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Discover Black Individual's, books, art, events ,films, music, etc. I like to classify it as Unsung Blacks ✊🏾🤎
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Discover Black Individual's, books, art, events ,films, music, etc. I like to classify it as Unsung Blacks ✊🏾🤎
un·sung
[ˌənˈsəNG]
ADJECTIVE
not celebrated or praised
Want to Join Unsung Black Book Club?
Email me at milton.alexis10@gmail.com saying you want to join the book club.
#unsungblacks
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October Wrap Up | Must Read Books, Movies, and Music | Lex Reads
Happy Black Reading
So here were are again with another wrap up. October was a good month. I read out of my comfort zone and watched lots of new show. Can’t wait to see what next month is like #wrapup #readingwrapup
Books Mentioned
Disclaimer by Renee Knight amzn.to/48AC7qK
You Made A Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi amzn.to/48BdABG
Head Bangers: An APF Sexcapade by Zane amzn.to/40wZsaP
A Lethal Lady by Nekesa Afia amzn.to/3Yv2FF7
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So here were are again with another wrap up. October was a good month. I read out of my comfort zone and watched lots of new show. Can’t wait to see what next month is like #wrapup #readingwrapup
Books Mentioned
Disclaimer by Renee Knight amzn.to/48AC7qK
You Made A Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi amzn.to/48BdABG
Head Bangers: An APF Sexcapade by Zane amzn.to/40wZsaP
A Lethal Lady by Nekesa Afia amzn.to/3Yv2FF7
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SHOP MY AMAZON STOREFRONT 🛍️
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WANT TO JOIN UNSUNG BLACK BOOK CLUB? 📚
milton.alexis10@gmail.com for updates and the zoom link to our discussion
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How I Annotate My Books ✍️Supplies I Use + Tips for Beginners | Lex Reads
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Happy Black Reading So, I wanted to share my methods and tips for annotating books. This system is extremely simple and easy. You guys will see all of my supplies I use and some of my favorite books I have annotated in the past. I have learn to enjoy reading and getting more out of a book because of annotating. Get into it if you have before because its super fun! #annotatebooks #reading #annot...
10 Banned Books You Must Read All 5 ⭐️| Lex Reads
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Happy Black Reading, So, I wanted to share my most favorite banned books of all times. This list will change but for now these are my must reads. I love each of these books and I would recommend all of these. #bannedbooks #books #blackbooktuber Books Mentioned The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald amzn.to/40oTgl9 Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck amzn.to/40ihpK9 Saga by Brian K. Vanghan amzn....
Book Review | Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 5 Star Read ⭐️| Lex Reads
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Happy Black Reading So, I wanted to do a review on one of my favorites 5-star Americanh by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. This book is beyond amazing and has become one of my go to' s to pick up. African Lit is an incredible genre and this story was everything and more. #bookreview #africanliterature #bookrecommendations Glasses paireyewear.com/ Use my Discount Code LEXREADS15 for 15% off your first...
🍁📚Cozy Fall Reading Vlog | Bookstore, must watch tv shows, reading mystery| Lex Reads
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Happy Black Reading So, you guys will see how I spend my weekend of relaxing which includes reading and watching tv. I wanted to see how many books I can read through the weekend but of course I got distracted because I have become obsessed with a show called "Disclaimer" on Apple TV and guess what, it is a book. You already know I will be buying and reading. Check it out guy's I think you will...
10 Best Classic Books by Black Authors | 5 Star Books⭐️ | Lex Reads
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Happy Black Reading, So, I wanted to put together a list of 10 best classic works by black authors. There is a range from every genre and these books in my opinion are beyond amazing and are truly 5 ⭐️ #blackbooks #classicliterature #blackreads Glasses paireyewear.com/ Use my Discount Code LEXREADS15 for 15% off your first Pair Books Mentioned The Street by Ann Petry amzn.to/3UbudOn This Mis-Ed...
