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Riveted_Reader_Melissa

Joined April 2016

A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies… The man who never reads lives only one. ~George R.R. Martin.

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Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women by Kate Manne

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Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein

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Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women | Kate Manne

Hello #SheSaid! How is everyone doing this weekend. Surviving the current world so far 🙄. It‘s been a week and I can not wait to talk about this in the comments.

@vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @CoffeeK8 @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva ⤵️

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Amor4Libros @DGRachel @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know. 😉 6h

Riveted_Reader_Melissa I feel like these stories may be older now since this book has been out for awhile now… but like all these thoughts and way of looking at women in the US have now grown and developed into political movements 🫣 and are running the place. 6h

Riveted_Reader_Melissa I am also glad that I broke it up into 2 chapters a week so I can take it very slowly and put it down in between each section. Lots of good stuff in the footnotes too! 6h

TheKidUpstairs I just got my hold for this one, hoping to catch up for next weekend's discussion! 6h

staci.reads It's a hard one to listen to 😔. I was appalled with the passages she includes from the writings of incels. I was not even familiar with the term until recently when my daughters were explaining it to me. I'm both glad for their awareness and heartbroken they have to be aware. 2h

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Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women | Kate Manne

Next up for #SheSaid!

Time to pick up your library holds & interlibrary loans.

I have been waiting to read this one!

vlwelser I read this one already. And forgot about it. I'm still going to lurk in the posts. 7d

AnneCecilie I‘m picking up this from the library tomorrow 6d

MallenNC I think I‘m going to skip this one. I feel like I‘ve read enough (and lived enough) about misogyny for now. I will still take a look at everyone‘s thoughts. 4d

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Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto | Tricia Hersey

Hello #SheSaid!

How did everyone make out with this book? I know a few were excited for it and a few disappointed? Please let us know how it was for you in the comments!

TheKidUpstairs I bailed. Loved the idea, but not the execution. Like others mentioned previously, I found it incredibly repetitive. 7d

vlwelser @TheKidUpstairs 💯 imo the execution was terrible. So repetitive and not positive or restful. 7d

ncsufoxes Not my favorite book. It was repetitive. I did like some of her insights (hustle culture, how capitalism & white supremacy go hand in hand). I also learned about the Maroon people which I never heard of. “People are waking up to the truth of their manipulation under toxic systems.” 6d

AnneCecilie I liked her ideas and some of her more specific lists to illustrate her ideas. I also found some of what she wrote alienating and that kept me at a distance. Or maybe she just highlighted that we‘re from two different worlds/ cultures. But sadly, I don‘t think this is a book that will stay with me 6d

BarbaraTheBibliophage I agree it is repetitive!! It seems like a manifesto or article that got a book deal. But as what I call “a recovering entrepreneur,” I relate HARD to the productivity and grind culture thread in her writing. I‘m not self-employed anymore and it has helped. That‘s also a big part of why I stopped book blogging. My blog was a grind and started to take the joy out of reading, which is a method of rest for me. 6d

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Raising Steam | Terry Pratchett

#OokBOokClub

Looks like Amazon in the US is having a sale on all of Terry Pratchett. Might be time to pick up a book if you need it. @julesG

julesG Tagging the #OokBOokClub members:
@dariazeoli @Soubhiville @GingerAntics @rubyslippersreads @Karkar @kwmg40 @Liatrek @khooliha @TheSpineView @BookmarkTavern @Jennifer3 @Fortifiedbybooks @willaful @BookWrym @SconsinBookyBadger @Balibee146 @Deblovestoread @TheAromaofBooks @Chrissyreadit @Lizpixie @BarbaraJean 1w

julesG Thank you, Melissa! 1w

willaful They're also on sale at Kobo, which allows you to download your books so you're not locked into the Amazon ecosystem: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/search?query=terry+pratchett&fclanguages=en

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julesG @willaful Thank you!!! 1w

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @willaful even better, I‘ve personally been trying to get more from the library and not give Amazon money any more. 🤷‍♀️ 1w

willaful @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Same! 1w

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Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto | Tricia Hersey

Hello #SheSaid!

How is everyone doing this week?

DGRachel Still on part one. I have agreed with a lot of what she‘s written so far, I just wish it wasn‘t quite so repetitive. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 2w

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @DGRachel yes. I was just thinking about reading the rest together, maybe the start and stopping on my end makes it seem even more so. 2w

Bookwormjillk Finally got a copy from the library. Hope to catch up soon. 2w

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JamieArc I‘m not reading this but wanted to chime in that she created a deck of cards from the ideas in this book. I got them for my husband and he pulls one out each day to look at while he‘s working, and often uses them in icebreaker situations. 2w

vlwelser I don't love this book. She's very repetitive and doesn't seem to want to let stuff go and move forward. It's counterintuitive to blame the past on not feeling like you can rest and then keep making excuses about it. 2w

AnneCecilie Agree with the repetitiveness @DGRachel and @vlwelser but I like her more concrete examples of how to rest, even if I was a little sad that reading wasn‘t on that list. There‘s also a lot of the grind culture I don‘t recognize living in a different country. We have rules when it comes to working hours per day, month, half year and year. We also have 5 weeks paid vacation and a lawful right to 3 weeks vacation during the summer. (edited) 2w

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Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto | Tricia Hersey

Hello #SheSaid!

Anyone get any rest this week, not me 😂

See you in the comments!
@vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @psalva @Amor4Libros @DGRachel @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl ⤵️

Bookwormjillk Haha nope. Still waiting for this book. I‘m always a month behind it seems but I‘ll get there eventually! 3w

TheBookHippie 😂😂😂😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 if you could tell my long suffering menopause and the world to behave… 😝 I have this book on hold… long wait for it. 3w

DGRachel This is my next audiobook once I finish the one for The Morbidly Curious Bookclub. Hoping to start it by next weekend. 3w

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DebinHawaii I have my print library copy & started reading but forgot to post last weekend. Interesting so far, though a bit disjointed & I‘m not as church-oriented as the author. Not a lot of rest this week but I liked the list of What Resting Can Look Like. I tend to think about rest as sleeping/taking naps so social media breaks, crafting, doing a deep listen to an album or just not responding immediately to text & emails are all things that I can do. 3w

BarbaraTheBibliophage I‘ve had this book on my Kindle shelf for a long while. I believe in stopping the glorification of”busy.” But putting it in practice is another thing entirely. So far the intro offers some solid ideas. (edited) 3w

vlwelser I don't love this. It feels repetitive and forgettable. I'm still plugging along but it's hard to remember what I read. I should read it right before giving my opinion about it but this also sort of proves my point. 3w

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @BarbaraTheBibliophage funny story, the local news people were ribbing each other the other day, and one was giving the other “in fun” harassing over doing puzzles. 🧩 His point was they are a waste of time, they do nothing …go be useful and do something useful.🫠 Like clean …I thought of this book, like let the lady relax for goodness sake. 3w

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Riveted_Reader_Melissa I grew up in a house where puzzles were an “accomplishment” and competitive. So it‘s never felt relaxing to me. But I absolutely think we should stop shaming people for relaxing!! 3w

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I who Have Never Known Men: A Novel | Jacqueline Harpman

#SheSaid. One of our book choices for later this year is currently on sale on Kindle in the US for $3.99 of you prefer buying to library.

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Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto | Tricia Hersey

Hello #SheSaid!

