Sign in with Facebook
296 books
—
141 voters
ColumbusReads
is currently reading
Reading for the 2nd time
read in February 2018
ColumbusReads said:
"
Often regarded as one of the best mystery novels ever. This novels bears some similarities to Agatha Christie novels of the 40’s. I’m a big Christie fan so this is right up my alley. It’s a rather cozy whodunit where the crime doesn’t involve an actu
...more
"
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
―
―
“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.”
― The Fire Next Time
― The Fire Next Time
“We cannot discuss the state of our minorities until we first have a sense of what we are, who we are, what our goals are, and what we take life to be.”
―
―
“I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.”
―
―
“Your children are not your children.
They are sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you.
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For thir souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the make upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness.
For even as He loves the arrow that flies, so He also loves the bow that is stable.”
―
They are sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you.
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For thir souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the make upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness.
For even as He loves the arrow that flies, so He also loves the bow that is stable.”
―
Literary Fiction by People of Color
— 12959 members
— last activity 7 hours, 53 min ago
This can include genre fiction that is literary (e.g. speculative fiction, historical fiction, etc.), as long as it's written by a person of color (Af ...more
Black Coffee
— 3031 members
— last activity Nov 17, 2025 12:15AM
This group focuses on books written by or about black people from all continents in many different genres though we focus on historical fiction and cl ...more
Diversity in All Forms!
— 1973 members
— last activity Jul 10, 2025 12:53PM
This book club will engage participants on a variety of culturally relevant topics that have included (but are not limited to): ethnicity/race, countr ...more
Ink and Paper Blog
— 661 members
— last activity Jul 25, 2019 04:10PM
Hello Everyone - This group will focus on the topics that I bring up on my Booktube channel. Let's discuss books, books and more books. My YouTube C ...more
Afro Book Club
— 798 members
— last activity Jun 21, 2025 12:29PM
An international reading club appreciating books by authors of African descent in the continent and in the diaspora.
ColumbusReads’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at ColumbusReads’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
788 books
|
109 friends
6,788 books
|
1,158 friends
1,281 books
|
4,990 friends
1,451 books
|
50 friends
557 books
|
220 friends
5,480 books
|
1,122 friends
1,871 books
|
3,454 friends
6,276 books
|
2,500 friends
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by ColumbusReads
Lists liked by ColumbusReads
