Started this while donating plasma today. There is a lot to take in here, but it flies by. I can‘t believe I‘m already half way through.
My own eating disorder internally had nothing to do with racism, but the mind set I adopted and internalised is 100% racist.
#SabrinaStrings #FearingTheBlackBody #fatphobia #racism #disorderedeating

I adored the tagged book. It‘s hard to read because of how horrific some of the abuse is, but she‘s a survivor and it shows in how she tells her story. She led me to The Power of Knitting, which made the list since I had nothing for June for this bracket, too.
@CSeydel #bookbracket #readingbracket #readingbracket2025 #bookbracket2025 #nonfiction

This month I chose Faust! It was my first pick. My second for the month is The Satanic Verses and since I didn‘t have a book for June, Rushdie made it on the bracket, too.
@CSeydel #bookbracket #readingbracket #readingbracket2025 #bookbracket2025 #fiction

I have read SO MUCH good nonfiction this month. It‘s going to be hard to pick a favourite. I‘m still working on it.
#JulyWrapUp #StoryGraph

Started and finished while donating plasma today. I almost feel like I need to read it again. This was a fast paced book, with lots to think about. This is definitely a conversation starter and thought provoking book for anyone who considers themselves feminists... especially if they‘re not in the 1%. #CinziaArruzza #TithiBhattacharya #NancyFraser #FeminismForThe99% #feminism #essays

Loved Every Stitch 😏
This was my first introduction to the idea of craftivism! I love it. This was a fun journey through the history of knitting, with a little crochet thrown in at the end. There were bits that were also memoir of the author that really enriched the whole book. My favorite part was the part toward the end about the knitting and crocheting brain.
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This book has caused me to take out my knitting needles after 3 years… it is not going well. I‘m not exactly back at square one, but oh boy do I have issues with my stitches being WAY too tight again. I also ended up picking up a stitch somewhere at one point, then later dropping two, so it‘s been a wild ride today. Maybe I shall forever be a crocheter. 🤷🏼‍♀️
#knitting #knittersoflitsy #craftersoflitsy #whatishappeninghere

Okay, so I just checked the schedule and realised I was WAY ahead. I have no idea where I got so off. Where is everyone in the book? I‘m so sorry if I got everyone confused as all get out… I am equally confused because I‘m not sure how we got here, tbh.

And now, a choice which can only be described as the knitting.cult.lady made me do it… #LorettaNapoleoni #ThePowerOfKnitting #audiobook

This memoir is heartbreaking and beautiful. This is such an important book for all Americans right now. It offers food for thought and important truths we all need to spend time wrestling with. We must witness the abuse, coercion, and harm in the past in order to prevent building the cults of the future. The only ones against this are the world-be leaders of those cults, so start reading and never stop.

If you know knitting.cult.lady on YouTube, you know why I‘m so excited to read this. If you don‘t, go to YouTube immediately and check her out! Yes, she knits in all of her videos. It‘s mesmerising!
#DaniellaMestyanekYoung #Uncultured #audiobook #readbytheauthor

This is on the longer side and it does seem to float along, but it is worth hanging in there. I read reviews that seemed to think of this as a history surrounding the satanic verses, or that it would be better to read the Bible instead. This has nothing to do with either of those things. This is literally a satire, painting in vivid color and detail the dangers of closed minded, absolute belief systems.
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This was so enthralling and wonderful to listen to. I highly recommend it. It has the weight and feel and Shakespeare, but the language is far more modern. The translator did an amazing job of keeping the rhythm of the original German poetry in the English.
#Goethe #Faust #DrQuinnReadingList #poetry #play #classicliterature

I don‘t know why, but this stuck out to me. I keep saying it in my head now… especially when the word London pops up in the story.
#SalmanRushdie #TheSatanicVerses #audiobook

