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This week we chat with a Lexington, Kentucky bookstagrammer, Shawntaye, who is such a devoted reader that she makes books part of virtually everything she does, from socializing to volunteering. Amy met Shawntaye in real life before COVID and the Perks has been following her bookish adventures ever since. 

Shawntaye talks to us about a panel discussion she lead in which she recommended books that uplift Black women, as well as what she has learned from being a board member of her local library and how the reading events she attends enrich her life. She also shares her very strong (and funny) feelings about why she does not set numerical reading goals each year. 

Books Discussed in this Episode:

1- Finna by Nino Cipri

2- What We Found in the Sofa and How it Saved the World by Henry Clark

3- What We Found in the Corn Maze and How It Saved a Dragon by Henry Clark

4- Heidi by Johanna Spyri

5- Forever by Judy Blume

6- Waiting to Exhale by Terry McMillan

7- Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson

8- Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

9- You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson

10- The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson

11- Power: The Rise of Black Women in America by Charity C. Elder

12 - My Beautiful Black Hair by St. Clair Detrick-Jules

13- My Hair is Like the Sun by St. Clair Detrick-Jules

14- Hell of a Book by Jason Mott

15- The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr.

16- Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

17 -Water by John Boyne (Five Star Read recommended by Book Lover Lynley @bichons_and_books_nz)

18- Enter the Body by Joy McCullough

19- Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare

20- Dixon, Descending by Karen Outen

21- The Weather Woman by Sally Gardner