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I‘ve decided on a reading goal for next year, I think. I‘m going to try and read only books by women. Not necessarily about them but ones written by them. I feel like they aren‘t given enough credit and happen to lose out on more opportunities. Bonus if they are BIPOC. I‘m sure a book or two will slip through but I‘m excited about this one.

So I kind of made a hash of the readathon. I forgot to set a timer so I have no idea how long I read. I did finish Wonder Women and enjoyed it. I‘m almost done with the 2nd Bunburry cozy mystery. I did have a nice time reading and that‘s a win to me. @MrBook
#MrBook1inAMillion #LitsyPartyOfOne #24B4Monday

I‘m mashing up two days of #GratefulReads for this post: #bookandbeverage and #bookandsnack 🥤🍪 Here is my current book with the best chocolate chip cookie and Lipton Unsweetened iced tea. It‘s shaping up to be a pleasant afternoon!
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620

I‘m #LookingForwardToReading this nonfiction book about women and their history-changing contributions. I‘ve already read the section on Ada Lovelace who was a brilliant mathematician and wrote the first computer program.
#GratefulReads
 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620

Slowly adding to my “feminist icons” section of my library.

I loved this book! This is a compilation of short bios of diverse women throughout history who have accomplished great things in areas such as science, medicine, espionage, and adventure. It is thoroughly researched, detailed, and inspiring. The author is not objective-there is a snarky, sarcastic tone throughout especially when highlighting how women have been mistreated or overlooked. I definitely think high schoolers would be a great audience.

"Of the more than 5 million U.S. #patents that have been granted since 1790, only about 5 percent have a women‘s name on them. Men often took credit for women‘s #inventions, sometimes at the behest of women of color who feared that white consumers wouldn‘t want to purchase their items."

Great book, only disappointed that the author felt the need to point many of these womens sexual preferences. Who cares if they preferred men, women or both?

In 1894, the above quote was written by Annie Londonderry in defense of women RIDING BICYCLES!!!! 🚲🚲 It‘s truly mind-blowing what women have had to fight for throughout history.

I‘m loving this book! It‘s getting me through the stairmaster!

Women #blurredlines all over the place in order to trailblaze, invent, and change history for the better! This is a great little anthology about women who impacted society. #heatofjuly

Birthday breakfast for the birthday boy!! I can‘t believe my youngest is 7!! Time flies so fast! Waffles, ice cream, and whipped cream for breakfast😋🍨

I‘ve been slowly making my way through this book- I love the short profiles about important women! 👩🏻‍⚕️👩🏻‍🔬👩‍🚀

I love this book. It has a lot of stories about women I had never heard of before. Each biography is just a few pages long. Making it a great read before bed.

These are my Saturday reading plans! I‘ve been fighting a sore throat and cold and have a few sick kiddos so I‘m probably too ambitious but I have lofty #bookgoals 😊📚 Who knows if I‘ll stick with these or if something else will fit my mood?! #moodreader

Wonder Woman by Sam maggs
This book Tells you about all the amazing ladies through out history who have poineered to great heights in there careers only to be second bested by a man.
These ladies where only recognised late in their lives or when they where dead.
This book has opened my eyes to amazing ladies I new nothing about 💝📚😃
#empowered #girlpower #girlpowergiveaway
@StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego

25 innovators, inventers and trailblazers who changed history. Wonder Woman!
#wonderwoman #girlpower #womandoingitforthemselfs 💝📚😃 #femalereaders #science #spies #inventers #ladies #empowered

So i decided to take a break from all the challenges I am doing (just a couple of days) and enjoy a totally different book altogether.

It was great getting to learn about so many amazing women. Many of whom are not in the standard history books. I highly recommend this book for anyone raising a daughter. Let her know she can dare to dream.

Check out some of these great books on fantastic women who have influenced both our past and our future!
#CPL #CumberlandPublicLibrary #librarydisplay #litsyloveslibraries #wcw #womenshistorymonth

Enjoying a chia latte and this book hanging out at Starbucks. Oh and some very diabetes unfriendly scones but so yummy 😋

Started this book today and I'm already halfway through it.. such an awesome book filled with info about some badass women, love it!!

