 what you do when no one is watching is really important. Keep watching to find out what book i'm reading this week and why you have to pay attention to who's watching. Yeah it's Kyla Danagno and welcome to Kyla's Reading Day. So this week i read a book called When No One Is Watching. The book was written by Alyssa Cole. It's a fiction novel and the theme or topic was suspense thriller. So there will be spoilers. It's a book review. But one of the biggest twists, shifts, turns, whatever you want to say was when Theo came out wearing the Black Lives Matter shirt and Sydney was like please take that off. You gotta take that off. Please, please, please. So that was important because Theo was white, Sydney is black and he was wearing the shirt to show his support. One of the kids in the neighborhood was getting harassed by police and so he was wearing the shirt. He just thought he was being an ally and we appreciate allies of black people. We do. How some ever the Black Lives Matter shirt was just not the right time. It was drawing attention to Theo in a negative way. My sweatshirt black is a vibe. It stands for black clothing but really it's talking about black people. Black people are a whole vibe and it's awesome that it can be on a tie-dye shirt. Almost even ironic. But it's those kind of things right? You're already here. You're showing that you're involved. You're attending community meetings. The Black Lives Matter shirt. We don't we don't need it. We don't need it. Please take that off. She was like I need you to change your clothes right now. So I love that part. I thought that was great. So why that was important to me is because I have had a lot of people who are not black. So that includes people of color. That includes white people who have supported me and been allies of me as a black woman. I appreciate it. I love it. It's great and there are some people who try and they don't know what to do. So I remember summer 2020 and I was pregnant preparing to have my daughter when a lot of stuff was happening and all the Black Lives Matters protests and things like that. And I saw a message where someone was like some people support by donating financially. Some people support with their time. Some people support by protesting. Basically there are different ways to show your support and that was how I felt while reading the book. I was like wow I appreciated that Theo was trying to be an ally and Sydney was honest with him and told him we don't need that right now. Just just continue being an ally and showing up. You don't need to wear the merchandise right? So I really enjoyed that piece especially because I have a lot of allies who are not black and I am making that distinction because people of color and black people are different. It's different. Black would a capital B. It's different. This book was deep. I mean my husband and I are trying to buy a house so the book had to deal with gentrifying neighborhoods and institutionalizing black people getting them addicted to drugs so that you can buy their properties and oh it was hitting just so close to home while I'm struggling trying to find a house. So I would not reread the book because I'm not gonna forget it and it's just not. It was a good thriller but most thrillers I don't need to reread because I was scared when I read it and I'm like okay um so no I wouldn't reread it but it wasn't great but it was a really good book. So thank you for hanging out with me at Kyla's Reading Day. Today we talked about the book When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole. Drop me a comment. Let me know if you've read this book or if you've read any other suspenseful or thriller books this week. I will see you next week on Kyla's Reading Day. Bye.