I have to say when this was the first pick, I thought…maybe we needed something stronger for this time in history. BUT! I was wrong…. In an age when actions are meant to exhaust us and then numb us and make us just check out and tune out…this is exactly the right book for right now. Rest and Resist, and Rest as resistance. See you in the comments ;~)

vlwelser This seems interesting so far. I hope it doesn't get too far into the religion stuff. 1mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser I hope so too 1mo

CatLass007 I tried to listen to the audiobook because I have frequent migraines due to eye strain. I‘m afraid I did not find what I heard particularly restful. It could be because I am experiencing a lot of anxiety this past week due to possible negative effects on my health insurance because of DJT‘s freeze on spending. If I really wanted to rest, I had to listen to something that was fiction. I am going to attempt this section again soon. 1mo

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa @CatLass007 I understand, I also have Health Insurance and medications he is poking at. And I am waiting for the other shoe to drop, so to speak. But this book helped for me, if we stress constantly we will not have the energy to organize back. We need to sleep and rest and not doom-scroll 24/7. It saddens me that a lot of people are going to need to suffer, including most likely me, before people snap out of their trance…. BUT 4w

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ Stressing ourselves into anxiety and exhaustion will not help us either. So I‘m trying to take all tips from those singled out for detrimental treatment before me. (edited) 4w

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @CatLass007 but I understand, it‘s scary times & if you need to read for fun with fiction, I totally understand that…we all need a break from real life & an escape. And for the disabled… at least for mine…regular everyday life takes all my energy and I can not always keep up, hence the label of dis-able, not able to, and I‘ve often complained that the hoops you have to jump through to get the help you need is an added burden very very often. ↩️ 4w

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ and this new onslaught is a fight we may not have the energy to fight by ourselves. I was heartened to see so many jump in when he was going to cut money for everything DEI, because although that seems to be the new N word that they do not want Brown people to get their jobs apparently (my interpretation here). DEI or Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion is Civil Righrs, and includes Women, the Disabled, the Elderly, Vetrans, etc, etc, etc… 4w

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ anyone that gets left out of we do not have DEI. I am not at all surprised he went there, but I think a bunch of his voters will be, many have benefits that will be impacted…and members of congress have to win election again in 2 years and need those votes 4w

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Sorry for the political rant here… but it probably will not be the last, sorry to say. 4w

AnneCecilie I had really high hopes for this, I‘m all for resting and try to do as much as possible myself. Like @vlwelser and yourself, I hope it doesn‘t get to religious. I also hope she will explain her statement that capitalism is white supremacy and slavery. 4w

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @AnneCecilie I understood that connection almost immediately. The US is a Capitalist country, and has always been run by wealthy corporations and before that wealthy landowners. The easiest way to make money is to keep costs low…cheap labor. Shipping in slaves, breeding slaves, capturing & enslaving natives cut labor costs, and made profits higher. To keep that system in place you had to create a race system where brown natives & africans⤵️ 4w

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ were less than human, less than their white owners…and therefore make the system “ok”. It was common for many European countries to do this as they created colonies around the world too, not just the US. Canada has issues with its native populations historically, England in India, Australians and Aboriginal, every African colony, etc. The idea that the White Europeans were better than, smarter then, more Gods children than the native ↩️ 4w

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ “savages” they found there. And that mindset was what gave them the permission system to …take their land, enslave them, kill them off…they were not entitled to the same rights as the White Europeans…that was the beginning of the race system and White Supremacy. 4w

Riveted_Reader_Melissa But..as we changed from a plantation system to a corporate system the landowners and eventually companies needed to keep costs low to maximize their profits. So as one system is outlawed, they employ the next. Slavery is out, Jim Crow is in…now you will be arrested for being lazy and leased back to the same plantation or business as a laborer with no rights, Jim Crow is our, Mass incarceration is in where more brown people are arrested ⤵️ 4w

Riveted_Reader_Melissa And imprisoned for the exact same crimes as white people who are given a warning and waved on. Just in the recent CA wildfires they used prison inmates to fight the fire and paid them $10/day. From there it branched out into regular businesses. Why pay higher minimum wage here, if I can ship my company overseas and save money, increase profits. Why have labor laws..like child labor, work weeks, paid maternity leave, unions, etc…if I can ⤵️ 4w

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ keep that down, more profits at the top. We in the US have a widening wealth gap in the US because of policies like this…and a belief that those at the top are smarter, more gifted, etc, so deserve a big bonus, where the day to day labors do not deserve a living wage because they are obviously unworthy, lazy, etc. but sadly very little is based on merit, but based on who your parents were, what education you could afford, etc, etc. 4w

Riveted_Reader_Melissa So the system of making better profits through Slavery and White Supremacy has morphed into the current Capitalist system. Company boards at the top, workers at the bottom. As companies make record profits, employees do not get a pay raise, instead they get no-fault firing, benefits cuts, etc. which has led yo what she calls Grind culture. You can not pay your bills with 1 job , so to break even you work 2, get a side hustle as they call it⤵️ 4w

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ drive your personal car for DoorDash, Uber, etc. So you work more and more hours (& put miles on your personal car, tires, etc) to work for another company to just make enough to pay basic bills. And less rest, less time to question why this is the system, why the heads are making record profits, but just can not pay a living wage, or keep prices steady instead of price gouging. 4w

Riveted_Reader_Melissa I‘ve seen some compare the current state of things to the days of mining towns & sharecropping. Where you worked for the mine, but all goods had to be bought at the company store. And because they controlled both wages and costs, basically you were always in debt to the company store so owed them more money and more work. Which keeps the workforce basically “enslaved” to that company. (edited) 4w

CatLass007 @Riveted_Reader_Melissa I don‘t blame you for your political rant. It‘s completely understandable. My anxiety has decreased tremendously over the weekend and I might give this book another try today. I have to say that the comments that religion in this book is unwelcome are disappointing. I do not consider myself religious, but I am spiritual. Christianity is another way to belittle and enslave people. I do not consider myself a (cont)⬇️ 4w

CatLass007 Christian. Mainly because of the negative connotations that the word itself has. To quote Ghandi, “I like your Christ very much. It is your Christians I do not like.” I think that all spiritual traditions have merit. But they also have flaws. 4w

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @CatLass007 I am with you there, born Christian, but left the organized church in my area because of some intolerance views they had. I do not think God/Jesus/or whatever you believe in would agree with that. Sadly Christianity has a bad history with imperialism and treating non-Christian‘s as not human. To quote another source “if you preach hate at the service, those words are not anointed” Song - Same Love: Macklemore. (edited) 4w

Riveted_Reader_Melissa I also consider myself spiritual now, but not religious. Maybe we should start our own religion…I think there is a growing number in that group 4w

CatLass007 I‘m not sure what to start my own religion. I just need to find the right spiritual path. 4w

vlwelser Was there a political rant? Did I miss something? 4w

CatLass007 @vlwelser @AnneCecilie @Riveted_Reader_Melissa I haven‘t gotten back to it yet, but I do have to say that every time she said, white supremacy or white supremacist I just kind of mentally inserted white male patriarchy. I think that as women that is a description of capitalism with which we all can identify, no matter our race. Of course it doesn‘t really matter if it‘s capitalism, it also could describe monarchy, communism, fascism, or others. 4w

vlwelser @CatLass007 she's referring to the current (and past) state of the US. Definitely white male dominant. I'm for sure not in charge. 😂 4w

CatLass007 @vlwelser Yes. 4w

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser nope me either. 4w

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She Said: How Two Reporters Broke the Story that Changed the Rules about Sex and Power | Jodi Kantor

The Voting Breakdown

#SheSaid

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @DGRachel @willaful ⤵️ 1mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know. 😉 1mo

vlwelser Can you tell how many voters there were? 1mo

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vlwelser Jk it says 12 at the top 1mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser it‘s ok, I know people are curious. 12 responded and they could all vote for as many as they were interested in. 1mo

wanderinglynn Hi Melissa, you can remove me from the list. I have too many things going on right now to participate. Thank you! 1mo

AllDebooks It was a tough choice, so many great books 📚 1mo

willaful Remove me please, I'm just overloaded right now! 1mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @wanderinglynn @willaful I will, and I understand. Serious nonfiction reading can feel like a job right now, I‘m trying to balance with a LOT of fiction & fantasy! 1mo

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She Said: How Two Reporters Broke the Story that Changed the Rules about Sex and Power | Jodi Kantor

Up for this year:

8 Votes:
February: Rest is Resistance - Tricia Hersey

7 Votes:
March: Entitled - Kate Manne

April: Eloquent Rage - Brittney Cooper

6 Votes:
May: The Woman They Could Not Silence - Kate Moore

June: I Who Have Never Known Men - Jacqueline Harpman (Fiction)

July: Unshrinking - Kate Manne

August: Small & the Mighty - Sharon McMahon

September: Eve - Cat Bohannon

October: Hags - Victoria Smith

5 Votes:
8 Book Tie 🤪

#SheSaid

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @DGRachel @willaful ⤵️ 1mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know. 😉 1mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa #SheSaid2025Reads 1mo

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AllDebooks @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Thank you for your hatd work and organising a great list. Looking forward to #SheSaid2025 1mo

staci.reads I'm excited for a lot of these! Thanks for organizing! 1mo

mhillis Thanks for organizing! I‘ll join when my library hold align lol 1mo

BarbaraTheBibliophage Hello @Riveted_Reader_Melissa - lovely to see that #shesaid is still thriving. I‘ve read several of these choices and they‘re all excellent!! May dip my toes in discussions. 💕 (edited) 1mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @staci.reads @mhillis You‘re welcome 1mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @BarbaraTheBibliophage how are you? Please do! 1mo

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Riveted_Reader_Melissa I‘m doing okay—missed this group and trying to step away from Meta. My reading has been very “choose by mood” for the last year or so. Not much nonfiction comparatively. And lots via audio as it feels “easier.” (edited) 1mo

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Hope you are doing okay also!! 1mo

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Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto | Tricia Hersey

Up Next #SheSaid!

