Greetings, all you sassy schoolmarms and dashing cavalry officers! In this week's episode, we'll embark on our Beverly Jenkins reading challenge with Night Song, Vivid, Topaz, and more. Plus, pandemic facial hair (not ours), mustaches with character (also not ours), and, as always, a shangent or two.
For readalikes, book lists, and antiracism resources, to learn more about attending a virtual book club meeting, or just to chat, find us here or email us directly at ssedell@lakeoswego.city (Shannon) or sdickinson@lakeoswego.city (Shandy). Our next meeting is Sunday, March 14 at 11:00 a.m. PST. We'll be reading If the Boot Fits by Rebekah Weatherspoon, and we would love to have you join us!
This week's links:
Should You Grow a Beard? Here's how women perceive bearded men by Molly Hanson (BigThink)
Uncommon Ground: Beverly Jenkins, diverse romance, and American history the way it really happened by Emily Jordan (Salon)
Books discussed in this episode:
Caste by Isabel Wilkerson
Night Song by Beverly Jenkins
On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
Anne of Avonlea by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Vivid by Beverly Jenkins
Bring on the Blessings by Beverly Jenkins
Topaz by Beverly Jenkins
Wild Rain by Beverly Jenkins
The Art of Love by Suzette D Harrison
Love’s Serenade by Sheryl Lister
The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Love’s Sweet Melody by Kianna Alexander
Dead Dead Girls by Nekesa Afia
How To Find A Princess by Alyssa Cole
A Taste of Her Own Medicine by Tasha L. Harrison
If the Boot Fits by Rebekah Weatherspoon (audiobook narrated by Elle Cleviden)
