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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings #BookReview #WeNeedDiverseBooks #BookClub

Joy's Book Blog Posted on March 15, 2018 by Joy Weese MollMarch 14, 2018

Book: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou Genre: Autobiography Publisher: Random House Publication date: 2009 (trade paperback), 1969 (original publication date) Pages: 289 Source: Library Summary: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is the story … Continue reading →

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Killers of the Flower Moon #BookReview #BookClub

Joy's Book Blog Posted on February 15, 2018 by Joy Weese MollFebruary 12, 2018

Book: Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann Genre: nonfiction Publisher: Doubleday Publication date: 2017 Pages: 338 Source: Purchased hardback Summary: Journalist David Grann researched the little-known history of members of … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Clubs, Reviews | Tagged David Grann, Killers of the Flower Moon | 7 Replies

Small Great Things #BookReview

Joy's Book Blog Posted on December 9, 2017 by Joy Weese MollMarch 21, 2018

Book: Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult Genre: Novel Publisher: Ballantine Books Publication date: 2016 Pages: 470 Source: Library Summary: Ruth Jefferson, a labor and delivery nurse with twenty years experience, is reassigned from a patient due to her race. … Continue reading →

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Book Lists — Long and Short! #WeNeedDiverseBooks #BookClub

Joy's Book Blog Posted on September 23, 2017 by Joy Weese MollSeptember 23, 2017

Our book club, the Community for Understanding and Hope Book Group, specializes in books about race in America. Here are the 84 books that we’ve read so far. We had our annual potluck and book selection meeting on Thursday. I’ll … Continue reading →

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Books about Race in America

Joy's Book Blog Posted on September 17, 2017 by Joy Weese MollSeptember 17, 2017

I’ve pre-scheduled this post for the exact moment that I’ll start a presentation on the topic of books to understand race and racism in the United States. Lots of people who can’t attend asked for the handout, so I thought I … Continue reading →

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All the Books #BookClub

Joy's Book Blog Posted on September 17, 2017 by Joy Weese MollSeptember 16, 2017

The Community for Understanding and Hope Book Group meets this week for our annual potluck and book selection meeting. We’ve been reading together for nine years and have read 84 books! We’ve been at this long enough that we sometimes forget … Continue reading →

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Book Club Books #BookReview #WeNeedDiverseBooks

Joy's Book Blog Posted on August 31, 2017 by Joy Weese MollAugust 31, 2017

My inter-racial book club, the Community for Understanding and Hope Book Group, specializes in books on race in America. We’ve been together for nine years and continue to welcome new members. I’ll write a post in a week or two … Continue reading →

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March: Book Three #BookReview #BookClub

Joy's Book Blog Posted on November 7, 2016 by Joy Weese MollNovember 7, 2016

Book: March: Book Three by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell Genre: Graphic “novel” autobiography Publisher: Top Shelf Productions Publication date: 2016 Pages: 246 Source: Library Summary: The third volume of John Lewis’s autobiography, March, begins with tragedy on … Continue reading →

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Annual Potluck & Book Selection Meeting #BookGroup #WeNeedDiverseBooks

Joy's Book Blog Posted on September 16, 2016 by Joy Weese MollSeptember 16, 2016

Last night was the annual potluck and book selection meeting of the Community for Understanding and Hope (CFUH) Book Group. Let’s start off with the food. So good! We had a huge number of salads and goodies with a great … Continue reading →

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Book Club Round-up #BookReview #WeNeedDiverseBooks

Joy's Book Blog Posted on August 17, 2016 by Joy Weese MollAugust 12, 2016

The Community for Understanding and Hope (CFUH) Book Group, which I often call the Diversity Book Club on this blog and a friend of mine calls “Joy’s Radical Book Club,” completes another year this month. We’ve been reading books about … Continue reading →

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