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Happy National Black Authors Day ❤️

I wanted to share some of the books on my tbr and if you follow me you already know I’m all about black Authors so i definitely wanna celebrate them today and every day giving them their well deserved flowers 💐

#blackbooksmatter #blackauthors #lemon8bookclub #blackbookrecommendations #lemon8challenge

2025/5/4 Edited to

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Didn’t know about a National Black Author Day. But I do now. Thank you from a Black author. Hopefully I’ll be on your TBR soon😉. HNBAD!!

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