Pick up those Library Holds and put in those Interlibrary Loans!

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @DGRachel @willaful ⤵️ 1mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know. 😉 1mo

Bookwormjillk Ohhh this sounds promising 1mo

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Scochrane26 You should untag me from the list. I rarely get around to reading the books. I‘ll make sure I see what you all are reading & decide if I can join in 1mo

mhillis This one looks so interesting! But I have 26 weeks more to wait according to Libby 😭 1mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Scochrane26 ok, I will. If you want added in the future, just let me know 1mo

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Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto | Tricia Hersey

Up Next for February #SheSaid!

Put in your library holds and interlibrary loans!

I‘ll get the whole schedule up soon, but this book got more votes than any other, so it‘s up for February!

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @DGRachel @willaful ⤵️ 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know. 😉 2mo

Singout Looking forward to it! 2mo

DGRachel Ooh, really looking forward to this one! 2mo

AllDebooks Thank you x 2mo

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She Said: How Two Reporters Broke the Story that Changed the Rules about Sex and Power | Jodi Kantor

It‘s time to decide what we want to read this year!

#SheSaid

Riveted_Reader_Melissa https://forms.gle/42MWYrPW2Vr9B6NXA 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @DGRachel @willaful ⤵️ 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know. 😉 2mo

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CatLass007 Voted! 2mo

AllDebooks Voted. Thank you for organising another year of great reads @Riveted_Reader_Melissa 2mo

Bookwormjillk Voted, thank you! 2mo

staci.reads Voted! 2mo

vlwelser Voted! Thank you! 2mo

Singout Voted and thanks from me too! 2mo

ncsufoxes Voted (I picked at random because I would pick every book). I haven‘t read Herland since college. Hood Feminism is such a great book (intersectional feminism is essential for feminism to move forward). Looking forward to some good reading this year! 2mo

MallenNC I voted! I picked books I already own or that my library seems likely to have. Looking forward to seeing what gets picked 2mo

DGRachel Can‘t wait to see what‘s picked. Hoping I can participate more this year. 2mo

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Nonfiction Matters: Reading, Writing, and Research in Grades 3-8 | Stephanie Harvey

#Nonfiction2025 is here!

Around the world there seems to be unrest, division, and just generally unhappy populaces. So this year we will look at famous movements for change and of resistance, what drives people to push for change, why, and how.

🎶“Look what's happening out in the streets
Got a revolution, got to revolution”🎶

As always, this is a make it a way that works for you challenge, a little revolt is good for the soul after all ⤵️

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ and we do not all need/want the same from our reading. So Bingo, Four Squares, Coverall…. Whatever works for you. And you can pick a book specifically about the topic, someone related to, or any lightly connected book you want. Examples Below ⤵️ (edited) 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Earth Day and Climate Change books are plentiful, you can also read about individuals in the movement from Greta Thunberg, to Al Gore, to Bill Nye, but you can also read about nature, the earth, etc. 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa March of the Mill Children was against Child Labor. Again, you can go straight to the topic, or a book that has children or about children, or a child‘s experience, or written by a child…there are some great books out there written by non-adults at the moment. 2mo

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa You can be as creative as you like, if the topics bore you or pulls you down, use your imagination….not up for the People‘s Revolution… maybe Prince and the Revolution are more your mood. Please have fun with it. (edited) 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa #Nonfiction2025Template 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa If you need suggestions or to brainstorm ideas, just ask… the idea is to encourage a bit of nonfiction reading this year that‘s it. 2mo

ncsufoxes I love these prompts. My reading fell off last year & I‘m hoping to get back into my usual groove. I‘m a big non fiction reader 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @ncsufoxes I hope it helps you and inspires you to pick up a few nonfiction this year. (edited) 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @ncsufoxes my reading fell off really bad last year too, so I‘m also hoping to get my groove back 2mo

Singout Yes, yes, yes! Thank you for doing this again amidst your busy life and thank you for these amazing prompts! 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Singout You‘re very welcome, now find good books! 2mo

Deblovestoread I need this motivation to get to the NF on my shelf! 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Deblovestoread I hope it helps! We all need motivation sometimes 2mo

Singout Not to be a nitpicker, but aren‘t the Singing Revolution and Baltic Way about the same thing? Unless there‘s another Singing Revolution than what comes up quickly in my search? 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Singout same movement, different styles & dates. I believe one was more like Hands Across America back in the day and one Singing specifically. So more options for odd connections too. So similar to both lunch counter sit-ins, bus boycotts, and marches in the Civil Rights movement. I thought they both provided great connections for other reading choices & connections. 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ my examples are definitely a give away that I am an American, sorry about that 🫠 2mo

Singout You don't have to apologize for being American, we need as many Americans like you as we can get! *Looking nervously across Lake Ontario* 😬 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Singout 😂 I read my answer and thought, wow, that is a specific country history centric example list. 🫠 (edited) 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Singout there are a lot here, and we glance nervously around too. (edited) 2mo

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Lizpixie Thank you! There‘s been a lot of revolution in my country too, especially around women‘s rights and Indigenous rights. Not to mention the rest of the world. America is definitely not the only country that‘s had idiots in power.✊ 2mo

MallenNC Thanks for doing this again! It will be interesting to see what I can match up with the prompts this time. Seems like a lot of options. 2mo

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She Said: How Two Reporters Broke the Story that Changed the Rules about Sex and Power | Jodi Kantor

Hello #SheSaid! It‘s no secret that I have gotten behind this month while moving. So we do not have a book selected for January. So January will be our catch-up reading month (I need it to finish December‘s yet), and Voting for the books for 2025. I‘ll take all the nominations so far and get a Voting Poll up for you by the first. Sorry for the delay, and please enjoy your holidays and have a great New Year!

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @DGRachel @willaful ⤵️ 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know. 😉 2mo

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wanderinglynn Thank you for tagging me, but you can remove me. 2025 is going to be a crazy year for me and I‘m not going to be able to keep up. 😀 2mo

Bookwormjillk Sounds good. I‘ll plan on reading Becoming A Matriarch in January and will email you when I‘m done. 2mo

Singout Fair enough! Moving is *hard *. I‘m still working on Becoming a Matriarch! 2mo

Singout Nominations: Ordinary Notes by Cristina Sharpe, We Were Feminists Once by Andi Zeisler, Ordinary Girls by Jaquira Diaz, Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H, I Heard Her Call My Name by Lucy Sante, Ten Steps to Nanette by Hannah Gadsby, Bad Cree by Jessica Johns, Rest is Resistance by Tricia Hershey. (edited) 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @wanderinglynn will do, I hope it is a good one for you, and join back when ever you want. 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Bookwormjillk Sounds good, thank you 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Singout I‘d say 90% of my physical books are moved now at least 😂. Need to move the rest and other odds and ends. I keep thinking I should slowly just buy more on kindle and not keep the physical ones… but then we get into book banning and who really has control of our digital content…and I think, maybe keep the physical books. 😂 2mo

Lizpixie Will there be a Non Fiction Bingo in 2025? 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Lizpixie Yes there will, I‘m behind on posting that too though 😂 2mo

Singout Oh, yay! 2mo

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Woman on the Edge of Time | Marge Piercy

Hello #SheSaid!

If you have finished the book, discuss below, if not, please join when you can!

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @DGRachel @willaful ⤵️ 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know. 😉 2mo

vlwelser Overall I thought this was an interesting look at female institutionalization. And not having power over your own person. But the time travel/utopia stuff was just sort of meh to me. Though I bet it was scandalous in the 70s. 2mo

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa I‘m still very early in the book… but it is making me want to read Kindred again 😂 2mo

MallenNC I finished! This book was not for me. The present day story was so bleak and unrelenting, and then I wasn‘t sure if the time travel parts were meant to be real or not. Like @vlwelser said, it probably hit readers differently when published. Speculative fiction is not my favorite anyway so others may enjoy it more. 2mo

vlwelser Maybe add Kindred to your voting list? I haven't read it. 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser it‘s a good time travel, and packs quit a punch. I‘ll add it to the voting. 2mo

MallenNC @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Kindred is very good! 2mo

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Woman on the Edge of Time | Marge Piercy

Hello #SheSaid! Sorry for the day late post!

