Book report: July

I read or listened to nine books in July. 

Favourites:

Book: The New Jim Crow

Author: Michelle Alexander

Dates read: June 24-July 3

Rating: 5 stars

Review/synopsis: This is a non-fiction work about systemic racism in America as it relates to mass incarceration of African Americans. Ms. Alexander presents information about how political rhetoric shapes society's mindset and allows us to create and reinforce laws that are administered un-equally between Black and White Americans.

Book: On the Come Up

Author: Angie Thomas

Dates read: July 3-4

Rating: 5 stars

Review/synopsis: This is a work of fiction about a young Black trying to make her way - in life, in music, and as a Black American in a world that wants to push her toward its own expectations.

Book: An Unkindness of Magicians

Author: Kat Howard

Dates read: July17-19

Rating: 4 stars

Review/synopsis: Magicians are real, and their world is run quite differently from ours. As various families vie for power and control we learn of a dark history upon which their society is built.

All three of these books gave me a bit of a 'book hangover' and left me wanting more.

Reader friends: share your favourites! I've been doing read-a-longs with friends and I'm *always* on the hunt for my next favourite book.