My oldest is home from college & wanted to go to the bookstore. I bought myself some books for Mother‘s Day (my husband did buy me some new flowers for my pots in the front of the house). The tagged book is one that the Naval Academy has on the banned book list, so definitely one to read.
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I probably (ok, DEFINITELY) won‘t finish both of these in May since I still have my April pick, The Ghost Map, to read. But they‘re in the queue!
pickPoor and middle class white people help rich assholes set the country on fire, out of fear that people of color might get access to parts of it
pickHappy International Women's Day! I don't think I can recommend a better book for the occasion this year. Dr. Mona is a badass crucial whistle-blower in the Flint water crisis. She's a pediatrician who started to notice patterns only months after the city switched its water source, and worked with only one other woman to prove that Flint's water was essentially hazardous waste and the residents were being poisoned so politicians could make money.
This is the only acceptable amount of whipped cream to put on pumpkin pie, end of discussion. 🥧
pickInformative and meaningful, author Johnson explores the most significant developments in terms of increased longevity in humans over the last century. It‘s hard to grasp that in 1920, 40 years was an average life span; and the number of reasons for longer life is astounding.
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pickA behemoth of fine journalistic writing. Shilts was a reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle when AIDS first began to ravage the city. The disease soon shone a spotlight on the stunning health disparities in the US as the federal government, scientific and public health institutions as well as blood banks refused to initially take seriously what they condescended as “the gay virus.” Shilts later succumbed to AIDS, seven years after publishing.