Book Review | His Only Wife By Peace Adzo Medie 5 Star Read ⭐️ | Lex Reads
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Happy Black Reading So, I wanted to do a review on one of my favorites 5-star African book, His Only Wife by Peace Adzo Medie. This book is beyond amazing and has become one of my go to' s to pick up. African Lit is an incredible genre and this story was everything and more. #bookreview #africanliterature #bookrecommendations Glasses paireyewear.com/ Use my Discount Code LEXREADS15 for 15% off ...
My Top 10 Contemporary Books | 5 Star Books | Black Authors | Lex Reads
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Happy Black Reading, So, I wanted to share my all-time 5-star books. These books are fantastic it's as simple as that and they happen to be all by black authors! I would highly recommend you'll pick these books up because you will definitely enjoy them all. #topbooks #5starbooks #blackauthors #blackreads #blackliterature Books Mentioned Milk in My Coffee by Eric Jerome Dickey amzn.to/482Vh8t St...
Unsung Black Book Club | October Announcement | Lex Reads
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So, our October 2024 pick for our book club is here. We will be reading Wild Beautiful and Free by Sophfronia Scott Can’t wait for this discussion . #bookclub #blackliterature #blackauthors #reading Our discussion will be November 3 on zoom 5:00pm EST. Again, if you want to join my email is down below. Get your copy of Wild Beautiful and Free amzn.to/3BBXBaa Watch Next th-cam.com/video/EtyoLveH...
THE ULTIMATE BOOK VIDEO 📚book organizing, book reviews | Lex Reads
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Happy Black Reading So, welcome to the ultimate book video where you will see my reactions of a newly released book, me organizing my shelves, and getting rid of books in this video. enjoy! Book Mentioned Zikora a short story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie amzn.to/3ZURKXG A Lethal Lady: A Harlem Renaissance Mystery, Book 3 by Nekesa Afia amzn.to/3ZWsmAR I Am Ayah: The Way Home by Donna Hill amzn.t...
booktok’s must read popular books… that are actually worth reading | Lex Reads
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Happy Black Reading, So, I have been influencing by booktok and have read and picked up some books I can’t wait to read. I’m into my romance bag right now and I really hit the jackpot with these. #booktok #popularbooks Books Mentioned Icebreakers by Hannah Grace amzn.to/3zQeygG Daydream by Hannah Grace amzn.to/3Bv807M Long Shot by Kennedy Ryan amzn.to/4gXVu0P Book Shot amzn.to/3zJSPXN Hook Shot...
Book Clubs | Everything About Unsung Black Book Club | Lex Reads
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Happy Black Reading So, I wanted to dedicate a video of how “unsung black book club started. It was all because of yoi guys who encouraged me to start it and I’m so glad I did. This is our second year and we will continue on. Again, thank you all for the support and encouragement to continue my journey of reading. It means everything to me Glasses paireyewear.com/ Use my Discount Code LEXREADS1...
September Wrapup All the Books I Read + Music and Movies | Monthly WrapUp | Lex Reads
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Happy Black Reading, So, here we are with another monthly wrapup. September was a really good month for me mainly due to my birthday. I was able to read some good books and watch some really good movies and music. Thanks again for all the birthday wishes. #monthlywrapup #readbooks #reading Glasses paireyewear.com/ Use my Discount Code LEXREADS15 for 15% off your first Pair Books Mentioned Safe ...
Books I Want to Read In October, Finishing My tbr , organizing my reading | Lex Reads
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Happy Black Reading, So, with a new month coming up I wanted to organize my reading for the month. It is my goal to continue to read my tbr and get it down. This system I use has helped me in the past to get more reading done for the month. #tbr #organizingbooks #readbooks Book Mentioned A Lethal Lady by Nekesa Afia amzn.to/4eHi8bQ American Comedy Style by Jessie Redmon Fauset amzn.to/4gHJPTA A...