I hope you are all doing well and ready for this holiday season. Please visit the comments as you get caught up with this weeks section.

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @DGRachel @willaful ⤵️ (edited) 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know. 😉 2mo

MallenNC I‘m not quite caught up but I did find the audiobook and I‘ve made a lot of progress. I‘m not really enjoying it! Everything is pretty bleak with the main character but I‘m hoping I understand what the author was going for when I get to the end. 2mo

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vlwelser @MallenNC it is pretty bleak. I'm hoping to find out what the author is up to in this last section. 2mo

MallenNC @vlwelser I think it feels especially bleak bc I‘m reading it among a bunch of holiday stories! 2mo

vlwelser @MallenNC I don't really read holiday stories but it's not doing well against the fairy tales I've been hooked on lately 2mo

MallenNC @vlwelser I don‘t typically but I decided to load up on them this year — some of them are mysteries so that balanced things a little 2mo

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Woman on the Edge of Time | Marge Piercy

Hello #SheSaid!

How is the book going? I‘m way behind and still packing, but hoping to be on the other side soon and able to unwind with this book. So I hope it‘s a good one!

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @willaful ⤵️ 3mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know. 😉 3mo

Bookwormjillk I still haven‘t started this one…but I will eventually! In the meantime I did receive last month‘s book from you and will read it soon. Thank you so much! 2mo

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vlwelser I'm reading this alone it seems 😂 serves me right for lurking while you all read the last one. The book is good even if it's a bit slow. 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Bookwormjillk you are welcome, I‘m glad it arrived safely. Just let me know when you are ready to pass it on. No rush, holidays and all. 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser I started it last night! So go me! U-Haul and big furniture goes tomorrow so hopefully I can be settled in enough to read this one before the end of the month 😂 2mo

vlwelser You're fine. I'm trying to stay on schedule because I have to travel for the holiday. Is there a January book yet? I like to plan and I didn't see a book list. 2mo

Deblovestoread I‘m refining my commitments for the new year and would like to be removed from the tag list. Thank you 🩵 2mo

Singout I don‘t think I‘m going to get very far with this one because I really want to do my #nonfiction2024 ones and I‘m helping my elderly parents move! (to a seniors‘ residential home😢). So I feel a bit of your pain. 2mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Deblovestoread no problem. I completely understand that 2mo

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Woman on the Edge of Time | Marge Piercy

Hello #SheSaid!

Sorry for the very late post today. I am in the process of moving and just completely lost track of time today. But, better late than never I guess…

Everyone get the book and get a chance to start it yet, or everyone running behind like me. 🫠

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @willaful ⤵️ 3mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know. 😉 3mo

MallenNC Good luck with moving! That‘s not easy. I just got this late in the week so I haven‘t started yet. 3mo

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DGRachel I got the print version from my library and I‘m going to grab it on audio as well. Best of luck with your move! 3mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @MallenNC & @DGRachel thank you both. It‘s a process that‘s for sure! 😂 3mo

Karisa Good luck with your move! I‘m just starting the book. Had to grab the audio version since the other has a two week more wait. 3mo

charl08 Hope the move goes well. My copy hasn't arrived yet, fingers crossed it comes soon! 3mo

AllDebooks Good luck with the move. I'm about to start audio version 🎧 3mo

Bookwormjillk Good luck with your move. I‘m hoping to start this week. 3mo

vlwelser Good luck with the move! I hate moving. I did read the first section and it was slow at first but I'm definitely getting into it. I love that she uses the logic that if you're crazy you think you don't belong in an institution. That circular logic that allows them to keep you. Looking forward to the next section. 3mo

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Woman on the Edge of Time | Marge Piercy

Up next for #SheSaid in December, put in your library holds & interlibrary loans!

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @willaful ⤵️ 3mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know. 😉 3mo

charl08 I've ordered my copy, hope it comes in time 3mo

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Becoming a Matriarch | Helen Knott

Hello #SheSaid!

Thoughts for those of you finishing up this week….for those of you that signed up for the mail list, mine is mailing out this week too.

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @willaful ⤵️ 3mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know. 😉 3mo

vlwelser Sorry I missed this one. I have the next book ready though... 3mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Great, I‘ll try to get the schedule up later today. 3mo

JenlovesJT47 I‘m a little behind, about 30% in, but I‘m enjoying it so far. Will hopefully finish this week! 3mo

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Becoming a Matriarch | Helen Knott

Hello #SheSaid

Such an odd feeling this week, reading this section about grief, about holding things in and letting them out, about taking up the burden to help others, and then carrying that weight. And how holding it all in our bodies is not great for us…. I need to let it sink in more to comment, but I think we all need to let it out more, stop holding it in to make others comfortable…

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ….if nothing else current events have shown holding it in to be polite has not helped change the world. 3mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @willaful ⤵️ 3mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know. 😉 3mo

Suet624 💕💕💕 3mo

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Becoming a Matriarch | Helen Knott

“The world will Always Take what you are willing to give.”

We all need to be a little less willing to give, remember the old saying, ‘put on your oxygen mask first or you can not help anyone else‘. Save some space for yourself to just be, refresh, regenerate, get grounded, and just be in the moment and refill your own well before everyone drains you dry. “The world will always take what you are willing to give.” Save a little you for yourself

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Becoming a Matriarch | Helen Knott

Hello #SheSaid

If you were able to get ahold of this book, how did you like this week‘s sections? If not, did you sign up to get my book as it travels around visiting?

Sorry for the late post, but we can talk in the comments 😉

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @willaful ⤵️ 3mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know. 😉 3mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa There are a few quotes from those section that really stuck with me, I‘ll post them too. But although this is so much a book about the women in her family and their lives and letting them go, I love the way she grows through it & learns to be loving and fierce herself….become her own female head of the family. 3mo

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Julsmarshall I was not able to get my hands on this book but you can keep tagging me, I‘ll keep trying 😄 3mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Julsmarshall Do you want me to take you off the tag list for this month? If you asked before and I forgot or missed it, my apologies 3mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Julsmarshall and if you go to last weeks post there is a sign up for the reading book share group 3mo

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Becoming a Matriarch | Helen Knott

Hello #SheSaid!

I‘m really enjoying this book so far, not much overlap with her previous book, but the talk about matriarchs, carrying on the traditions over multiple generations, ties to & fighting for the land, the continuing line despite it all, the people that we lean on & in turn become the ones approached to lean on, all feel very solid & centering to me this week. Terrible things happen to people & a people, but humans & families carry on.

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @willaful ⤵️ 4mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know. 😉 4mo

Lindy Becoming a Matriarch is a finalist for Canada‘s GG awards. The winners will be announced on November 13th. 🏆 4mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Again if anyone could not get it in the US, please respond to the form below and we can mail my copy around the US to read. 4mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa https://forms.gle/LkJaSPSGwGjo97RN9 4mo

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Becoming a Matriarch | Helen Knott

Hello #SheSaid!

My book has arrived, so the schedule is up and ready to go!

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @willaful ⤵️ 4mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 @Christine If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know. 4mo

Singout My audiobook will be available in a week: I‘ll be a bit behind. 4mo

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Becoming a Matriarch | Helen Knott

Hello #She Said!

I know a few of us have had issues getting ahold of this book in the US…not sure why it‘s available in Canada, England, Australia, but not on the US. I got her first book just fine…BUT I do not like being told I can NOT read something. It makes me want to read it more.

I know it is price-prohibitive for us all to order it from overseas, so I have a suggestion. Let me tag everyone & let you know what I‘m thinking in the comments.