I‘m loving this already.
#SalmanRushdie #TheSatanicVerses #audiobook

So this is the evangelical answer to the poor. Not “what you do to the least of these…” just this. Oh my god the rage is strong within me! Hobby Lobby and The Signatry must be so proud. I would love to be a fly on the wall when they find out either their sky daddy isn‘t real, or they are on his 💩 list.
#evangelicals #ragebait #jesus #HobbyLobby #TheSignatry

#RandomThoughtOfTheDay #insomnia #cat #catsoflitsy

This has been on my TBR since 2019. I started it after finishing Herod while donating plasma today. I‘m already 77% of the way through. It‘s fast paced. It‘s compelling. It has the feeling of Shakespeare, with far more modern English. This translation has done a marvellous job of keeping the rhythm of the original German poetry. 100% recommend so far. Would love to do this as a group read at some point. I just wanted to share this brilliance.

I have mixed feelings about this book. My favourite parts were the introduction and the commentary. For some reason I expected this to be nonfiction. Once we got to the fiction part, it took about half the book for me to really get into it. I just wanted more of that intro. I was into that from the jump. Still, a good book and certainly a different way to look at the character of King Herod from the Bible.

I‘m actually 80% done.
#ZoraNealeHurston #TheLifeOfHerodTheGreat #audiobook

I‘m a bit late on this. My June reading was pretty sad, seeing that this was a reread (and my audiobook has the book twice, which is why I read it twice. Seeing that this is already on my reading bracket, I‘m not even going to add it again. 💁🏼‍♀️ Sorry reading bracket.
#JuneWrapUp #StoryGraph

I am so sorry. It‘s been a crazy weekend.
Do all lives matter?
#ArianneShahvisi #ArguingForABetterWorld #Philosophy #AdventuresInPhilosophy #DeadPhilosophersSociety
@ravenlee @JaclynW @RavenLovelyReads @AlaSkaat @Chrissyreadit @kspenmoll @bnp @CatLass007 @DrSabrinaMoldenReads @TheBookHippie

I am absolutely heart broken. Three children are having the WORST day of their lives today, for WHAT? Two children are orphans. Is this really what people voted for? THIS. IS. NOT. OKAY. 68 other people and organisations are on a hit list by this gunman.
NO. KINGS.
End the madness.
#MelissaHortman #MarkHortman #JohnHoffman #YvetteHoffman #Minnesota #NoKings #Heartbroken

How is everyone doing after the intro? What are your thoughts going forward?
#ArianneShahvisi #ArguingForABetterWorld #Philosophy #AdventuresInPhilosophy #DeadPhilosophersSociety
@ravenlee @JaclynW @RavenLovelyReads @AlaSkaat @Chrissyreadit @kspenmoll @bnp @CatLass007 @DrSabrinaMoldenReads @TheBookHippie

This one is about 1/3 fiction (the folk tales) and 2/3 nonfiction… so I‘m running with it as nonfiction.
#KyotaKo #FolkTalesOfJapan #nonfiction #ReadingBracket #BookBracket2025 #BookBracket

This was actually an easy choice for me. Honestly, this one stuck with me for days after I finished.
#SueMonkKidd #TheBookOfLongings #ReadingBracket #BookBracket2025 #BookBracket #fiction

I‘m definitely in a bit of a reading hangover after finally finishing the Ruthless Desires series. I feel like I‘m getting back in the swing of things now, though.
#MayWrapUp #StoryGraph

Soooooooo… I‘ve had this for two years, and I‘ve never read it. @TheBookHippie posted about June starting tomorrow and I decided it was finally time to crack this bad boy open!
#AllieEsiri #APoemForEverySummerDay #poetry #summer #seasonal #SeasonalPoetry #SummerPoetry

Read the into today. Enjoying it so far. Can‘t wait for our discussions.
#ArianneShahvisi #ArguingForABetterWorld #Philosophy #AdventuresInPhilosophy #DeadPhilosophersSociety

This book also introduced me to the concept of the baby Buddha, and it‘s just beyond adorable. It‘s an internet rabbit hole of adorableness!
#KyotaKo #FolkTalesOfJapan #BabyBuddha #Buddha #Buddhism #Japan

