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Reading, Watching, Listening

June 24, 2022 by Rae Leave a comment

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I love Bre’s Black Girl Watching lists so I wanted to do something similar.. especially since this is all that my life consists of lately. Reading I just finished reading The Secret Lives of Church Ladies. This should probably go under the listening category, but I’ll add it here. It’s a bunch of stories that allow us to peek into the lives of several women that have some connection with the church. Be it a church-going woman, a daughter whose mother is heavy within the church, etc. It’s a short read/listen that ...

Books

October Reading List

October 12, 2019 by Rae 4 Comments

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Earlier this year, I purposely decided not to quantify my reading goal. I also didn’t necessarily determine the type of books I wanted to read, just that I wanted to do more reading. But being that October is known for all things spooky and since it’s one of my favorite holidays, I want to deviate from that a bit. I’m striving to follow a theme for my October Reading List: African American Occult Lit, also known as all things Octavia Butler, Tomi Adeyemi, Tananarive Due, and the like. I was even nerdy enough to put ...

Books, Home, Life

The Art of Thrifting

May 16, 2019 by Rae 5 Comments

I was introduced to thrifting at a young age when I would accompany my mother to thrift stores. She would rummage and sift through things to find the treasures that caught her quick eye. During this process, I learned that the trick was always to look really deep and really far. That one person's trash is another person's treasure. That patience is truly a virtue.