What's Going On Here?

There are SO MANY wonderful book review blogs out there and I can't compete with them, that is for sure. So this is not a book review blog. This is just a way for me to organize what I have read so that I can be better at matching the right book to the right person. The blog title comes from the brilliant mind of the most talented woman who ever lived, Ms. Judy Garland. The full quote is, "Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of someone else." That is what I hope to do here and in ever aspect of my life.

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Hilarious and Eye-Opening

How to Be Black is the funniest adult book I can remember ever reading.  It is also a book that reminded me of how much African Americans have been through here in the US and so it was I don't know, heart-breaking and sickening and guilt-inducing, but encouraging to know that nothing dirtbags racists have done have been able to stop the amazingness of blackness.
Baratunde R. Thurston is an extremely brilliant man and comedian.  I bought this book on iTunes and need to figure out how to share it with people.  That's the only problem with the downloadable stuff, too hard for me to figure out how to lend!
This is a must-read, well, a must-listen, because the author reads it and the people who were on his Black Panel also recorded their parts of the book and it is great to hear the real people reading their real words.  I can't say enough about this book!  A great gift for anyone!

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