The Black History Month Book Tag

[@CircesBooked]

The audio for Born a Crime really is the way to go. So glad you're going to give it a read. Trevor's comedy is mostly based on his accents and impressions and he truly delivers that in the audio while also giving a great memoir. You won't be disappointed.

[@haleyhellcat1]

This is the first video by you I have ever watched. I just happened to scroll by it and it was an immediate subscriber from me !!! AMAZING! So many great recs! Thank you!

[@booksbyleynes]

Thank you so much for doing this tag! :)

[@SupposedlyFun]

Thank you for watching!

[@CourtneyFerriter]

My library had The Prophets available as an ebook, so I am now reading it! 🙂

[@SupposedlyFun]

I hope you love it!

[@mradcaqbdb]

I am so excited about Harlem Shuffle. The Nickel Boys was just brilliant. I think I will dig out The Underground Railroad to read this month. I have a lovely edition from Waterstones that I bought on my last visit to London. That’s a beautiful edition of Their Eyes Were Watching God. I’ve been trying to find a really lovely edition of it since it’s such a special book.

[@erinh7450]

I'm going to chime in and confirm what others have said that you MUST listen to the audio of Born a Crime. It adds **so** much to the experience.

[@SupposedlyFun]

I've heard really good things about the audio!

[@myreadinglife8816]

Go Tell It on the Mountain is really good.

[@SupposedlyFun]

I've heard so many good things about it.

[@lonesomedovecall822]

LOL, "Barracoon" is the only book I've read by Zora Neale Hurston so you're not the only one. "Their Eyes Were Watching God" has been on my shelf for ages but I just haven't gotten to it yet. I keep saying "I gotta read that, I gotta read that," but I always end up choosing something else for my next read. One of these days, though, it WILL happen!

[@SupposedlyFun]

I'm glad I'm not the only one!

[@patriciafay-f9l]

I read Their Eyes Were Watching God at the end of January. It is so gloriously written - I knew about 1/4 of the way through that it would be a re-read for me.

[@user-iu4ws6vh5s]

Love that you’re doing this tag. Please get to Beloved. I’m re-reading and re-loving it this month. And Born a Crime 👌🏽 on audio. It’s a fantastic memoir: funny, heartbreaking and thoughtful in its interweaving of South African history with Noah’s life story. I have you to thank for putting Transcendent Kingdom on my list last year-it was terrific. I have inadequate language to express my deep love of Baldwin.

[@KurtAnderson812]

The Prophets is absolutely a must read. I anticipate that it will eventually become required in reading for secondary schools or colleges that have Gender Studies and/or African-American studies.

[@MargaretPinard]

My MOM beat you to taking her Christmas village down?!? lol

[@SupposedlyFun]

Hahaha! We made a conscious decision to keep it up for a while because it brings us joy. After 2020, we figured that was justification enough. Will it be up all year? I don't know. But it's definitely here for the duration of winter.

[@MargaretPinard]

@@SupposedlyFun Oh, I condone this all year long, I just...can't let my mom see this video. We're working on decluttering... :P

[@SupposedlyFun]

@@MargaretPinard Fair!

[@the_broken_spine]

I loved doing this tag and for prompt #2, I did both of Gyasi's books too. Great minds. Their Eyes is so good. If you want to audiobook it Ruby Dee does the narration and it's phenomenal. I read it and listened to it. Chef's Kiss. Thanks for the shout out!

[@BookishTexan]

I have never read _The Color Purple_. I always intend to and then I forget or put it off.

[@SupposedlyFun]

I would be very interested in hearing your thoughts on it at some point.

[@user-iu4ws6vh5s]

It’s a beautiful book and does interesting things with the way a story is told.

[@jaynelewis372]

Loved My Sister the Serial Killer!

[@SupposedlyFun]

It's so good!

[@oldforestroad]

Hey now, great video, and list of books, full of excellent comments to consider. "If you haven't read Yaa Gyasi, what are you doing with your life?"...Well, that is a very good question worth thinking about. James Baldwin +++++

[@deborajohnson5717]

Transcendent Kingdom is wonderful! Great video.

[@Jacob-gu3in]

Since finishing Real Life, Filthy Animals has become my most anticipated read for this year by any author. And, funnily enough, it comes out less than a week before my birthday. I plan on reading Leave the World Behind this month, but I also have Rumaan Alam's first book, Rich and Pretty, as well, and so I've started with that. Thanks for the great video!

[@josephmarcincuk2666]

I found "The Souls of Black Folk" by W.E.B. Dubois while cleaning out the back of my car this week, so I'm taking that as a sign, not just to be neater but to remove that classic from my DNF list.

[@kerphline6401]

Love your TBR. The only problem I have with born a crime is that you can only listen to the audio book on audible it's "exclusive" on there. You can't get it from Overdrive. P.S their eyes were watching God is extremely difficult because it's written in a deep Floridian dialect. Just listen to it on audio.

[@SupposedlyFun]

I didn't know that. That's annoying!

[@alldbooks9165]

Love the Guinness portrait! ❤️

[@SupposedlyFun]

He did such a great job! We love it.

[@1book1review]

Born a Crime is so good on audio.

[@user-iu4ws6vh5s]

Yes! It’s a fantastic memoir but perfect on audio.

[@thedarkestreads7971]

Great video! A note though! Gyasi is pronounced jah-see!

[@SupposedlyFun]

Thank you!

[@annegibson6072]

Who narrates Just as I Am?

[@SupposedlyFun]

Robin Miles reads the book. Cicely Tyson reads an introduction and Viola Davis reads the forward that she wrote for the book.