Here’s an image of popular books and popular movies or shows based on those books. Many people have watched or read each of these stories. I haven’t done either for many of them. I have heard of all of them, but haven’t done much more than that. How many have you watched or read?
I agree with all of these amazing healing powers that cats have. They don’t mention the others that come out much more often.
Cats have an amazing ability to sense if your bladder is full. They are great at telling you that it’s time for a meal. They are pointy and manage to find the most sensitive spots to step on. These aren’t healing abilities, just the natural abilities of the species.
This list in the above linked article was put out in November, 2020. It was meant to help finish up the reading challenge for 2020. I think it can be used to get a jump on the 2021 list.
I haven’t read any of them, but let me know what you think if you read any.
How many of these books have you read? The books listed in the above linked article have been declared the most overrated books.
I have read:
22 of 194 · 11%
You did better than 29% of users on this list
Your rank: #17,050 of 24,082 users on this list.
You didn’t beat the avg. score of 42
How did you do?
Contemporary writing by black authors
Here is a great list of books by black authors, as discussed in the above linked article. I have read many of them, and they are great books. Period. Some others are on my TBR list. I haven’t been disappointed with any of these books that I’ve picked up.
Thirty books to read once in your life
Here are the books listed in the above linked article. The author of the article thinks that everyone should read each of the books at least once in their lives. I have read 10 of them. More if you count the whole series of Harry Potter.
The above linked article goes into more detail, but here are the 10 benefits that it lists. Reading every day to me is just part of my day. I look at it as accomplishing something, also, but that is not on the list. When I finish a book, I feel like I can check it off of my list. The other things listed below are part of what I am getting out of daily reading, but they aren’t the main thing.
Black girl magic fantasy books
Here’s a list of fantasy books that bring Black Girl Magic to life. The above linked article gives more detail.
1. The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson:
2. Conjure Women by Afia Atakora:
3. Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor:
5. A Blade So Black by L.L. Kinney:
6. Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older:
7. The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton:
8. Kingdom of Souls by Rena Barron:
9. Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler:
Here are a few life tips for book lovers. I think I will go as far as #4. I can’t see myself going to #5.
These are all good reasons to read
I think fact 5 is the least important reason to read, but I suppose that a list like this needed a little humor, though.
