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If Beale Street Could Talk||James Baldwin||⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ • • Baldwin is a master of the written word. He perfectly balances story with social commentary. It’s something that many attempt and few can execute this seamlessly. • • There are so many memorable and powerful characters in this book. I loved Ernestine. Actually, I loved (or loathed) them all. The supporting cast is the strongest I’ve ever read. The dialogue is simply divine. In one scene I literally screamed out loud because the insults were beyond ferocious. • • This book has a feeling of timelessness thanks to subject matter, interpersonal connections and desires, and an economy of language that allows the reader to connect their own dots. Read this book even if you don’t see the movie. Read this book because it’s great. • • Have you read this book? Who was your favorite character? Thanks to @diverseclassics for encouraging me to read this book. My full review is up on the blog (link in bio). #thestacksreview ✨✨GIVEAWAY ✨✨ In honor of the 2000+ of you who follow this account, and with the help of our friends at @simonandschuster #partner, we’re giving away TWO copies of Charlotte Walsh Likes to Win by Jo Piazza. The book is about a woman running for senate, it’s smart, totally of the moment, and makes you question your own biases. Plus Jo Piazza is kind of a badass. • • TO ENTER 1️⃣Like this post. 2️⃣Follow @thestackspod, @jopiazzaauthor & @simonandschuster 3️⃣Tag up to 5 bookish friends, each tag = one entry 4️⃣+1 entry: everytime you share this giveaway in your stories 5️⃣+1 entry: DM a screenshot that shows you’re subscribed to the podcast. • • US only. Giveaway ends 8/26 midnight PST. Henry VI Part 2||William Shakespeare||⭐️⭐️ • • As part two of a four part series, this play is mostly prologue to The War of the Roses and it’s fall out. It’s a lot of choosing sides and sorting out allegiances. This play is sort of like only watching the 4th episode of a Netflix show, you won’t really get it on its own, but in context it’s a clear lynchpin for what’s to come. • • What Shakespeare does so well in this play, is give you tender interpersonal scenes amid talk of war and coups. It’s masterful, allowing us to see these characters as people, and as pawns in the bigger plan. • • This is book 3 in my #shakethestacks challenge. Are you participating? What play did you pick this month. Have you read this play? What did you think? #thestacksreview Between the World and Me||Ta-Nehisi Coates||⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ • • This book is a master class in cultural criticism. It is a reflection on what it means to be Black in America. The violence and responsibilities that come along with that identity. It effortlessly flows between sweeping ideas and intimate reflections. It is pointed and specific and devastating and empowering and most of all it is unapologetically Black. • • I can say for certain this book has changed how I see myself in the world as a Black woman and how I see others in relationship to my body. To gain a new perspective on oneself is powerful beyond measure. Thank you Mr. Coates. • • What’s a book that changed your view of yourself? • • Full review on the website and you can hear our #tsbc conversation with @deathtoadverbs on the podcast (link in bio). #thestacksreview This week on The Stacks Book Club, Jay Conor of @theextranegroes is back, and we’re discussing Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates. • • The book is a critical examination of Black life in America. We discuss many of the themes around race and entitlement found in this book. • • This episode is spoiler free. Listen through the link in our bio. Then come back and tell us what you thought of the episode! #thestacksbookclub I’m feeling really accomplished this morning, after my first attempt at @25infive. I didn’t quiet get there, but who cares? I still read a ton, lounged all weekend, and get more doggy snuggles than I know what to do with. • • Time read: 21 hours and 4 minutes Pages read: 859 pages Books finished: 3 • • Here’s all that I read To the Bridge by Nancy Rommelmann Charlotte Walsh Likes to Win by Jo Piazza Henry VI Part 2 by William Shakespeare Motherhood by Sheila Heti (#currentlyreading) • • It was a challenging and wonderful five days and I look forward to doing it again. Did you participate? How’d it go? #25infive

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