Yasmin
http://www.yasminboakye.com
to-read
(1183)
currently-reading (21)
read (296)
books-i-own-and-have-yet-to-read (82)
schomburg-95 (48)
currently-reading (21)
read (296)
books-i-own-and-have-yet-to-read (82)
schomburg-95 (48)
books-i-own
(41)
audiobooks (22)
favorites (15)
med-school-insiders-essential-books (10)
fat-studies (8)
audiobooks (22)
favorites (15)
med-school-insiders-essential-books (10)
fat-studies (8)
“Charlotte: Racism exists outside of reason. Black people have never been human.
Charles: That is so hopeless.
Charlotte: Go further into that hopelessness, and then we can really begin to see each other.”
― The White Card: A Play
Charles: That is so hopeless.
Charlotte: Go further into that hopelessness, and then we can really begin to see each other.”
― The White Card: A Play
“Abnormal pleasures kill the taste for normal ones.”
― Henry and June: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1931-1932
― Henry and June: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1931-1932
“This was love: a string of coincidences that gathered significance and became miracles.”
― Half of a Yellow Sun
― Half of a Yellow Sun
“What remains of your past if you didn't allow yourself to feel it when it happened? If you don't have your experiences in the moment, if you gloss them over with jokes or zoom past them, you end up with curiously dispassionate memories.”
― Fraud
― Fraud
Yasmin’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Yasmin’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Art, Contemporary, Cookbooks, Fiction, Gay and Lesbian, Memoir, Poetry, Psychology, Science, Self help, Travel, and Nonfiction
Polls voted on by Yasmin
Lists liked by Yasmin




















