Travel Vlog | Birthday Celebration, R&B Concert, Book Haul | Lex Reads
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Happy Black Reading Still in celebration mode for my birthday, I took a mini vacation/ birthday trip with my sister. We went to Clearwater, Florida and stayed at a Resort with a private beach. It was beyond amazing and would definitely recommend this hotel. Also, I wanted to share the concert I went to earlier this summer, The Queens Of R&B. It was a dream of mine to see SWV live and they did n...
Best Romance Series I’ve Read | Safe With Me by Stephanie Nicole Norris | Lex Reads
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Best Romance Series I’ve Read | Safe With Me by Stephanie Nicole Norris | Lex Reads
*HUGE* birthday book haul 🎉📚🎁 | Lex Reads
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*HUGE* birthday book haul 🎉📚🎁 | Lex Reads
Unsung Black Book Club | September Announcement | Lex Reads
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Reorganizing My 950+ Books Home Library + TBR Cart | Lex Reads
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Short Book Recommendations Under 250 | Lex Reads
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August WrapUp Books, Music, And Movies | Lex Reads
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Top 5 Books For New Readers | Lex Reads
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Black Historical Fiction Novels | Favorites , Recommendations | Lex Reads
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Penguin Classic Edition | Favorites and New To My Collection | Lex Reads
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My Favorite Books Adapted Into Films | Lex Reads
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All Things Bookish | TBR Cart, Book Haul | Lex Reads
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All Things Bookish | TBR Cart, Book Haul | Lex Reads
I love how you always make it a point to praise and shine light on Black authors!!! 🙌🏾 We need more BookTubers like you tbh. Our people do NOT get enough recognition and I'm thankful you're bringing awareness to these greats! I'm definitely inspired to read classic literature now, especially by Black pioneers and greats! 💜
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I've had You've Made of Fool of Death with Your Beauty on my bookshelf for over a year now and have not gotten to it yet. I've heard mixed reviews. I agree with you on Zane not getting enough recognition, especially for erotic fiction. Nervous and Shame on it All are my favourites from her. When 50 Shades came out, they were giving E.L. James all this praise, like she created the genre lol. Anyhow, great video! Hope your November reading has started off with a bang ❤.
S A Cosby, Shanora Williams, Wanda Morris.
For Emezi, I dont think youll like their newest book, Rot. I do think youd like The Death of Vivek Oji, Pet, and Bitter. Last 2 are YA.
Check out Tiffany D Jackson!
Great video! My two favorite thriller authors are Wanda M. Morris and S.A. Cosby
Kate has a good belt on her acting career… she is also Bernadette from where did you go Bernadette, which is a movie which is a movie based on a book just in case you might wanna check out the book and then watch the movie or watch a movie and check out. The book is an option on Kate. She was also great and Benjamin button
Apple TV does have some good shows. And Disclaimer & Shrink are top tier shows.
Ugh don’t even get me started on death made a fool of me. I did not appreciate the linguistic aspect of it and yes she was very messy 1st a stranger and then his mans-n-dem, and then went on to the father like it was too much! I get it’s a book “fantasy” but come on now! lol 😮🤪
I think you would enjoy Shanora Williams Thrillers. They aren’t scary and she always has “that drama and that tea” 🤭 I read What You Leave Behind by Wanda Morris recently and I feel like you would enjoy that one. Again not “scary” and more on the mystery side.
people saying YMAFODWYB is a relatable romance is low key concerning lol.
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I’m a longtime fan of The Winans family especially CeCe. I’ve had the pleasure of seeing her in concert a few times!🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 Yes that cd that you recommend of BeBe’s is 🔥! Have a great week!! 😊
Black thriller/ suspense authors- Brandon Massey, Wanda M Morris , L.S Stratton , S.A. Cosby
I just started reading Yellow Wife for my November read with my book club. I appreciate your annotating suggestions, and NO judgment here! 💕
@@DonnasBookAddiction it’s such a good read. It’s a heard reading but it’s rewarding at the end
i'm a slow reader as well, and I agree with your reading goal set at an attainable number. I enjoyed your video!
