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Grab your copy and then tell us. Which one gets made first? 👇🏾

💬 How many books have you read so far this month? . I’m in the middle of a few, but I have yet to finish a single one. I’ve been in such a slump the last few weeks, I’ve found it to be such a struggle to read. I really hope I get over this slump soon. . Thank you to @williammorrowbooks for this amazing stack of ARCs and finished copies!! Which should I read first?? I’m leaning towards Plain Bad Heroines I think. Have you read any of these? . . . h a s h t a g s ⇣ #bookstack #plainbadheroines #whennooneiswatching #williammorrow #bookstacks #bibliophile #bibliophilelife #mybookfeatures #booklover #culturetripbooks #totalbooknerd #bookhoarder #chooselovely #hyggehome #styleithappy #makeitblissful #alliseeispretty #autumncolors #fallfeels https://www.instagram.com/p/CGlaEdjHYZ9/?igshid=j0dq2es84cjq

If you aren’t watching it all unfold, you must be what’s unfolding… #unfolding #unfoldingdreams #whennooneiswatching #watchingyou #whatareyouwatching #unfoldchallenge (at Catalina Foothills, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChvGdxfPNg8Me9rfOei_pMd6t5Z0em8es72Shk0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

A quiet day with a good book. #CurrentlyReading #WhenNooneIsWatching #AlyssaCole #WeekendRead #QuietMorning #PhotoEditing #2021Reads #NovemberReads #AlexandriaEgypt #Alexandria #Egypt #AlexandriaPhotography #AlexandriaPhotographer #FallBooks #MysteryNovel #ThrillerNovel #Morning #Breakfast #BookPhotography #WeekendMood #Mugaholic #Bookstagram #Book #Reading #Goodreads #Morning #Sunshine #Home #Bookaholic #kindle (at Home) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWxRS27s1LF/?utm_medium=tumblr

Really got into this thriller / social commentary about the evils of systemic racism and gentrification. I actually kept finding things to clean around the house just to have an exxuse to keep listening. Thanks again to @librofm for the free audiobook. ~ #WhenNoOneIsWatching #alyssacole #audiobook #librofm #currentlylistening https://www.instagram.com/p/CGu-p-6gSoI/?igshid=48bqepm3kq41

Day 19: When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole "Rear Window meets Get Out in this gripping thriller from a critically acclaimed and New York Times Notable author, in which the gentrification of a Brooklyn neighborhood takes on a sinister new meaning…" #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackAuthors #AlyssaCole #WhenNoOneIsWatching #thriller #GetOut #gentrificationsucks #blackgirlsread #representationmatters #nerdymama #nerdybooks #booknerd #POCbookstagrammer #bookstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CLfSzeAAtf7/?igshid=175dsit9t6c0d

When No One is Watching wasn’t a “thriller” to me. Although I vacillated between psychological thriller and maybe mystery, in my mind, this book wasn’t a thriller for me. Although it was a bit mind-bending in places, and definitely different as far as what this author normally writes, I came off of this book feeling like something was missed, a bit off, and left me with more questions. The execution of the plots in this book felt kinda limp. The book is about how a Brooklyn neighborhood is going through gentrification and mysteriously the Black neighbors are disappearing. Although for Black people, gentrification is more aggravating, infuriating, and disrespectful, but not a thriller. Cause we already know things like this can happen to us every day of the week. It don’t even have to be gentrification involved. I have to be honest though, this book made me angry and lose hope in some white people. Cause to be honest, the history of redlining and segregation, and denying loans to Blacks is all too recent for me to be comfortable with white folks moving into my neighborhood. That’s what gentrification is doing. The government, and states, and cities all came together and forced Black people into sections of neighborhoods, denied them home loans, refused to put money into the neighborhood for generations, allowed the neighborhood to fall into disrepair, then when “they” (white people) feel like taking it back, they raise the rent, raise the prices of buildings for small businesses, force people out due to rising costs, and then push billions of dollars into renovations, and put white people in place selling them dreams of “urban living”, causing historically Black neighborhoods to be lost to those who’ve always lived there and pushed them out with nothing. Then, push the police on them when they refuse to leave. Overall, this book was good. I say that with caution. The heavy-handedness of the topic of race, racism, and gentrification can be a bit triggering or overwhelming to some people who have witnessed, lived through, or experienced how racism and gentrification can consume neighborhoods. (Continued in comments) #whennooneiswatching https://www.instagram.com/p/CG-zrv4gbh1/?igshid=1qmpxyoae2liw