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @willaful 🔽 4mo

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know. 4mo

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa Litsy has had a few book clubs over time, but maybe we can borrow a page (idea) from the Litsy Postal Mark Up Book Club. I‘ll order the book from afar, read it, and then mail it onto the next that wants it… if we want to follow the book mark up model, we can write a few comments in the end or margins as we go…and pass to the next. If you are interested, there will be a link in the next post for your email & mailing address. I‘ll mail to ⤵️ 4mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ the next. And use the emails to send you the next address to mail to when you are finished. 4mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa https://forms.gle/LkJaSPSGwGjo97RN9 4mo

vlwelser I ❤ you and I love this idea but I'm going to pass on this one. Her first book was excellent but this seems like a lot. 4mo

JenlovesJT47 You can download it here for free https://annas-archive.org/md5/895afea71b1bda3496edb785dcae9b37 4mo

JenlovesJT47 You can download it onto your kindle app or iBooks app! ⬆️ 4mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @JenlovesJT47 What is this magic ? 4mo

JenlovesJT47 Anna‘s Archive is something I stumbled across when I was looking for Sweet Valley books. It is the world‘s largest open library and everything is free. If you want to donate money to them you can and you will get faster downloads but the most you would have to wait to download is 10 minutes which keeps it free for everyone. I love this site because it is great for hard to find, out of print/expensive books. You can download books right to your 4mo

JenlovesJT47 Phone! It‘s been a lifesaver for me because I‘m low on funds at the moment. 4mo

DGRachel Just FYI, there seems to be some questions around copyright infringement/piracy related to Anna‘s Archive. Something to consider. While this memoir looks amazing, I‘ll be sitting this one out, too. 4mo

Bookwormjillk Thanks for this! I couldn‘t find it and am really interested. 4mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @DGRachel like I said, I‘m willing to mail my copy on to another interested in reading it after me. Just use the link to drop your mailing information 4mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @DGRachel I was afraid of that with sites that I do not know. 4mo

JenlovesJT47 I understand if you feel that way, it‘s a personal choice 100%. I have used it for about 3 months now and haven‘t had any problems with it. 🙃 4mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser When life throws us curve balls, adapt is usually my first go too…how can we make this work anyway 😉. 3mo

vlwelser I think I looked at my schedule and used this as an excuse to do 1 less thing this month. I hope you all are enjoying the book, though. 3mo

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Becoming a Matriarch | Helen Knott

Hello #SheSaid

This is supposed to be our next read, but I‘m having a difficult time getting a copy here in the US. Is anyone else having issues?

staci.reads Yes, all I can find is a $23 dollar paperback from a 3rd party seller on Amazon, and I don't want to go that route for a couple reasons. 4mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Even on eBay I can only find shipped from England, Canada, or Australia 🤷‍♀️ 4mo

Suet624 Looks really good. Bummer it‘s hard to find. 4mo

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Suet624 I thought so too, that‘s why I was wondering if anyone else was having issues too 4mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @staci.reads I‘m going to order from them, the payment still goes through Amazon and they are located in Canada, so probably why they needed to go 3rd party seller. I‘ll let you know how I make out 4mo

MallenNC I only saw it on Amazon for $38 which isn‘t reasonable and I see it on Blackwell‘s site from the UK for $12 (shipping included) but the shipping time probably would not work for our purposes. 4mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa It‘s very odd to me that it‘s won some awards, and that her first memoir is available everywhere, but this one is so difficult to get in the US. 4mo

TheKidUpstairs I'm not sure what shipping costs are, but if you want to order it but not use Amazon, I think GoodMinds.com ships to the US. (GoodMinds is a FirstNations owned and operated online book store here in Ontario) 4mo

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In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial | Mona CHOLLET

Hello #SheSaid!

I hope you are having a good week! See you in the comments…

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @willaful @Christine ⤵️🧙‍♀️ 4mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know. 😉 4mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa This section fit in fairly well with the book on medicine we read earlier this year… but the ties into the environmental movements, and capitalism and the draining the land of all resources, wrestling it into submission I thought was a very interesting connection. Witches still are accused of bad weather in movies & tv..nature‘s forces…makes me wonder if we will see an even bigger backlash as environmental disasters get worse 😬 4mo

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vlwelser The medicine stuff definitely aligned with books we read previously. I thought this book was good if only because it gave a different non-English speaking perspective. Her sources are a bit different even if she does use some classics like Rich and Steinem 4mo

Bookwormjillk @vlwelser I agree it was good to get a non-English perspective. This book didn‘t wow me, but I‘m glad I read it. 4mo

MallenNC I think this may have been a little too academic for my brain at the moment but I did enjoy the variety of sources she referenced. Based on the title I thought there‘d be more historical witches though. 4mo

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In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial | Mona CHOLLET

Hello #SheSaid!

I hope everyone is having a good week.

Just a reminder if you have not seen it yet to check out our other post to nominate books to read next year. I‘d like to get the survey out soon, so nominate before the end of the month.

See you in the comments for this weeks section:

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @willaful @Christine ⤵️ 🧛‍♂️ 4mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know. 🎃 4mo

CatLass007 I can‘t seem to find the post asking for nominations. I already may have seen it and even nominated something but I don‘t remember. 4mo

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Bookwormjillk I‘m finally catching up on this one! It‘s an interesting book. 4mo

JenlovesJT47 I‘m really behind, just started this yesterday 😳 4mo

MallenNC I‘m behind but I jumped ahead to this week‘s section (I‘ll go back to catch up). There wasn‘t anything really surprising in this section— as a woman I‘m well aware of the unfair aging standards! It made me mad to read it all together. I liked her examples from real life and the arts. 4mo

MallenNC I put several suggestions on your other posts. A lot of them are books that I‘ve had on my TBR so I‘m hoping some get picked so I finally read them! 4mo

vlwelser I also added a bunch from my tbr. I tried to pick women's issues but some are history and memoir. Hopefully I remember to vote for them 😂 4mo

vlwelser This book is interesting especially from a French perspective since we usually get UK and US mostly. I think the French do better than the US with the aging thing but they also struggle. We're just way far behind. 4mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser I like added other non-fiction books myself, it‘s still a perspective on anything from the not usual male pov, even if it‘s about the environment or politics or anything. 4mo

vlwelser Perfect. Hopefully we'll get a good mix. 4mo

CatLass007 When I was in the fourth or fifth grade my grandmother moved in with my family. It didn‘t take long for me to decide that getting old was the worst thing that could ever happen to a person. I remember riding bikes with my friends and telling them that I wasn‘t going to get older than 55. They asked how I was going to manage that and my answer was, “I‘ll just off myself.” I was eleven. When I was 50, I joined the Senior Citizens (cont)⬇️ 4mo

CatLass007 Center and somehow a conversation about aging began and I told them about my plan as an eleven year old. I told them I‘d decided to raise my expiration date. I‘m 62 now, more aches and pains than I could have imagined as an eleven year old. The orthopod wants to replace my left knee but I‘ve been putting it off for a few years. Not much gray hair, just like Mom. And as I was listening to this chapter about celebrities going gray I kept (cont)⬇️ 4mo

CatLass007 thinking about Andie McDowell and her gorgeous gray locks. And Jamie Lee Curtis, what a knockout. Back in the early 80s Joan Collins posed for Playboy. I was in college and not thinking that I hoped I looked half that good when I was her age. I was wishing I looked that good THEN. Ageism is a crazy thing. 4mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @CatLass007 it really is and attitude and morale make such a huge difference 4mo

CatLass007 My grandmother was manic-depressive and her behaviors that I often attributed to her age may have been due to her illness. I grew up with two parents telling me what to do and all of a sudden here was a third person giving me orders. Between the conflicting signals from the three adults in my house and the even more conflicting messages from the nuns… I don‘t think I stood a chance. 4mo

Singout I was the one who nominated this book, but then read it really early, so haven‘t been commenting. I think it‘s excellent and really tackles the issues around aging and independence stigmas well. If you scroll back to earlier in the year in my feed, you can find some of my favourite quotes! 4mo

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She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement | Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey

Up next for the rest of this year for #SheSaid… put in your library holds and interlibrary loans.

Please add your recommendations for next year in the comments!

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @willaful @Christine ↪️ 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know. 😉 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa With our current read… this one is moving up my to-read list fast.

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vlwelser I like this book but it's not blowing my socks off 5mo

vlwelser Sorry. I'm out in the sun. I thought this was the discussion post. 5mo

CatLass007 I‘m getting a lot of recommendations from Audible because of the books I‘ve listened to for this group. I‘m thinking something by Bell Hooks, maybe

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CatLass007 I also think Pauli Murray would be a wonderful subject about whom we could read or read one of the books she has written.

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CatLass007 Or Rosalind Rosenberg‘s

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CatLass007 Or Dorothy Day‘s autobiography

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa @CatLass007 Yes, you commented here! 4mo

CatLass007 @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Thank you. 4mo

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CatLass007 In the #ClassicLSFBC we are voting on November‘s selection. One of the nominees is a book of fiction, Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, seems to fit right in with the books we‘ve been reading for #SheSaid. Gilman was an early 20th Century feminist. Her best known work probably is The Yellow Wallpaper. Herland is about a utopian society which consists entirely of women. What happens when three young men search for and find this community? 4mo

CatLass007 Ooorrrrr, I think discussing a book by or about Josephine Baker could prove both entertaining and enlightening. There will be a memoir released in February 2025 called Fearless and Free. Agent Josephine by Damien Lewis is the true story of her activities with the French Resistance during WWII and was released 2022. 4mo

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In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial | Mona CHOLLET

Hello #SheSaid. I hope the Fall/Spring season is treating you well wherever you are.