Starting a new book on audio tonight. Except my co-workers will not stop talking 🤦🏽‍♀️

Christmas book haul 😀... Father Christmas was very kind this year. Looking forward to getting stuck in now I'm over my post Christmas bug (truly the gift that I *did not* want) and work (yay for year end - not). #happiness #christmasbooks #yay

Reading part of the Christmas book haul #girlpower #christmas #women

Sam Maggs' writing style is unique and a breath of fresh air. It felt like I was sitting down with a friend over a latte discussing why women are so awesome. A great read for girls 14 and up, as well as men and women everywhere. If you're into biographies, science, feminism, and short stories, you should enjoy. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 Thanks @jpease89 for the awesome gift!

This description of Ynes Mexia was the best.

Badass ladies of history! Spent more time googling the women talked about in this book than I did reading it because the little mini-biographies were not enough for me, but it was worth it! ❤️

Latest #audiobook listen. I'm really enjoying the voice, but I suspect I'm missing out on some great illustrations.

🏫📚 Women's History Month 🍁👒

Apologies for the hiatus! Will be catching up on #fyaphotoaday over the next few days. Let‘s pick up where we left off with Day 11: Riot Grrls. Happy #dayofthegirl to these real and fictional ladies (including their authors!) who take a stand for other women. These are just a few of our faves—tell us all about yours! #feminist #riotgrrl #amreading #yalit #yabooks #deadfeminists #atyrannyofpetticoats #underapaintedsky #moxie #dumplin #wonderwomen

Books and teas.. Reading Party of 2 #bookandtea

Such an inspiring book! Each one of the women represented in this book faced incredible challenges, but they also showed us that women can do anything, and not to listen to anything or anyone who tries to hold us back. I am blown away by how much I learnt and how much I loved this book!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ because this book proves that we (women) can be totally bad-ass. Also, it's kind of sad that I only really knew of two of these women, but I guess that's why Maggs decided the book needed to be written. Everyone needs to know of these women and their amazing contributions to society; their amazing fights; and their amazing ability to be successful no matter the hardships they faced.

Best introduction to a biography yet. #currentlyreading #spygame

This book is pretty awesome so far! So many women I did not know about. Chapter 1 was Women of Science; Chapter 2 was Women of Medicine. Chapter 3? This is going to be my chapter. #currentlyreading 😃

Loving this book so far! I've only read the section "Women of Science", and it's so inspiring!

Also I have given up on the riotgrams challenge, I missed too many days to catch up. I have been in a reading rut for a couple weeks, but now I'm getting back into it, and Wonder Women was the perfect choice ??

This is the best I could do for yellow covers 💛 #riotgrams #yellowcovers

Also reading this one on the side. Amorè is curious about it too! ??

I really liked this. The author's jokey style was difficult for me to get used to but eventually it stopped bothering me. I learned about a lot of amazing women. This is a good overview of their accomplishments but it doesn't go in depth.

Lots of information in this book. A little overwhelming for middle grade and a little childish for high school but still decent overall. The extra resources at the end are on point.

Library haul!
#bookhaul

THIS BOOK! 😍This was a fantastic way to read through #womenshistorymonth It's diverse, witty, and an inspiring read. I highly recommend it.

There was a small library book haul today. Went to pick up my transfer/hold for the cookbook, saw the tagged book on the way out & thought it would be a quick, good read & the other 4 came from the library bookstore for $2.25. I read The Passage when it came out & keep telling myself I'll read The Twelve when I find a cheap copy, The Paying Guests & The Wonder have been on my TBR & the yellow spine is pure nostalgia-a Best in Children's Books.📚👍

Absolutely adored this book! I now have a list of strong female role models to inspire! These ladies are badass!

I'm currently so excited about science 👩‍🔬
#readharder #techbook

Review on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1935835991

"Used math to win at gambling in order to bankroll her book habit." Sounds like my kind of girl! ?

"Overthrow the academic order," which I guess is German for "upset all the men." Seriously, this book!

The parentheticals in this book! ? "and was therefore kind of a trash bag."