Month In Review: February 2018

Wait, how can it already be the end of the month??? That's so crazy. The month is already gone, y'all gone!! Well since it's gone here are the books I have read, the reviews I have written and a recap of all the awesomeness that came my way.

Book Hauls:

• Stacking The Shelves 3
• Stacking The Shelves 4
• Stacking The Shelves 5
• Stacking The Shelves 6

Highly Anticipated Reads:

• Waiting On Wednesday 5: Best Laid Plans by Brenda Jackson
• Waiting On Wednesday 6: Dread Nation by Justina Ireland

Reviews on the Blog This Month:

• Blindfolded Innocence by Alessandra Torre'
• Delaney's Desert Sheikh by Brenda Jackson 
• A Little Dare by Brenda Jackson 
• Forbidden (Old West 1) by Beverly Jenkins
• Bring On The Blessings by Beverly Jenkins
• Masked Innocence by Alessandra Torre'
• Mr. Fixit by Crystal Hubbard
• Beast by Pepper Pace
• End Of Innocence by Alessandra Torre'
• Switch It Up by Sara Brookes
• Collision Point by Lora Leigh
• Best Laid Plans by Brenda Jackson

Read So Far this Year: 

13

Read This Month:

TBR Pile 

150

TBR Balance:

138

KEY: ✔ Read / Section Completed, Red Books added on and read beyond the challenge prompts

Lemonade Syllabus Books:

• Sugar by Bernice McFadden
• Brothers & Sisters by Bebe Moore Campbell
• Black Pain by Terrie M Williams
• All the Joy You Can Stand by Debrena Jackson Gandy
• Boy Snow Bird by Helen Oyeyami (Audiobook)✔

Perpetual Challenge Books:

• 2-3 books from Brenda Jackson's Westmoreland Series:✔

1. Thorn's Challenge ✔
2. Best Laid Plans ARC✔

• A Second Helping by Beverly Jenkins
• Shadow Game by Christine Feehan
• Nora Roberts

Finish Series:

• Third Grave Dead Ahead by Darynda Jones
• Rugged Texas Cowboy by Lora Leigh ✔

ARC:✔ COMPLETED

1. Masked Innocence by Alessandra Torre'
2. Switch It Up by Sara Brookes
3. Rugged Texas Cowboy by Lora Leigh
4. Collision Point by Lora Leigh

Non-Fiction Books:

1. Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey
2. Financial Book
3. Religious Studies Book
4. Religious Studies Book

Erotica Romance:

1. The End of Innocence by Alessandra Torre'✔
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Black-Out Challenge Books:

• Afeni Shakur  The Evolution of a Revolutionary by Jasmine Guy
• Let's Get it On by Rochelle Alers, Donna Hill, Brenda Jackson & Francis Ray
• A Certain October by Angela Johnson RE-READ
• Beast by Pepper Pace
• Mr Fix-It by Crystal Hubbard
• My Painted House, my friendly chicken & Me by Maya Angelou
• The Last Summer with Maizon by Jacquline Woodson

And there you have it. I made my way through a few books and I currently have so many on the reading pile and I'm going to have to step back and really take a breath then dive back in.  What'd you read this month?? What's on your list of books to complete?? Share in the comments down below & I'll see you next month. 

2018 Lemonade Syllabus Reading Challenge

Good Morning My loves

It's 2018 and we are sharing all our new year's goals and resolutions. For me I will be tackling the Lemonade Syllabus that was spawned by the Beyonce album of the same name.   As the video album dropped so many phenomenal women named and share the books, movies and music that made an appearance throughout the show.  There was so much African, African American, & Diaspora representation and we all wanted to know where we could find more.

So many of the books and movies listed on this syllabus have been already consumed by me in so many phases of my life.  I wanted to read the ones I hadn't had a chance to read yet.  I can't wait to take on this challenge.  As well as listen to the music and consume the other forms of media along with them. 

The complete syllabus can be found here on Candice Benbow's website. She started putting together the syllabus then accepted contributions from fellow professors and so many other resources.  All of which she credited in the back of this syllabus.

I personally will be starting with the Inspirational & Self Care Section of the Syllabus, as I have many of the books on the list and can't wait to get to the rest. 

Make sure to check out her phenomenal website and read her blog too.  I will be adding books I think belong with the challenge topics as I go throughout the year.  The goal isn't to complete the syllabus because there are over 250 pieces of work listed.  It's to learn and grow by using the different books shared and seek out more like it. 

If you would like to join in please do share in the comments down below.  Each month I will share in my wrap up what I have managed to read, watch or listen to.  Make sure to share your journey in the comments section below as well!!