Stacking the Shelves

Stacking the Shelves meme is hosted by the Reading Reality blog. It was originally hosted by the Team Tynga's Reviews blog and now is solely hosted by Reading Reality.  

What books am I stacking my Kindle with this week?  Fire!!: the Zora Neale Hurston Story has been on my wishlist since it was published in 2017. Zora was an African American woman who challenged the norms of the early twentieth century society. While born in poverty to a Baptist family in Alabama in the 1890s, she was able to apply herself at school and attended Howard University as well as Barnard College, where she was the only black student. When she arrived in New York City during the height of the Harlem Renaissance she found herself among peers such as poet Langston Hughes. Zora became a noted folklorist and novelist. Her most well known book was Their Eyes Were Watching God. Despite her successes, Zora was continually having to accept maid jobs in order to support herself.

I think Fire is going to be a terrific read!