I‘m all caught up this week and really enjoying this book… it‘s funny to me because some of the books she references are ones we have read with SheSaid like Backlash….and other parts remind me of books languishing on my TBR pile (mountain) that I just have not gotten to yet. I am also enjoying the French perspective on all of it.

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @willaful @Christine ↪️ 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know. 🤪 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa And if you asked me and I forgot, please remind me. 5mo

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vlwelser It's good. It's not blowing my mind. 5mo

CatLass007 It‘s interesting. The French perspective is new to me and I appreciate the differences. It boggles the mind how far we‘ve come, how much ground we‘ve lost, and how much more we still have to do. 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser yes… blowing my mind is hard to find and predict in advance. We will keep searching. But for October, and election season…it just seems to fit 😂 for better & worse. 5mo

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In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial | Mona CHOLLET

Hello #SheSaid!

I got through the intro & started Chapter one. Sorry, I did not realize the introduction was a long chapter in and of itself…bad planning on my part.

Join in as you catch up (like me)! I‘m really enjoying this one so far….lots of thoughts…see you in the comments!

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @psalva @Amor4Libros @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @willaful ⤵️ (edited) 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @BookBosomed1 @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know 😉 (edited) 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Anyone read this and think of recent comments about childless cat ladies by US political people. 😳 I did! (edited) 5mo

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vlwelser I totally thought about the childless cat ladies. I was actually worried in the intro that she might get into religious topics but so far it seems normal. The French perspective is interesting. 5mo

CatLass007 I am a proud childless catlady! I definitely thought of #45‘s running mate when I heard that section. I was expecting a little more historical and a little less about modern day witches. But this is not a complaint. The author mentioned a slave who was accused of witchcraft in Salem named Tituba and I found several books about her on Audible. I probably should see if they‘re available thru my library. I‘m listening to the audiobook and (cont)⬇️ 5mo

CatLass007 I want to go back and listen again. I was in elementary school when feminists began pushing for the use of Ms. instead of Miss or Mrs. In the South, however, women have been referred to as Miz for centuries. I liked Ms. for several decades but as I get older I notice that more people call me Mrs. and I always correct them and say “It‘s Miss.” I like my singleness and want it acknowledged. Am I socially regressing? I don‘t think so. I‘m (cont)⬇️ 5mo

CatLass007 just being myself. @vlwelser I‘m also appreciative of the French perspective. For non fiction we mostly get the British or American perspective. Nice change. 5mo

DebinHawaii My thoughts also went right to childless cat lady comments. Like @CatLass007 I am a proud one too! It!s interesting so far. 5mo

CatLass007 @DebinHawaii There‘s no better combination than cats and books. 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @CatLass007 & @DebinHawaii How did she say it…any women independent, on her own, and not under the control of a man! We are dangerous! Apparently dangerous in with hunting times and to dangerous to vote according to some today 🤪 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa This quote also made me think of someone who says it a lot: “The phrase “witch-hunt” is a curiously loaded one; deployed nowadays, the speaker is almost certainly using it incorrectly and acting in bad faith (and would unquestionably minimize witch-hunts as historic fact).” 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa And this one…you can tell it‘s political season in the US 😂 “The political enemies of certain high-born figures would occasionally denounce the latter‘s daughters or wives as witches; this was easier than attacking their enemies directly. However, the great majority of victims belonged to the lower classes.” 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa I did find it both interesting and sadly not surprising how much of the reasoning was still relevant today. The blaming the victim, that if she accused you of anything bad/illegal disregard her, she‘s obviously a witch trying to ruin my good name, to even the researchers who discussed it being a war on women (with an occasional man pulled in) and the others piping up, “not just women, men too!” 5mo

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Magic Tides | Ilona Andrews

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I usually have mixed feelings when an author finishes a series & then restarts it… it was a series I hated to let go of to begin with, and had thought about a re-read recently, so I was more than willing to dive in again. Kate & Curran have moved on, out of Atlanta, for a low-profile start for their new family...None of that pesky history hanging over them! But, a missing child has Kate out looking & taking no prisoners…anonymity can‘t last long!

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Trans Like Me: A Journey for All of Us | C. N. Lester

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A good memoir that blends in a look at history, thoughtful commentary, and personal lived experiences. This book does all of that and while it emphasizes that not all trans stories or non-binary stories are the same, these were the lived experiences of this author. Very thoughtful & honest, willing to take on the Hollywood version & stereotypes out there, plus a big dose of history we have whitewashed from our collective history.

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AllDebooks This was such an informative, compassionate read. I loved it and so glad we swapped. 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @AllDebooks Yes, me too. For a last minute switch, it was the perfect one. 5mo

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She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement | Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey

Is anyone else who runs group reads having a terrible time posting tag lists lately?

Trying to figure out if it‘s a device issue on my end or a site change.

julesG It can be tricky at times. Sometimes I have to try multiple times ending up with tagging everyone twice. 🙄 (I'm using Android, btw) 5mo

GingerAntics I‘m on Apple, and every time I tag a list, the first person on the list doesn‘t actually get tagged. I have no idea why. That‘s been going on for like a year or more now, though. 5mo

DGRachel I don‘t do long tag lists anymore but I noticed that I‘ve been tagged recently, the original post shows a blue-text tag like it worked, but I didn‘t get a notification. I just happened to see the post in my feed. 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @julesG I use apple and same here, it‘s been ongoing for awhile now and yesterday to took over an hour to get it to take a tag list. So I just wanted to know if it was something on my end or something else. Thank you for letting me know it‘s not just me 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @GingerAntics @DGRachel I‘ve noticed that too 5mo

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In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial | Mona CHOLLET

Up Next in for #SheSaid! Put in your library holds, and it is available on Kindle Unlimited if you use that!

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @tenar @vlwelser @KVanRead @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Chab256 @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @Jgotham @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @MilesnMelodies @psalva @Amor4Libros @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @willaful ⤵️ 5mo

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @bibliobliss @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @rjsthumbelina @Tera66 @Megabooks @BookBosomed1 @MoonWitch94 @sabyym @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know 😉 5mo

Megabooks I‘d like to be removed please. 5mo

Bookwormjillk My hold just came through for this one! 5mo

MallenNC I‘m planning to read along this month. 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Megabooks ok, I will take care of it. 5mo

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She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement | Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey

4 Years Ago!!! Happy Milestone!

Any thoughts or suggestions for the future?

Let me know what you think #SheSaid!

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @tenar @vlwelser @KVanRead @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Chab256 @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @Jgotham @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @MilesnMelodies @psalva @Amor4Libros @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @willaful ⤵️ 5mo

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @bibliobliss @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @rjsthumbelina @Tera66 @Megabooks @BookBosomed1 @MoonWitch94 @sabyym @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please let me know 😉 5mo

vlwelser It's hard to believe it's been 4 years. If you want to keep going, I'm game, but if you're ready to move on, that's ok too. 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser I was planning on continuing, just curious if anyone had any suggestions to keep it fresh going forward. Anything they like/don‘t like/want to try, etc. 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa My only issue lately has been the hour it tags to get the tag list to post 😂 5mo

vlwelser I don't always get the notifications but I know what I'm looking for so this might not be a problem from my side but others might struggle. 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser honestly, I‘m glad you search for it yet. I wish I knew why tags were so off lately. 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @vlwelser I was also toying with the idea of starting another group read, but I need to do a bit more research first, make sure no one else is doing something similar already. 5mo

AnneCecilie I‘m glad that you say that you want to continue. I try to participate whenever my library has the books, and I always enjoy them, several have made it to my best reads of the years list. I like the diversity. 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @AnneCecilie I‘m glad you are enjoying them still. But I thought it was a good time to check in, see if people were still into the books, or if they were starting to feel repetitive….and if so what could we do to keep it exciting. I personally have been behind reading the last few books, by that‘s a personal busy period for me, even when I finish the books later, I‘m still finding them very interesting and insightful. 5mo

MallenNC I really enjoy the group, even though I haven‘t been able to keep up with some of our picks lately. I really like the focus on women authors still, and that we mix in a few fiction picks each year. One thought I have is for some of the denser picks, maybe we could stretch beyond one month for those. Sometimes it‘s hard for me to read the full section each week bc I‘m always reading something else along with it. 5mo

MallenNC I am not getting notifications for the tags, but I know to look at your page on Sundays so that‘s actually fine. If you can‘t tag, I think most of the regulars would be able to just come looking for the discussion post each week. 5mo

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Trans Like Me: A Journey for All of Us | C. N. Lester

Hello #SheSaid!

