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[thebookdragon217]

So excited about this Read A Long that started Juneteenth. I cannot wait for the discussions and learning. Here's my #Letsgetstamped selfie challenge. Let's keep the celebration going! #letsgetstamped #readalongwithus #selfiechallenge #buddyreadsrock #beanagentofchange #beantiracist #blacklivesmatter #readblackbooks #weneeddiversebooks #bookishpost #representationmatters #bookdragon #supportblackauthors #bookstagram #readingislearning #readingiscrucial (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBri7M5gsSC/?igshid=7j3js8492a5k

[thebookdragon217]

Thank you so much @whatsheseees for sending me this copy. This is one of my most anticipated reads especially because it takes place in Brooklyn, NY where I was born and currently still live. I'm excited to see how the author tackles gentrification as a thriller. My part of Brooklyn, Bushwick specifically has gone through aggressive gentrification in the last decade and there are times that I wake up sad because the people and the culture of my neighborhood are almost gone and angry because of the aggressive ways that force changes in neighborhoods of color. QOTD: What do you miss from your childhood neighborhood that no longer exists? SYNOPSIS: 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… Sydney Green is Brooklyn born and raised, but her beloved neighborhood seems to change every time she blinks. Condos are sprouting like weeds, FOR SALE signs are popping up overnight, and the neighbors she’s known all her life are disappearing. To hold onto her community’s past and present, Sydney channels her frustration into a walking tour and finds an unlikely and unwanted assistant in one of the new arrivals to the block—her neighbor Theo. But Sydney and Theo’s deep dive into history quickly becomes a dizzying descent into paranoia and fear. Their neighbors may not have moved to the suburbs after all, and the push to revitalize the community may be more deadly than advertised. When does coincidence become conspiracy? Where do people go when gentrification pushes them out? Can Sydney and Theo trust each other—or themselves—long enough to find out before they too disappear? #thriller #alyssacole #williammorrow #gentrificationisviolence #bookworm #blackauthor #bookstagram #books #bookishphoto #bookswithaview #booksoutside #travelwithabook #diversifyyourfeed #readblackbooks #decolonizereading #bookdragon #amplifymelanatedvoices #rooftops #supportblackauthors #readdiversely #stopgentrifyingbrooklyn #bibliophile #readingisresistance #readandlearn #booksarelife #saveBIPOChomes #readingiscrucial #truthinstories (at Middle Village) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEw2FpqA67v/?igshid=fd7oaze2cxte