poorlydonebookreviews

I read and review a book a week (complete with food and beverage pairings). You can check them all out HERE. 

“THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD” - COLSON WHITEHEAD . The deal: Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia who escapes via the Underground Railroad — no longer a metaphor, but a physical train system with stations, conductors, etc.
“I DON’T WANT TO DIE POOR” - MICHAEL ARCENEAUX . The deal: Michael Arceneaux has written for basically every publication you can think of, and this is his second collection of comedic essays after 2018’s “I Can’t D
“SO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT RACE” - IJEOMA OLUO . The deal: If you have eyes, you have seen this book at the top of all of the anti-racist book lists going around. It’s a digestible dive into talking and thinking about race, broken o
“WE CAST A SHADOW” - MAURICE CARLOS RUFFIN . The deal: In a near-future where race relations have reverted back to a dystopian antebellum situation, a Black lawyer is willing to go to great lengths to afford a procedure to de-melanize his
“THE END OF POLICING” - ALEX VITALE . The deal: You’ve probably grown up learning that the police are there to protect and serve you. You might even have been told that the murderers of innocent Black people were just “a few b
“CITY OF GIRLS” - ELIZABETH GILBERT . The deal: An old rich white lady tells the tale of when she was a young rich white lady frolicking around New York in 1940. It’s written by the same author as “Eat, Pray, Love.” That
“NO EXIT” - TAYLOR ADAMS . The deal: In the middle of a blizzard, college student Darby finds herself trapped at a rest stop in the middle of nowhere with four strangers and a quickly dying phone. Oh yeah, and within the first like, 10 mi
“SOMEONE WHO WILL LOVE YOU IN ALL YOUR DAMAGED GLORY: STORIES” - RAPHAEL BOB-WAKSBERG . The deal: A collection of humorous and oftentimes emotional short stories from the dude who created Bojack Horseman. . Is it worth it?: In case you&rs
“FOLLOWERS” - MEGAN ANGELO . The deal: It’s 2051 and this lady named Marlow is growing restless in a closed-community called Constellation, where her every move is live-streamed (just as it has been since her fame-hungry mom Floss b