Currently reading (March 2025)
Long After We Are Gone
by Terah Shelton Harris
The gorgeous cover drew me in. I grabbed this off the shelf because it’s a 7-day loan and will force me to read it faster. Didn’t even really read the description… and then I discovered the tie-in to Jim Crow and much of my recent reading.
Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight
by Julia Sweig
This was has been on my list ever since I listened to the podcast. And it’s been on my shelf since the fall. I’m also in the middle of watching The Lady Bird Diaries, which incorporates Lady Bird’s audio journals along with powerful video clips.
Up next:
NON-FICTION
I’m torn between a few different books:
Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies
by J. B. West with Mary Lynn Kotz
This seems like a lighter read (perhaps?). I could use a bit of that. Though it covers the transition from JFK to LBJ so perhaps not it’s not so light.
The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement
by Sharon McMahon
I’ve heard amazing things about this book and can’t wait to read it.
The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King
by Rich Cohen
I know a little bit about this story and it’s not flattering. The cover and spine, on the other hand, are gorgeous (the banana-shaped typography! Gasp!). Naturally, I was powerless to not buy it.
The Black Cabinet: The Untold Story of African Americans and Politics During the Age of Roosevelt
by Jill Watts
The Roosevelts have been featured prominently in many of the books I’ve read recently, so I’m going to read a book or two before I get to this one. But I am so excited to dive into this! (And not just because the author sent me a copy with a sweet note inside.)
FICTION
The Little Paris Bookshop
by Nina George
Here’s a trailer
Looks incredible, right?
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