@@DonnasBookAddiction thank you so much.
Thank you so so much for these recs. Several of these I haven’t heard of. And that cover of Carolina Built is stunning.
@@GabrielTheMagolorMain that is one of my favorite covers. You are so welcome thanks for watching
Hi Lex, can't thank you enough for Americana! I loved this book! Worked with quite a few Nigerians over my career and to the last man they were excellent officers. I only knew of two who had ‘papers’ issues but there were probably more I just didn't know about. I thought the ‘papers’ was the most interesting part of the story, especially nowadays with all this immigration talk around the election. Do you watch Irami Osei-Frimpong (The Funky Academic) on YT? He points out that the real problem with our immigration system is that it promotes a permanent under class that's very easy to exploit. I'm thinking of that painful but powerful scene where Ifemelu was raped by the tennis coach, he was clearly trying to prey upon her presumed illegal status…he must have known that she couldn't go to the police, an unfortunately common strategy for predators. I found myself yelling at my phone over Ifemelu's various dating woes…come on girl what do you want from a dude?!? Thanks again for this great suggestion, I just finished a bunch of Victorians with another YT channel for Victober, liked most of them (especially The Doctor's Wife, Mary Elizabeth Braddon , made me think of Cervantes and Twain meeting Flaubert and Tolstoy…it's that good!), and I'm a big classics guy (love my old Russians) but I was ready for a palate cleanser. Do you have another African gem you might recommend to a brother?
I can’t 😮write in my books not even my textbooks for college. It hurts my soul to see a book highlighted and written on. I enjoyed your video and I love your materials. I am a big office supply fan lol. Post -it’s, markers, highlighters, oh my lol (alil wizard of Oz when they say loin, tigers, and bears oh my..) happy reading 📖!
@@jacquelineisaac2731 I totally understand trust me lol. I am also a lover of office supplies can’t get enough of it 🤎
You must check out Little Black Girl Lost series by Keith Lee Johnson
Yellow Wife is so fire. but i struggle to annotate my fiction books for some reason. which is why i also feel i would need another copy. so that's not extra at all lol
@@MarasJunkDrawer good to know because I feel like I was doing to much 😂
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I’m deeply into color coordinated annotation from the tabs to the highlights. 😂 I love the tip on using different color tabs in books with multiple pov’s. I’m reading The House of Eve next, so thanks for the tab color palette ideas. 😊
@@yaszit2210 omg I’m the say way it’s just something about it lol.
I like those pens
@@fitjock1 those are the best to write with 🤎
I’m glad I found your channel. Most channels I find are Romance and SciFi/Fantasy based. I’m not a Romance SciFi/Fantasy girl. So, it’s great to find a channel like yours because I read the same type of books you do!
@@rozzjack thank you so much for the support I truly appreciate it. Yeah I don’t do fantasy/sci-fi either lol
I remember learning about the burning of Black Wall St in elementary school, and it's always interesting to find out people have never heard of it. But I didn't learn about Rosewood until the movie, and when you see it, it makes sense why! Thanks for this video 😊.
@@VonJon886 I need to watch that. I have seen the trailer for that and it looked like something I would like. Thanks for the reminder 🤎
Great video, sis. Subbed
Love this video! Going to NYC next month just to binge on book stores so definitely grateful for this video 👍🏽
I'm going to have to checkout The Great Gatsby as it seems to be on everyone's top 10 lists
@@charmainekaldwell8481 please do it’s fantastic
This was very enlightening because I had no idea that the diary of Anne Frank was banned why
@@sharmanyoung5591 exactly why lol.
Loved the video! ❤
You have to read the Men of Brewster's Place first..then you really can understand the women
I loved this video ❤… new subscriber!
