December Staff Book Report: Michelle Forde
Each month we ask our staff to share their latest reading recommendations and give us a peek into their reading habits by answering your favorite bookish questions. In December, we hear from Michelle Forde, Digital Marketing Manager, Marketing Strategy. Read ahead for Michelle’s trusted recommendations, her sweet bookmark hack and more.
Michelle Forde, Digital Marketing Manager, Marketing Strategy
Admissions by Kendra James
This was not only brought up during my interview as an example for Open Book, but it was written by a long-time friend of mine! I was privy to some of these stories as they were happening and let me tell you it was still shocking reaching them again years later!
Lunar Love by Lauren Kung Jessen
I am a sucker for opposites attract. I’m also a sucker for horoscopes, eastern and western. There was no way I wasn’t going to love this!
Fairies Oracle Deck and Guidebook by Eugene Fletcher
I learned about this at my very first Sales Conference and I counted down the days until it finally released. The art is gorgeous and the takes on the mythology of the cards is fantastic!
Gender Magic by Rae McDaniel, MEd, LCPC, CST
This book was so incredible. I got it for a friend questioning their gender and then noticed it was positioned not just for the gender non-conforming, but for their friends and loved ones. I grabbed myself a copy and was so glad I did.
Ghetto Gastro by Jon Gray, Pierre Serrao, Lester Walker & Osayi Endolyn
This book was part of my first big sweepstakes I worked on but also, they’re from my own home town! Shout out to the Bronx! I instantly connected to the feeling and the recipes in the book and was so happy to add a copy to my shelf.
What is the weirdest thing you have used as a bookmark?
Fruit leather. Yeah like the healthier fruit roll-ups. I had it one hand and when I was done with the book I had a snack ready to go!
If you owned a bookstore, what would you call it?
I think I’d make it a books and gaming store and pair tea and wine/beer with light fare so you can buy your books and join a game in the back. I’d call it Homebrew.
What is your favorite book cover from the past year and why?
The Princess of Thornwood Drive by Khalia Moreau
That is so cruel to make me narrow it down to just one! I loved so many honestly, but I might have to go with The Princess of Thornwood Drive. The colors are just gorgeous and I’m still not used to seeing a Black woman on a cover surrounded by bright colors like that. Totally my aesthetic.