This was so wonderful to listen to. It was like an extended YouTube video. His YouTube videos are the best. I can‘t wait for the other two books in his trilogy to be turned into audiobooks. They are absolutely brilliant when he‘s telling the stories, plus I know I‘m getting the right pronunciations then. 100% recommend. If you haven‘t seen his videos on YouTube yet, go look for Kyota Ko on YouTube. You won‘t regret it.
#KyotaKo #FolkTalesOfJapan

This is a wonderful look at into the work of Adam Savage. It‘s part memoir, part science, part shop talk. It was fun to hear him talk about creating. Even though I create in a much different way than him, I took a lot away from this lovely book. It‘s funny and uplifting, encouraging everyone to nurture their inner creator.
#AdamSavage #EverytToolsAHammer #ReadByTheAuthor

This book is insufferable. I‘m 14% of the way in and cannot listen another minute. This man needs to check his biases. All fat people are slothful and gluttonous. Diabetics never do what he tells them, so they never get better. The loss of bookstores are proof of Americans‘ unhappiness. Depression is because of a history of “chronic, excessive reward.”
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I started this yesterday while donating plasma. So far, I like it.
#AdamSavage #EveryToolsAHammer #audiobook

I greatly enjoyed the inclusion of The Thunder, Perfect Mind in this story. It seemed fitting and it worked beautifully. I appreciated the use of CE (current era) as opposed to AD. It makes sense for the story, but it is also in accordance with academic parlance and gives the book more weight, a more solid foundation. I liked the use of the Jewish months as opposed to our current months.
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This was a beautiful and - no doubt - comforting sentiment. Sadly, it has not come to pass. For Ana, yes. After that, not only have all his acts of love been squandered, they have been outright defiled and continue to be so. The current climate of the USA is testament to this defilement.
#SueMonkKidd #TheBookOfLongings #love #LoveIsRevolutionary

I‘m sitting here, enjoying this book… and now some server problem is preventing me from continuing… mid conversation about how much of a “devil” her creepy old man betrothed is. EXCUSE ME, I NEED TO KNOW THIS NOW!!!
#SueMonkKidd #TheBookOfLongings #audiobook #FirstWorldProblems

Here goes nothing… #SueMonkKidd #TheBookOfLongings #audiobook

Sorry guys, it‘s been a crazy few weeks. I finally got this done. If this is too early to start, we can push it back some. Let me know.

1 June - Intro
8 June - Can You Be Racist to a White Person?
15 June - Has'Political Correctness' Gone Too Far?
22 June - What's Wrong with Dog Whistles?
29 June - Is It Sexist to Say'Men Are Trash'?
13 July - Do All Lives Matter?
20 July - Who Should We Believe?
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I only read 28 books in April. In all fairness, I got lost in Stardew Valley. It‘s a great game to play while listening to audiobooks, but I‘m so into the game that when the book ends I just keep playing. Go figure.
#AprilWrapUp #StoryGraph

I mostly read nonfiction in April, so this was a hard choice.
#SallyBedellSmith #ElizabethTheQueen #QueenElizabeth #history #england #uk #UnitedKingdom #nonfiction #ReadingBracket #BookBracket2025 #BookBracket

Seeing that this is the only work of fiction I read in April, I guess it gets this month‘s win by default.
#PeterDavid #Imzadi #StarTrek #StarTrekTheNextGeneration #NextGeneration #TNG #Riker #Troi #ReadingBracket #BookBracket2025 #BookBracket #fiction

This book was even better the second time around. It‘s a wonderful, funny, entertaining reminder to fight the good fight. I can only imagine what he‘d be saying now if he were still with us in 2025. This book would never be read or taken seriously by a conservative audience, but it absolutely should be. If nothing else, this is a prime example of why conservatives are so afraid of history and historians.

I enjoyed this one so much last time, I just need to read it again.
#EdAsner #TheGrouchyHistorian #ReadByTheAuthor