Ayee purple hibiscus
Enjoy

im hooked already 😊

Bruh half of a yellow sun

How many books do you read in a year?

8 so far

nearly finished with my 9th

can anyone recommend me a great biography?

recent ones i loved:
Pimp by Iceberg Slim
The Autobiography of Gucci Mane

i'm gonna buy Rick Ross' as soon as it releases on paperback so anything else?

The Sixteenth Round by Rubin "Hurricane" Carter

underrated and untold story of racism and boxing in the 1960s

Thank you!!

fa sho. read it a long time ago but remember being pretty moved by it. if you do read it, drop your thoughts in here or the just finished a book thread

I got 13 in the bag so far. One I couldn't finish (Siddhartha) , otherwise it woulda been 14

Would you recommend pimp by iceberg slim? It's been in my to read list for a while now

Absolutely

Its really just amazing, I still think of it to this day

30 is my yearly goal

newstatesman.com/culture/books/2020/10/louise-gluck-nobel-prize-literature-poet-wild-iris

Safe pick

just came in.

cover art so fire

Daawwgg i implore you to finish siddhartha one day. How far did you get?

Was at the start of the awakening chapter, right when Siddhartha leaves behind Govinda. Bout 23% into the book. Idk what to tell ya, it was a struggle lol. I think it was the writing style, but I'm still kinda interested tho

if it aint hittin it aint hittin. i read that s*** 3 times so far. One of my favorite books ever and one of my favorite endings.

You got to the start of siddharthas journey tho, literally after he leaves govinda he starts going thru some things his arc is godlike.

Siddhartha is a classic but I could see why some people would get bored with it

Goldmund & Narcissus by Herman Hesse tho

that's my s*** and personally was a lot more meaningful and relatable than Siddhartha

I really want a dictionary lmao

Finally finished with Gucci Mane autobiography

He's just such a fascinating person and it makes it so much better knowing that he's completely changed his whole life and is sober now

the way he described his paranoia felt so real.

The stories of him signing Migos and then Peewee long way turning him down but telling him to sign young thug were great

i felt weirdly proud of him after finishing

the only problem i had with it was that the Index said that he mentions Chief Keef, but his name is nowhere on the page it said it is lmao. I even went back 5 pages and forward 5 pages to make sure, but no mention of him. kinda disappointing but oh well

Just found out that Gucci Mane released his second book a few days ago

seems to be a self-help kind of book

might wait a while before i cop to see if people say its too similar to his AB

Any of y’all recommend the song of ice and fire series?

18 done so far, tryna reach 25 or 30 before new year

Having severe book hangover rn lmao. I'm stuck in a limbo where I can't commit to another novel just yet