Check out our sponsors! * Today's Episode Sponsor - The Shelf Addiction Merch Store! Buy your next favorite bookish t-shirt!: http://www.shelfaddiction.com/merch.html* As of January 2019, use our NEW prom code! Try audiobooks! New audiobooks.com customers get a FREE 30-day membership and your first audiobook FREE! Use our promo code SHELFADDICTION when you sign up at https://ca.audiobooks.com/signupTonight on Book Chat, I’m sharing with you a few of my favorite reads by African American authors. Tamara’s books and series recommendations:•Urban Fantasy - Minion (Vampire Huntress, #1) by L.A. Banks | http://amzn.to/2Es3O9C•Contemporary Romance - Invisible Life by E Lynn Harris | http://amzn.to/2C3L2jE•YA Contemporary Fiction - The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas | http://amzn.to/2sfZpl5•Contemporary Fiction - Stand Your Ground by Victoria Christopher Murray | http://amzn.to/2FSwWnC•Horror/Fantasy - Joplin's Ghost by Tananarive Due | http://amzn.to/2C3KQkg•YA Contemporary Fiction – Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon | http://amzn.to/2sbfV5U•Horror - Dark Corner by Brandon Massey | http://amzn.to/2BeF9DqHonorable mention: Nonfiction/Biography - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot While the book is not written by a black author, it tells the story of a black woman and her family. | http://amzn.to/2C2oZcUTamara spots new releases that look good:•YA Fantasy – The Belles (The Belles #1) by Dhonielle Clayton | http://amzn.to/2C1nM5U•YA Fantasy - Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha #1) Tomi Adeyemi | http://amzn.to/2C15qlr•Contemporary Romance - Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann | http://amzn.to/2BIyOB6***********************************Want to share a comment? Have a question you'd like answered on air? Call into Shelf Addiction and leave a Speakpipe voicemail https://www.speakpipe.com/shelfaddiction OR Anchor App call-in https://anchor.fm/shelfaddiction!Want to contribute to PCS and Book Chat? Help the Shelf Addiction Podcast pay for the hosting and editing of the podcast by becoming a patron! Learn more at https://www.patreon.com/shelfaddictionFind Tamara on social media!Book Blog | shelfaddiction.comYouTube | https://www.youtube.com/user/ShelfAddiction/feedTwitter, Periscope, & Instagram | @ShelfAddiction***********************************Blog Updates:Join the 3 Bloggers, 1 series Read-Along!! Get more info here: http://www.shelfaddiction.com/read-along.html***********************************Are you an author and would like to be featured on Book Chat? Apply here: http://www.shelfaddiction.com/author-feature-policy--request-form.htmlPodcast and Blog advertising opportunities available here: http://www.shelfaddiction.com/advertising.html***********************************Produced with Cyberlink AudioDirector- Intro/Outro Music created by Samone Ward- Welcome background Intro/Outro music courtesy of Zencastr Recording Room.- Topic Transition Music | Readers! Do You Read? by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: http://tinyurl.com/pz32lqy | http://chriszabriskie.com/licensingFTC Disclaimer: The show notes may contain affiliate and/or referral links. I receive a small commission if you purchase using my link(s). If you purchase using my link(s), you will be supporting the Shelf Addiction website and podcast. This is NOT a sponsored podcast. All opinions are genuinely my own.**This audio podcast shall not be reproduced, sampled or uploaded elsewhere without my written consent.