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This month i did a little better than average as I did a last minute push to get my yearly totals up to 135 and make my year in review on goodreads have an even layout so I read like six books in one week.
3 eBook
9 Physical
I've managed to get my final points total for my #BuriedAliveChallenge to 11,770 with an average of 99 points per book. Clearly I need to read more of my longer owned books to get a higher average.
#DecemberWrapUp

I'm ending my 2020 reading year with a book by the same author that I started it with. This is a quick and general overview of the accomplishments of 52 women that history doesn't really mention much. I loved the conversational tone and the gorgeous illustrations. The book is based on a series of Twitter threads that appeared weekly for a year.
#BuriedAliveChallenge

Welp @TheAromaofBooks has posted the monthly reminder so here's my #BookSpin list for December. I'm still not quite up for the full bingo experience but I am looking forward to whatever the two main choices will be. I've been using the same list every month and just replacing the selections I've read. Even keeping the list static for the year only three of the original selections are still on there in large part because of the bonanza in May.

Yessss!! Queen's!!
I loved reading about badass women I didn't know existed.
Looking into them all

These women are so cool......Something uplifting to be reminded that we are strong and we got this Stay-Home thing 💪🏽

Stick to your routine, be grateful and resilient, show up and be the best you can everyday, bada$$ girlfriends!

So I originally curated my #BookSpin list from my Buried Alive Goodreads shelf but after seeing all the great shelf list posts I thought it would probably be a good idea to round up all the books on my list and put them together rather than the various places they were stashed all over the house.

I‘m not one for sports movies (or sports, really) but I‘d like to see one made about Jackie, a teenager signed to a minor league team who reportedly struck out Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig in one game.

I meannnnnnn ⚾️

Dear Hollywood, we need an epic film about this woman posthaste. 🏴‍☠️ 🌊 ⚔️

I‘m obsessed with the illustrations & aesthetics of this!! Prepare to have your feed flooded — I‘m going to try to read this one slowly. 😍🙌🏻💪🏻

Bookish gifts from my BFF as we did a belated Xmas with just her and I. So excited!

Fulllll of slang and definitely not for everyone, I adored this collection of vignettes for super-cool ladies who throughout history have been overlooked either on purpose due to sexism or racism or both but despite their time period‘s inability to heap on the praise they deserved, they were incredibly brave and brilliant broads just like the title implies. 🙌🏻💜

Soo many cool women I want to know more about! A really fun and amazing read!

Got this for my birthday today! 🤩
Sad to say that I only know the one woman by name😅, Emmy Noether, from 52. Well, something new to learn 🤓

#MarchIntoThe70s Day 30: #WeAreTheChampions say the bygone badass broads and wonder women whom Fats has featured today at GatheringBooks. She has curated this amazing list of books featuring female trailblazers throughout history. Over 30 women-empowered titles before Women‘s History Month ends and perfect for our #WomenReadWomen2019. https://wp.me/pDlzr-k8u

The perfect book for Day 8 of #LiteraryLuck & #InternationalWomensDay: Bygone Badass Broads by Mackenzi Lee. This is also a special book in our house, because Wicket got to attend the book signing at @FountainBookstore and even got this copy autographed to him. #WicketsWorld

Readathon snack time prep. Just waiting impatiently for the Ben & Jerry‘s to melt a little so it isn‘t a battle to scoop it out. #24in48

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#24in48

I have not read this book yet but it is on my TBR for 2019 #MusicalNewYear

Loved this book so much. So inspiring, varied, and attention-grabbing. Appreciated the chronological order. Some of the writing was too colloquial/informal for me (Twitter series). I wanted more facts and less of the acronyms and commentary. Also would have liked real pictures where available along with the illustrations (which were great too). Overall, though, so glad this exists. And loved the preface and dedication to her mom 😍

This book gets a heck yes! If you, like me, like learning about all the unknown / forgotten / hidden badass women from history then this is the book for you! I'm always astounded by how many incredible women with amazing stories or who changed the world I've never learned about (thanks a lot history textbooks). I recognized a few like Hatshepsut & the Miraball sisters, but mostly lots of amazing new ladies I didn't know. Highly, highly recommend.

Blame this one on @Cinfhen ❤️😘

This is a great book for young women and older women alike. The women, from BCE to the 20th century, performed amazing feats and overcame many obstacles most commonly rampant misogyny. She included women from all over the world of many colors and sexual orientations. Their achievements were in fields including athletics, music, the military, and activism. Read this. 5⭐️

This one‘s for you @Cinfhen

Cindy posted about this badass #nonfiction book yesterday, and I had to check it out. If you need a book to remind you that women rock and can do anything, read this. I‘m really enjoying it.

This is my fav so far: a woman who challenged any man to wrestling and was undefeated until her death at 45!

#nonfictionNovember #nonfiction2018

#NoFemmeber #NonFictionNovember #SheWill Inspire, #SheWill challenge, #SheWill make you take notice, #SheWill NOT be forgotten 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼and I feel like I want to add #SheWill rock you 🎶🎵🎶 ( my ode to Freddie)
This book looks UH.MAY.ZING

I used a rare night alone to finish this amazing book! It didn't have as much information as I would have liked, but I really liked the author's enthusiasm for these amazing women. Plus I learned about a lot about influential women in history I had never heard of!