How is everyone this weekend? I‘m a bit behind this week, kindle issues… but I spent some time with customer service today and I‘m up and running again and hope to catch up soon.

Please start without me, and I‘ll jump in when I finish.

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @tenar @vlwelser @KVanRead @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Chab256 @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @Jgotham @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @MilesnMelodies @psalva @Amor4Libros @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @willaful ⤵️ 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @tenar @vlwelser @KVanRead @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Chab256 @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @Jgotham @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @MilesnMelodies @psalva @Amor4Libros @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @willaful ⤵️ 5mo

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa If anyone would like added or removed to the tag list, please let me know 5mo

willaful I thought the points in the last chapters were very valuable, especially about the danger of attributing too much meaning to celebrity progress, and to seeing progress as inevitably. That\'s show itself very true since the book was written.

I was a little puzzled by the author\'s insistence on using the word feminism. It\'s a word so specifically associated with a gendered idea, it doesn\'t seem right for what they\'re trying to express. 5mo

willaful On the other hand, their anger at being always shown as *opposed* to feminism is very understandable. It\'s a common problem with marginalized groups, as shown in the saying \“all the blacks are men, all the women are white\“ -- but especially in this instance, when a subset of feminists are making life so hard for trans people. 5mo

vlwelser @willaful I think their point was the exclusion. The either/or of it. Like there's some feminist/non feminist binary. Maybe it isn't articulated that way. But that's how I read it. 5mo

vlwelser I love the references to the Roxane Gay book which is something everyone should read. 5mo

willaful @vlwelser I wasn\'t very interested in it when I first tried it but now I want to have another go. 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @bibliobliss @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @rjsthumbelina @Tera66 @Megabooks @BookBosomed1 @MoonWitch94 @sabyym @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 So sorry, I just realized the second half of the tag list did not post. Again, so sorry 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @willaful I took the intersectionality discussion of feminism very much to be the point. Feminism should not be Female first, or a female power movement. But an anti- gender stereotypes holding everyone down and dictating their worth, abilities, etc, etc. and that very much intersects with racism but also ANY group the current societal gender ideas discriminated against. And the fact that some feminists have taken a hard line with “real ⤵️ 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa ↪️ women” versus everyone else and are forcing an us vs them is wrong. Anyone society looks at as women and discriminates or treats differently because of that, because women-like anything is viewed as less than…that‘s the real fight. And that includes a large section of all kinds of people...really all of society. 5mo

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Trans Like Me: A Journey for All of Us | C. N. Lester

Hello #SheSaid!

Sorry for the very late post today, just enjoying the fall weather here this weekend!

How is the book going for you? Thoughts on this week‘s section?

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @tenar @vlwelser @KVanRead @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Chab256 @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @Jgotham @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @MilesnMelodies @psalva @Amor4Libros @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @willaful ⤵️ 5mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @bibliobliss @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @rjsthumbelina @Tera66 @Megabooks @BookBosomed1 @MoonWitch94 @sabyym @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 ⤵️ 5mo

vlwelser I appreciate the author's opinions more and more as I read further. There's nothing especially earth shattering about this but it's well written and I appreciate the perspective. 5mo

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willaful I like how clearly this book explains things. I\'d heard before that bathroom laws were designed to remove trans people from public life but I don\'t think I really grasped what it meant before. 5mo

DebinHawaii I like how they are laying out the book and the mix of their own stories with the science and history. I am learning a lot and enjoying their perspective.
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AnneCecilie Chapter 8 really had an impact on me, left me tears, both when she was talking about the importance of her brother and when she was returning to one of her previous schools to give a speech 5mo

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Trans Like Me: A Journey for All of Us | C. N. Lester

Hello #SheSaid!

How is everyone doing this week?

Thoughts on this week‘s sections?

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @tenar @vlwelser @KVanRead @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Chab256 @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @Jgotham @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @MilesnMelodies @psalva @Amor4Libros @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @willaful ⤵️ 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @bibliobliss @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @rjsthumbelina @Tera66 @Megabooks @BookBosomed1 @MoonWitch94 @sabyym @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 ⤵️ 6mo

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @bibliobliss @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @rjsthumbelina @Tera66 @Megabooks @BookBosomed1 @MoonWitch94 @sabyym @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 ⤵️ 6mo

MallenNC Unfortunately my library doesn‘t have this one so I‘m not able to read it this month. I will keep it on my TBR for the future. 6mo

vlwelser This author is very articulate and I appreciate their perspective on this topic. Glad you found this though I have no idea what the deal was with the other book. 6mo

CatLass007 I confess that I found chapter 5 confusing. Maybe it‘s a factor of my age or preconceived notions. But I don‘t understand the distinction they are making between sex and gender. However I felt chapters 6 and 7 were poignant and informative when they discuss dealing with medical professionals who have their own preconceived ideas about what it is to be transgender. (edited) 6mo

willaful I was struck by the use of proprioception to talk about dysphoria, since I have had proprioception issues myself. And the discussion about the insistence on gender as *opposites*, which isn't even supported by history, is fascinating. 6mo

AnneCecilie I also found chapters 6 and 7 to be eye opening. Her horse riding story made an impact on me. How when she was young she had fallen of the horse and needed several operations. Another girl was there after having her pelvis crushed after the pony she was riding fell on her. The doctor had told her parents “that horse riding was more risky than riding a motorbike” and jet young girls are encouraged to do it. But we tell young people who want 6mo

AnneCecilie treatment that it‘s too dangerous. (edited) 6mo

willaful @AnneCecilie Yes, that was a powerful story.

@CatLass007 I think part of the point is that “sex“ can be much murkier than people like to think. 6mo

DebinHawaii While Chapter 5 was interesting, I also found myself caught up in Chapter 6 & 7. I am impressed with the author‘s writing & how they related their stories mixed in with other experiences & the science. It makes it very readable & I‘m learning a lot. 6mo

Bookwomble @vlwelser I know this is a bit late in the day for a response, but the other book that was initially considered is virulently transphobic. 4mo

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Trans Like Me: A Journey for All of Us | C. N. Lester

Hello #SheSaid

I know this book substitution came suddenly, so have you found a copy, and if so, how do you feel about it so far?

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @tenar @vlwelser @KVanRead @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Chab256 @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @Jgotham @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @MilesnMelodies @psalva @Amor4Libros @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @willaful ⤵️ 6mo

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CatLass007 I am learning so much from this author. I‘m learning some of what trans people go through. I‘m learning that I have many preconceived ideas about what it means to be trans. I was in junior high when Renee Richards had what was then called a “sex change” operation. She was not a public figure, she was an ophthalmologist. Her gender didn‘t become an issue until she wanted to play professional tennis. I remember riding on the school bus, (cont)⬇️ 6mo

CatLass007 listening to a girl who had decided to write a report on Dr. Richards. I don‘t remember any of what she said except for repeatedly saying “she, I mean it.” I believe she was deliberately saying “she” so that she could supposedly correct herself to say “I mean it.” I didn‘t really understand the politics and hostility felt about Dr. Richards by most of the world. I just knew that what the girl on the school bus was saying wasn‘t (cont)⬇️ 6mo

CatLass007 just disrespectful it was hateful. Things haven‘t changed much in society‘s treatment of trans people. I was wondering what had happened to Renee Richards so I googled her. She retired from performing surgery at the age of 80. She is now 90 years old and doing well. 6mo

willaful Ooops, I forgot to ask to get retagged. I just got it and will try to catch up. 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @willaful I added you already, you should have gotten tagged 6mo

vlwelser They have a perspective that seems to be missing from this very interesting group of people. We have read other books by trans authors. But that may not be common. I have heard the Caitlin Jenner opinion before. As in, why do people seem to think that's their figurehead or whatever. I wouldn't want her as my spokesperson either. I totally get that. 6mo

DebinHawaii Interesting & illuminating so far. I‘m learning a lot & like the author‘s writing style. 6mo

AnneCecilie Like several others have already stated, I‘m learning a lot. There‘s something about seeing tings from different perspectives 6mo

willaful I was struck by how the author couldn't use HRT, as a singer. I always enjoy reading less conventional transgender narratives. It's good to hear different stories.

I don't think I'd read much from a transgender perspective about Jenner before, and that was interesting. 6mo

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Trans Like Me: A Journey for All of Us | C. N. Lester

Hello #SheSaid!

