindred by Octavia Butler
Runner-up:
Four Hundred Souls Edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha Blain
TIER 1: MUST READS #5stars
Kindred by Octavia Butler
A Black woman gets sucked back to the antebellum south to save her white ancestor.
Four Hundred Souls Edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha Blain
A community history of the 400 years since Black people came to America.
Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark
A group of Black women band together to fight monsters who disguise themselves as Ku Klux Klan members.
The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom
A family history set in New Orleans East.
TIER 2: Add these to your TBR (all 4 & 5 star books)
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King
A girl gets lost in the woods.
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
An inter-racial family travels across rural Mississippi as their pasts follow as ghosts.
Bedlam by Kenneth Paul Rosenberg
The current state of mental health in America.
Freedom is a Constant Struggle by Angela Y. Davis
Essays, speeches, and interviews on topics ranging from Ferguson to Palestine.
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
An artist and her daughter with a secret past rent a house and befriend a wealthy family in a neighborhood where they challenge their beliefs.
TIER 3: Read them if they come your way (3 & 4 star books)
The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
Vinettes of immigrants living in America.
Contact by Carl Sagan
An astrophysicist discovers a message from extra terrestrial beings.
Bucky F*cking Dent by David Duchovny
A son moves back in with his dad who is dying from cancer.
Breath by James Nestor
The history and research around breathing including better ways to do it.
Read any of these?
What did you read this month?
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