My library is starting a feminist book club and I am going to put up a display to inspire interest. I'm constantly inspired by the amazing women who've shattered stereotypes and made a difference and am using guerilla art tactics to inspire others (these cards going to be hidden in books and when folks take them home, hopefully they'll be intrigued enough to look up the stories of these rad women!)

5/5

With all the quotes I've posted over the past week, it shouldn't be a surprise that I loved this book. It's all about woman who did extraordinary things, and I'd only heard of a few of them before reading. Some stories were inspiring, some were sad, and they were all super interesting.

It's also on #hoopla which makes it very easy to read.

Bold.

"My husband was killed in action defending the motherland. I want revenge on the fascist dogs for his death and for the death of Soviet people tortured by the fascist barbarians. For this purpose I've deposited all my personal savings... in order to build a tank. I kindly ask to name the tank 'Fighting Girlfriend' and to send me to the frontline as driver of said tank."

Mariya Oktyabrskaya in a letter to Stalin

Another one because this book is just too quotable.

"Beautiful, valiant, generous, and supremely unchaste." from Gallant Ladies by Cameron Rogers in reference to Julie D'Aubigny

This is in reference to Arawelo. She, and this book, are very cool.

"Rose's are red, gender's performative, your ideas about women are so hella normative. "

Small book haul from a short shopping trip to Books A Million and Costco in the ridiculous heat. I think tolerating the inferno was a good trade for several new books!

THIS COVER Y‘ALL 😍 Seriously, the portraits throughout this collection of 52 mini-biographies are amazing. As are the women themselves! This was a diverse collection of female historical figures that most people haven‘t heard of. I loved Mackenzi Lee‘s narrative voice and will definitely be finding some more in-depth books about a few of these incredible ladies 👑

Thanks for the tag @TricksyTails ♥️♥️
1. A Confederacy of Dunces
2. I go through snack phases- right now I‘m really into pita chips!
3. The tagged book-these are little mini-bios about women that haven‘t been recognized in history for their accomplishments. So good!
4. It‘s almost Wednesday here . . . so anyone who want to😊
#tuesdaytidbits

A rainy gloomy Saturday is no match for stack of library books.😀

Today‘s episode of “what holds will arrive for Jess at the library...”

In other news, I need more time to read!! Sadly, despite being the purchaser for a large portion of the adult collection for my library system, I cannot read at my desk.

I finally spent my Amazon gift card from February.... on (surprise!) more books! I am so stoked to finally have a Victor LaValle novel in my personal library, and Mackenzi Lee's summaries of badass ladies in history is A+ work.

Pretty much adored this book with all my heart. ❤️❤️❤️

Just arrived from Amazon and I'm in love!! The writing is so engaging and down-to-Earth. And the concept?!! A DIVERSE book about badass women?? Yaaaaas!

Got to see my friend Mackenzi captivate an audience of teens and adults with stories about women‘s history last night at Belmont Books. This book is so beautiful and needed by readers of all ages! Go get yourself or gift a copy if you haven‘t already #bygonebadassbroads

CHILLS. The writing style was very casual - but it was the perfect way to make every story digestible. And what inspiring women. I loved learning about these ladies! 💖

A very enjoyable book about women who made a difference in the world. I‘ve decided that several of them were were worth reading more about so I added some more in-depth books to my TBR!

Excited to dive into this!

After going to Fountain Bookstore to meet Mackenzi Lee for her new book Bygone Badass Broads, Wicket promptly got home for an introvert crash. He met Mackenzi and a bunch of our best reading/writing friends in Richmond. This is one tired dog. Ditto for me and Sheri. It is most definitely bedtime. #NightyNight #WicketsWorld #DogsOfLitsy #bedtime

Tonight was a first for my dog Wicket. Mackenzi Lee (best known for her YA novel Gentleman‘s Guide to Vice & Virtue) visited Fountain Bookstore to promote her new book, Bygone Badass Broads. After a brief Twitter exchange, my wife Sheri & I learned Mackenzi LOVES cute dogs, so our dog Wicket got permission from Fountain Bookstore to attend. I‘ll be posting a pic of Sheri and Wicket with Mackenzi in my next post. #BygoneBadassBroads #WicketsWorld

Mackenzi Lee managed to make her way to RVA despite the snow! She was AWESOME, just as badass as the women in her new book. She also talked about Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue and it's upcoming sequel, shared her love of LibroFM, and afterwards I discovered that she's also a #murderino. We have some signed stock of hers at @FountainBookstore if you want to support an awesome writer (and a fellow indie bookstore employee). #SSDGM 📚🖤

Happy #InternationalWomensDay everyone! I made a thing. Again, the platform doesn‘t play nicely on mobile, but you can still click through to add books 🤓 https://librarything.libguides.com/book-lists-03-18

I Looooveee this book! I am all for the women in history who made differences and I just wish they would have gotten their dues in life. There‘s so many now I need to go grab biography‘s for because I need to know more, pirates, warriors, teachers and so many more. I just want to hand this book out to anyone and everyone. A woman struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig and I love knowing that now!

I loved this collection of short bios about women who changed the world but haven‘t been recognized for their contributions. Loved the author‘s sassy, snarky tone. There is a bunch of cursing so it‘s not for youngsters. #badasswomen

This was waiting for me when I got home. Yay for #bookmail 👊🔥❣️

March is Women‘s History Month. Celebrating with this new release.