Tag: Books

Book Reviews (2 for 1): The Other Wes Moore & The Whisper of Fire

Coming to you with 2 new book reviews. With everything going on in life and the holiday season coming up, it only makes sense to consolidate these two reviews into one. If you aren’t privy to my book reviews yet, I give a brief summary about the book without providing any spoilers for anyone interested

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Black Privilege by Charlamagne tha god

Unless you live under a rock, you have heard sound bites from a 105.1 Breakfast Club interview at some point. Their most outspoken host Charlamagne the god built a reputation on brash, in your face, straight to the point discourse. I also listened to his podcast The Brilliant Idiots and watched a few of his

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Gotta Give the People What They Want: Jalen Rose

I heard about this book from Jalen’s podcast. He hosts a sports podcast with David Jacoby and always keeps me in tune. Those two know what the people want to hear in regards to sports commentary and analysis. When I heard he had put out a book, I was eager to hear what he had

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Invisible Man, Got The Whole World Watching by Mychal Denzel Smith

Thanks to my good brother Rich for letting me borrow this. The book is very well put together. It also is a good length; not too short and not too long. I loved reading this book, but there were some parts that threw me off. The author’s view on homosexuality and black fatherhood were interesting

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Between The World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Read this book over the summer in 2016. Length of the book was sufficient for me. 152 pages with some pictures. I did have issues with the composition of the book itself. The pages were stiff, meaning that they would close if I didn’t hold down each and every individual page. Sometimes I like to place

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