Let's chat about my newfound Kendrick Lamar obsession (and my top 5 songs at the moment), my sister and I balling out at a restaurant, my new French Press machine, reading goals, my favorite books of the year (so far), biggest surprises and disappointments, new fav authors, bookclub reads.

Here are some books on my TBR for the rest of the year:

- Love in Color by Bold Babalola

- Post-Traumatic by Chantel V Johnson

- If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

- Assata (an autobiography) by Assata Shakur

- In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

- Take A Hike by Mimi Grace

- Milk, Blood, Heat by Daniel Moniz

- The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw

- Beasts of A Little Land by Judea Kim

- The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by S.A. Chakraborty

- Did You Hear About Kitty Karr by Crystal Smith Paul

Listen to Everything you Need to Know to Read 'The Priory of the Orange Tree': https://open.spotify.com/episode/22vG8EVjTy8mqEkVKARvQq?si=s4XYIpcoRqiCiANkiyPxaw

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