Reading lists by Lou Bentley https://padlet.com/lmbentley/qs5qxjrc718duqkq Some books I’ve read, many I haven’t yet. en-us 2020-11-06 20:14:11 UTC 2021-03-05 09:44:16 UTC hello@padlet.com Reading for Romance lmbentley https://padlet.com/lmbentley/qs5qxjrc718duqkq/wish/899678216

I asked fellow readers and an awful lot of librarians: What is your go to Romance novel? A classic, something literary and substantial.

Romance because it’s not a genre I read much of.

 I started a list that I plan to work through over time and wanted to write about the books as I read them.

I have been reading forever but writing about what I have read is very new to me. It’s helped me to read more closely, to spot wider themes and to really remember more of what I’ve read.

I set up a blog specifically for this reading list and you can visit it here  https://readingforromance.wordpress.com 

Remember I’m learning as I go along and really resisting the urge to go back and change things. Instead I hope it will become an indicator of the progress I’ve been able to make. 

Happy for book chat anytime and please feel free to add to the list ❤️]]> 2020-11-07 05:09:39 UTC https://padlet.com/lmbentley/qs5qxjrc718duqkq/wish/899678216 Black Lives Matter lmbentley https://padlet.com/lmbentley/qs5qxjrc718duqkq/wish/899695334
I absolutely want to educate myself on issues that affect people of colour. 

It can be hard to know where to start, so I began in the place I usually look for answers. 

Over the last few years I’ve increased the number of titles I read that are written by People of colour. I want to better understand the lived experience of people who are telling us that that are facing discrimination everyday in a myriad of ways. It’s not enough to just read, but I hope that in a small way it makes a difference. If only so that I can better inform my children. 

I haven’t reviewed these titles- this is simply a list of read and to be read. It’s also a mix of fiction and non fiction for balance. 

Read

  • 12 Years a slave, Solomon Northup
  • Sag Harbour, Colson Whitehead 
  • Gather together in my name, Maya Angelou
  • The Embassy of Cambodia, Zadie Smith
  • Go tell it on the Mountain, James Baldwin  
  • Flying home and other stories, Ralph Ellison 
  • The Hate U give, Angie Thomas 
  • We should all be feminists
  • Americanah
  • Purple Hibiscus
  • The Thing around your neck
  • Dear Ijeawele, Or a feminist manifesto in 15 suggestions
  • Zikora
  • Half of a yellow sun, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
  • Queenie, Candice Carty-Williams 
  • My sister, the serial killer, Oyinkan Braithwaite
  • The Fishermen
  • An orchestra of minorities, Chigoze Obioma
  • The Nickel boys, Colson Whitehead 
  • The farm, Joanne Ramos
  • Hold, Michael Donkor
  • Language, Xiaolu Guo
  • My name is why, Lemn Sissay
  • Little fires everywhere, Celeste Ng 
  • On Earth we’re briefly gorgeous, Ocean Vuong 
  • Zami, A new spelling of my name, Audre Lorde
  • Kim Jiyoung, Borm 1982, Cho Nam -Joo
  • Invisible man, Ralph Ellison
  • Up from slavery, Booker T Washington 
  • Black and British, A forgotten History, David Olusoga
  • Wow, No Thankyou, Samantha Irby
  • When they call you a terrorist, Patrisse Khan-Cullors  
  • Sula, Toni Morrison
  • Homecoming, Voices of the Windrush Generation, Colin Grant 
  • Swing Time, Zadie Smith 
  • Things fall apart, Chinua Achebe 
  • Not that bad: Dispatches from Rape culture, Roxanne Gay 
  • Angela Davis, Women, Race &  Class 
  • Black Ink, Stephanie Stokes Oliver 


To be read: 

  • Natives, Akala 
  • The Windrush betrayal, Amelia Gentleman  
  • Small Island, Andrea Levy 

  • Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglas. 

So so many more that I didn’t include because they didn’t seem to fit in this field. Many of the books & audiobooks I read came from Leeds Library so completely free. In particular the audio & Ebook selection had increased hugely recently as a response to Covid restrictions.

I really love listening to John Amaechi, he has such a fantastic, clear way of explaining, I’d you have five minutes to spare do go watch this short video https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zs9n2v4




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