pickNo one should have to read this book because this shouldn't be the history of a nation of people. But it is and it is so very similar to stories from hundreds of other nations' pasts and to thousands of people currently living within violent conflicts RIGHT NOW.
And so, because of that, this is a book that everyone should read. It is difficult to take in. Overcome the fear of reading this truth and hear Loung Ung's story.
Was able to hear/see #GloriaSteinem last night. She shared equally about her book, her support for Hillary, and to inspire the hundreds of us in the room to continue to better or communities and our world for all.
Got to hear #GloriaSteinem speak last night. It was equally about selling her book, electing Hillary, and inspiring the hundreds in the crowd to continue naming our communities and our world better places for everyone.
#feminism #feminist #icon
Got to hear #GloriaSteinem speak last night. It was equally about selling her book, electing Hillary, and inspiring the hundreds in the crowd to continue naming our communities and our world better places for everyone.
#feminism #feminist #icon
Got to hear #GloriaSteinem speak last night. It was equally about selling her book, electing Hillary, and inspiring the hundreds in the crowd to continue naming our communities and our world better places for everyone.
#feminism #feminist #icon
Got to hear #GloriaSteinem speak last night. It was equally about selling her book, electing Hillary, and inspiring the hundreds in the crowd to continue naming our communities and our world better places for everyone.
#feminism #feminist #icon
Got to hear #GloriaSteinem speak last night. It was equally about selling her book, electing Hillary, and inspiring the hundreds in the crowd to continue naming our communities and our world better places for everyone.
#feminism #feminist #icon
Got to hear #GloriaSteinem speak last night. It was equally about selling her book, electing Hillary, and inspiring the hundreds in the crowd to continue naming our communities and our world better places for everyone.
#feminism #feminist #icon
Another great #bookclub meeting, this time on #TheGirls. @JillMoore1226 @OneLitChick @BabsVan et al make this great every month.
@JillMoore1226 , look what I'm finally starting! You and several friends have said such great things, so here I go, boosting my #awesomeness!
This gem just arrived from Great Britain this morning! Can't wait to start it!
panWant to read a random someone's unedited diary, filled with ramblings about sex partners, anxieties, and a vomit fetish? Then this may be the book for you. Unfortunately, it was not the book for me. A couple essays nearly moved into intelligent reflection, but I found most basically a waste of time. I was excited to read this because I, like the author, deal with anxiety and depression. But I should have bailed and read something else instead.
Joining this trend. July was a lighter month for me reading-wise! Let's see what August holds!
My usual lunch: salad and a book! This has been a delightful lunch read so far!
The only place it's not too hot or stuffy is in the pool, but reading in water seems less than brilliant!
Reading by flowers makes the photo prettier, but does nothing but contrast the text of this book, which reveals the ugly and frustrating truths our nation needs to stop ignoring.
pickIt took me a bit to get into the rhythm of Homegoing, since each section focuses on a new character, but, once I did, it was an excellent and emotional read. This was a book club selection and I am sure the discussion will be rousing when we meet in three days. There's lots to discuss related to race relations, identity, and much more.
Lindy West gave me a side hug! She is my role model!!! Everybody should read Shrill and everything else she has written. 💞💕💞
Got to hear Lindy West last night. She is as fantastic in person as she is on the page!
This was my yesterday, but, boy, do I wish this were today too!
Lindy West is coming to my local independent bookstore and I can't wait! Picked up my ticket the day the event was announced!
pickRead this book! Shrill made me LOL in the opening graf. It made me reflect on life 35 pages in. About 200 pages in, I was boiling at how boneheaded people can be. Be ready to laugh a lot, dive into discussions about hate towards women, and fall in love with Lindy West.
Happy Fourth of July! Glad to be able to celebrate in my own way--less firework watching, more quiet day reading. :)
I cannot put this book down! It's funny, reflective, and true. Everyone start reading this. You'll fly through it!
Judging by my chuckling during this opening paragraph, this is exactly the book I need after finishing a book about how unfair our criminal justice system is!
pickUgh! The research and science this book tells about our judicial system will probably frustrate you to no end, like it did me. Benforado does an outstanding job of writing about the psychology behind our criminal justice system in an approachable and interesting way that isn't too heady or academic.
This book is a wonderful read, but the facts it reveals will frustrate you!
I'll finish this book and start another before the night is through! I'll be sitting inside O'Hare for several long hours.
"As we wait five or ten or fifty years for a finding to become incontrovertible, people's lives are being upended by legal rules, principles, and norms that have NO SCIENTIFIC BASIS AT ALL." (Caps in place of italics; sorry.)
The introduction to Unfair is basically giving me a heads-up that I'm going to have a knitted stomach, frustrated brain, and aching soul by the time I'm through.
And here we go. Beginning the wait for the plane; beginning the adventure of a new book.
The worst part about packing for a trip is deciding what books to take and what to leave behind.
The Girls is in for sure, but which others???
What a Father's Day read. Emotional, beautiful, and only 100 pages to go.
I love it when the bookseller is super excited for me to be buying a book. This was one of those books for one of those booksellers.
A very successful day at Changing Hands Bookstore, which means they had 1,000 books I wanted and I allowed myself to get three.
I want to start this immediately, but I should finish five other books I bought in the last month first...
Tomorrow is the first day of a work conference in Tucson, but, tonight, it's me and this book in this big comfy hotel bed.
Cookbooks are books too! Thank you, local produce and local libraries, for making my food life so great.
Need to finish this book to get to the next book!
The new American Dream. Work today isn't about putting your head down, following instructions, and sucking it up. That was the old American Dream, Godin says.
Much of Moran's writing in this book seems more for laughs than for offering insight, but this bit hit me. Of course I'm familiar with the horribleness of fat shaming, but I'd never thought of it as a weapon, which is exactly how many mean to use it.
Taking a mental health day to refresh myself by staying home and only reading and writing. Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure I still won't make it through this stack. :/
pickThis is a beautiful story of a father and daughter and the love between them. My only major critique is that I think I don't like the unveiled twist at the end. I like the story more, I think, without this new fact added to the context. But beautiful writing and adorable quotes from the little girl.
What shall we make today? Yotam Ottolenghi's cookbooks have re-inspired me in the kitchen!