@@GgFaePooh thank you so much I really appreciate it 🤎
Revolutionary Suicide - Huey Newton Seize The Time - Bobby Seale Capitalism and Slavery - Eric Williams Soul On Ice - Eldridge Cleaver Autobiography - Assata Shakur Parable of the Sower & Parable of the Talents - Octavia Butler Every book he ever wrote - James Baldwin Testament of Hope - Complete writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King Jr Black Anarchism - Lorenzo Komboa Irvin Wretched of the Earth & Black Skin White Masks by Franz Fanon Christopher Columbus and the African Holocaust by John Henrik Clarke
@@TomHuckACAB incredible list. Some many I have but have yet to read them 🤎
You did a great job, sis! I will revisit most of the books that you mentioned. I know that it is going to take me back down memory lane. Have a great week, sis! 🤓💫🌻🍿
@@triciabrown5071 thank you so much. 😊 Yes please do.
Ma'am. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 🤦🏾♂️
@@crowowlraven9971 when I tell you I forgot so many. Shameful lol. I definitely will be doing another on. Thank you so much for the reminder of this incredible novel 🤎
Of Mice and Men was the only high school reading requirement I liked too lol
@@MarasJunkDrawer ikr such an amazing book
FYI, the Morgan Library, in New York has an exhibit that focuses on the life of Belle da Costa Greene, the librarian to J.P. Morgan.There was an article in Sunday's NY Times. a picture of heris also shown and I don't know how she fooled people. You can see that she is not white. The exhibit is there until May 4th, 2025.
Giiiirrrrllll every time you post a book I go buy it lol now I got 10 more to buy lol but thank you for getting me back into reading ❤
@@jessicacross7311 😂 it is my pleasure I truly appreciate you 🤎
Where did you get your copy of Queens? The larger of the 2 books you showed
@@shawnkersh1652 Amazon, the link is in the description box 👍🏾
@@lexreads I had search for it on Amazon, but the first time I did it wasn’t coming up, but I looked again today and it was on there. Thank you for getting back with me. Love your videos.
@ my pleasure hope you enjoy
I definitely look forward to more videos like this in different genres about your 5 star reads!!! Definitely added a few of these to my TBR that I didn't already have. 😁🙌🏾
@@TinaSharane great, I will definitely be doing more like this 🤎🤎
She is an amazing author. I love her work, too!🥰
@@KeishiaLeeLouis_Books I’m obsessed with her. Can’t wait for her next book😍
Not one Toni Morrison ?
@@jayelee7112 I honestly forgot about her after I posted this video. 😳
Danielle Santiago and Wahida Clark were my intro to urban fiction 😅
I watched the Women of Brewster’s Place several times back in the day and read the book only a few years ago. Of all the books adapted into movies, this is the only from my reading list that was true to the book. It was beautiful to see and I don’t know why Hollywood takes these works and not follow what’s laid out for them.
@@michelletrammel718 I totally agree. They need to go back to square one 🤎
When you reviewed “Mama” I knew that you had to be the real deal. I was going to come to the comment section and mention, “His Only Wife” when you pulled it up. I knew right then and there that I had to subscribe to your channel because these are the kinds of books that Black women (myself included) are looking for. Keep the reviews coming please!🫶🏾
@@moniquegil8011 I can’t wait to review it because that book is amazing. Thank you so much for subscribing I honestly appreciate it 🤎🤎
What did you say, sis? LOL!! You don't have to ask that.....leave it alone. I enjoy your feedback about your favs! Have a wonderful weekend!😂🥰
@@triciabrown5071 thank you so much lol. She was working my nerves 🤎🤎
Have you read James by Percival Everett? It was so good. And a great alternative to the original story.
@@forevermoodreading I haven’t yet I’m still thinking about getting it. Plus I really like his works and want to read more
I love when people talk about their favorite books. because now you make me want to read one of her books 🤗
@@MarasJunkDrawer ikr. This is a fantastic pick. 🤎🤎