Strange Fruit, Volume I: Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History | 
Yesterday I was on my feet most of the day cleaning, running errands, voting, and surpassing 13K steps. So today is for finishing library books, snacks, laundry, and this puzzle I found at the dollar store. #BFC #BFCr4 #NFNov
Never got around to posting my TBR for #8intwo but here are a few that I'm working on for Sunday.
Jim Crow is one bird that shouldn‘t have been fed.
I had another book chosen for #MusicalNewYear #FeedtheBirds. But this just came up in my reading #blackhistory. It‘s a powerful illustration.
Starting another #BlackHistory #comic found on Hoopla. Dedicated: To all those who freed themselves by cutting the rope.
pickGraphic novel about some groundbreaking African-Americans who have been forgotten by history. Good intro. Should have explained what Jim Crow laws were. Hard to get a lot of historical data on the individuals because they wouldn't have been written about during their time.
Due to some of the subject matter, this is for older middle grade and younger YA.
I've had this on my shelf for two years without reading it. Shame on me! #fruit #maybookflowers
pickDespite the shaky start to this graphic novel I ended up enjoying it quite a bit. The art and flow of each story takes a little bit to find it's ground but once it does it really moves along nicely. It is written for a younger audience (upper middle grade & young adult), but it's great for adults as well.
A sampling of some of the art from Strange Fruit.
Some of the earlier stories seemed sort of rushed but this second have seems to have found a flow that works a bit better.
Started this one and so far it's pretty decent. I'm not a fan of the art or the fact that there are definitions included, but it's supposed to be for a younger audience so I think it sort works well for that.
Another accidentally library haul 😅 I only intended to pick up my holds and possible one other book, BUT the book I'm looking for is currently in a closed off section due to my library's impending move. So I panicked and grabbed others.
📚The Handmaid's Tale
📚Women in Space
📚Lumberjanes Vol. 3
📚Strange Fruit Vol. 1
pickI had heard of a few of the people featured, but I still learned a lot from this collection of graphic short stories. It's sad that a few of them have abrupt endings or scant details because there is very little documentation about some of their lives. I look forward to future volumes, for sure.
