Category: books

• Hot Girl Summer: “Woman of Virtue”

  Summer 2019 is behind us and you know what, I didn’t do a darn thing. I didn’t visit one beach, pool or amusement park this year. My “Hot Girl Summer” consisted of going to work, going to church going to brunch a few times. All of my adventures and drama came from reading. That’s a […]

  shannoninkansascity

  September 9, 2019

  books, reviews

  Biblical womanhood, books, Christianity, Feminism, Hot Girl Summer, modern womanhood, Proverbs 31, reviews, Susan Brackley, virtue, Woman of Virtue

• Hot Girl Summer: “Perfect is Boring”

  Summer 2019 is behind us and you know what, I didn’t do a darn thing. I didn’t visit one beach, pool or amusement park this year. My “Hot Girl Summer” consisted of going to work, going to church going to brunch a few times. All of my adventures and drama came from reading. That’s a […]

  shannoninkansascity

  September 6, 2019

  books, celebrities

  books, Carolyn London, Hot Girl Summer, Perfect is Boring, reviews, Tyra Banks

• Hot Girl Summer: “Girl Wash Your Face”

  Summer 2019 is behind us and you know what, I didn’t do a darn thing. I didn’t visit one beach, pool or amusement park this year. My “Hot Girl Summer” consisted of going to work, going to church going to brunch a few times. All of my adventures and drama came from reading. That’s a […]

  shannoninkansascity

  September 6, 2019

  books, reviews

  books, Girl Wash Your Face, Hot Girl Summer, Rachel Hollis, reviews, self help, summer reading

• Hot Girl Summer: “Darkness to Light”

  Summer 2019 is behind us and you know what, I didn’t do a darn thing.  I didn’t visit one beach, pool or amusement park this year.  My “Hot Girl Summer” consisted of going to work, going to church going to brunch a few times.  All of my adventures and drama came from reading.  That’s a […]

  shannoninkansascity

  September 6, 2019

  books, Sports

  addiction, book review, celebrities, Darkness to Light, Lakers, Lamar Odom

• “The Bluest Eye” and What it Means in 2019 – Toni Morrison February 18, 1931 – August 5, 2019

  

  Literary hero Toni Morrison died earlier this week.  Her powerful novel The Bluest Eye is what makes Ms. Morrison a legend in my eyes.  The book was released in 1970 and exposed ugly truths about Black women and self image and the effect it has on an individual’s psyche and overall well being. I read […]

  shannoninkansascity

  August 9, 2019

  African Americans, books, social media

  African American Literature, literature, The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison

• #3FaveBooksWhenIWasAKid

  Yesterday was one of those days that I really miss my Twitter account.  My account has been locked down since February because I expressed that the boy from Covington High School deserved to be punched in the chest.  I was on the Twitter account of my workplace today and I saw #3FaveBooksWhenIWasAKid.  I wanted to […]

  shannoninkansascity

  July 31, 2019

  books

  #3FaveBooksWhenIWasAKid, Beat the Turtle Drum, Constance Green, Eve Bunting, Karen Kepplewhite is the World’s Best Kisser, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Sweet Valley Twins, The Scarlet Letter, Twitter