Tag: BIPOC Author

• You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey

  

  Amber and Lacey recount the many, many crazy racist things that happen to Lacey as a Black women living in Omaha, Nebraska.

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  January 29, 2021

  Humor, Nonfiction, Reviews, Social Issues

  2021 Release, Author: O-R, BIPOC Author, Humor, Memoir, Nonfiction, Rating: 5 stars, Social Issues

• Black Klansman

  

  Ron Stallworth is the first Black police officer in the Colorado Springs Police Department. On a whim, he responds to a Klu Klux Klan classified ad the local paper and begins an undercover investigation of a lifetime.

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  January 26, 2021

  Memoir & Autobiography, Nonfiction, Reviews

  Adapted Book, Author: S-V, Backlist Book, BIPOC Author, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Nonfiction, Rating: 3 stars

• Fifty Words for Rain

  

  Nori, a young, biracial girl ends up living with her grandparents after her mother abandons her at their front gate. Mom disappears. An embarrassment to her aristocratic family due to her race, Nori is hidden away until her brother arrives and becomes her ally.

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  January 18, 2021

  Historical Fiction, Reviews

  2020 Release, Author: J-N, BIPOC Author, Book Review, Debut Author, Historical Fiction, Rating: 2 stars

• Blacktop Wasteland

  

  Bug – loving husband, father, and car mechanic. As Bug falls into some financial troubles, he resurrects his past and agrees to be a getaway driver to a heist that should solve all his problems. Only the heist goes very wrong.

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  January 14, 2021

  Mysteries & Thrillers, Reviews

  2020 Release, Author: A-D, BIPOC Author, Book Review, Mysteries & Thrillers, Rating: 2.5 stars

• We Could Be Heroes

  

  Two individuals wake up in separate apartments without any memories. Soon, they discover that they have supernatural abilities. In a memory support group, they meet and decide to dig into their shared pasts. Along the way, they are faced with tough choices, including trusting each other and deciding whether to be heroes.

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  January 12, 2021

  Book of the Month Selection, Fantasy & Science Fiction, Reviews

  2021 Release, Author: A-D, BIPOC Author, Book of the Month, Rating: 2 stars, Science Fiction