Our replacement book for this month.

Please put in your library holds & interlibrary loans.

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @tenar @vlwelser @KVanRead @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Chab256 @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @Jgotham @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @MilesnMelodies @psalva @Amor4Libros @Deblovestoread @DGRachel @willaful ⤵️ 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @bibliobliss @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @rjsthumbelina @Tera66 @Megabooks @BookBosomed1 @MoonWitch94 @sabyym @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 ⤵️ 6mo

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CatLass007 I see my name in the tag list but I haven‘t been getting your tags lately. Is there a customer service contact that we could consult? 6mo

CatLass007 Oh, but I‘m in. 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @CatLass007 I don‘t know of any…and it‘s been giving me trouble posting the tag list lately too 🤷‍♀️ 6mo

CatLass007 @Riveted_Reader_Melissa I found an email address for customer service. You‘re not the only person who‘s tagged me and I didn‘t receive a notice. For some reason I got the tag above. 6mo

CatLass007 What is the title of the other book we were considering? I‘m finding this book very enlightening and I would like to see if the other book is available through my library. 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @CatLass007

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Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender

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CatLass007 Thank you. 6mo

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Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality | Helen Joyce

Next up for #SheSaid….not sure…

1 week to catch up, then onto ????

Please read the comments below & discuss

willaful Remove me from the tag list for this book please. 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @willaful Ok, will do! 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @tenar @vlwelser @KVanRead @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Chab256 @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @Jgotham @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @MilesnMelodies @psalva @Amor4Libros @Deblovestoread @DGRachel ⤵️ 6mo

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Bookwomble In case you're not aware, Joyce is a noted transphobe who promotes "gender critical" views and has called for "a reduction in the number of trans people", which echoes some scary ideologies. https://www.thepinknews.com/2022/06/03/helen-joyce-transgender-lgbtq/ 6mo

Bookwomble @willaful ♥️🏳️‍⚧️♥️ 6mo

willaful @Bookwomble 😍 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Bookwomble let me finish tagging everyone and then maybe we need to discuss an alternate… 🫠 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @bibliobliss @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @rjsthumbelina @Tera66 @Megabooks @BookBosomed1 @MoonWitch94 @sabyym @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 ⤵️ 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Read the link above everyone…there seem to be some issues with this author & book. We need to discuss! Let me know if you still want to read, skip, pick an alternate, etc. 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Bookwomble Thank you for letting me know. 6mo

Bookwomble If you want to read a book about trans people by a trans person, I'd recommend the tagged 😊

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Trans Like Me: A Journey for All of Us

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Suet624 Oooh boy. I think a different author would be best. 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Anyone read Before We Were Trans yet? Any good?

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Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Suet624 yep! 😬 6mo

CatLass007 I had decided I wasn‘t interested in this book because of the author. But if another book is chosen I might be interested. 6mo

CatLass007 I could get behind Trans Like Me.

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Trans Like Me: A Journey for All of Us

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AllDebooks Bloody hell, her comments are utterly vile and make me very uncomfortable indeed. I would not want to read or support any author with those views. Thanks for sharing @Bookwomble 6mo

AllDebooks @Riveted_Reader_Melissa I would be happy to read either Trans like me or Before we were trans 🏳️‍⚧️ 6mo

Bookwomble @AllDebooks ✊🏳️‍⚧️✊😊 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @willaful Do you want added back to an alternate book and to help us pick it out? 6mo

Singout Before we Were Tran gets my vote because it‘s accessible to me and I like the spectrum of times and places it seems to cover. But, I can‘t *promise* that I will read it! 6mo

willaful @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Thanks! From the reviews, I'm more interested in Trans Like Me. 6mo

AnneCecilie My library has Trans Like Me so I would prefer that (edited) 6mo

DebinHawaii Oh bummer. Just reading this now & I wish I hadn‘t purchased the first book on Kindle a couple weeks ago. 😩 Hopefully I can return it. That being said, Trans Like Me is available to borrow in e-book at my library, so I prefer that one. 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @DebinHawaii try to return it, hopefully you can. I‘m sorry. I did not realize there has been an issue with the author either. 6mo

DebinHawaii @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Not your fault at all! Sometimes they just sneak in there! 6mo

vlwelser And so we pivot. 😂 I missed this convo somehow. I will try to find the other book. 6mo

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Unwell Women: A Journey Through Medicine And Myth in a Man-Made World | Elinor Cleghorn

Hello #SheSaid! I‘m still far behind on this one, and I know a few others of you got late starts as well.

How is it going? Getting there slowly, but surely?

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @tenar @vlwelser @KVanRead @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Chab256 @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @Jgotham @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @MilesnMelodies @willaful @psalva @Amor4Libros @Deblovestoread @DGRachel ⤵️ 6mo

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vlwelser I think this was definitely worth reading even if there is nothing earth shattering or groundbreaking about it. 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa There is an issue with our next book…please check out that post and let me know what you think 6mo

AllDebooks I'm still behind, too. I'm fascinated by it but can only cope with reading small chunks at a time. 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @AllDebooks next week will be catch up week for this book for me 🤞 but I‘m having the same tiny sections is all I can do, some is real life, some is tough reading.🤷‍♀️ 6mo

AllDebooks @Riveted_Reader_Melissa it's the tough subject matter for me. I get very shouty at the book, and then I feel bad, as it's not the books fault. 😅 6mo

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Unwell Women: A Journey Through Medicine And Myth in a Man-Made World | Elinor Cleghorn

Hello #SheSaid!

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @tenar @vlwelser @KVanRead @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Chab256 @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @Jgotham @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @MilesnMelodies @willaful @psalva @Amor4Libros @Deblovestoread @DGRachel ⤵️ 6mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @bibliobliss @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @rjsthumbelina @Tera66 @Megabooks @BookBosomed1 @MoonWitch94 @sabyym @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 6mo

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa If anyone would like added or removed from the tag list, please just let me know. 6mo

vlwelser I'm still entirely drawn into this. The history is fascinating. I think I may start to get more annoyed as we move closer to the present. Also the narrator on the audio is sort of awful. The way she pronounces things occasionally drives me up a wall. 6mo

Suet624 I‘ll have to skip this one but thank you for keeping me on your list. 6mo

kspenmoll I just got called that the library has this hold in- plan to read but will be my own pace. 6mo

staci.reads I just got my copy! I have some catching up to do! 6mo

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Unwell Women: A Journey Through Medicine And Myth in a Man-Made World | Elinor Cleghorn

Hello #SheSaid!

I‘m still behind, but starting to make some progress. Sorry, some unwell women in my household at the moment too…my mom had back surgery last Friday…. But I‘ll get caught up eventually. I hope everyone is learning lots and if not enjoying the topic, enjoying knowing you are not alone or imagining some of this stuff.

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @tenar @vlwelser @KVanRead @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Chab256 @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @Jgotham @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @MilesnMelodies @willaful @psalva @Amor4Libros @Deblovestoread @DGRachel ⤵️ 7mo

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TheBookHippie Seeing all the post I just put it on hold at the library! Hope things settle down by you. 7mo

CatLass007 I‘m behind also. I‘m feeling a lot of powerful emotions reading this book. Anger is at the top. It‘s good to know the history but it‘s stressful learning all of this. I‘m hoping that the author offers possible solutions to the imbalance of power that still exists in society and particularly in medicine. If that doesn‘t happen, I will feel like I‘ve wasted my time and energy on this book. 7mo

AnneCecilie I‘m also behind, but I knew pretty early on that this book was gonna make me angry and it does. Marriage and children seem to be the cure for every female malady for a long time. I read Wollstonecraft ages ago, but at had no idea that she wrote it in this climate. She was way braver than I thought 7mo

willaful I forgot all about this, being an unwell woman myself at the moment. @#$!@# covid! 7mo

MallenNC I‘m behind too (bc of the Olympics) but I thought about this book a lot while at two doctors‘ appointments this week. I don‘t feel dismissed by my doctors but I still don‘t always feel fully seen, so to speak. 7mo

DebinHawaii I read the first section but have not started the second because I wasn‘t in the mood to “rage read” this week & this book‘s subject infuriates me.🤬 That being said, it‘s good & right up your alley @TheBookHippie 7mo

TheBookHippie @DebinHawaii I‘m in rage at the medical field so should be fun 😵‍💫🤦🏻‍♀️👀 7mo

vlwelser The second section is more history stuff but we're getting closer to present day. This does actually explain a lot of things in a coherent and well researched way. There's a lot on giving birth and some of it was horrifying. 7mo

AllDebooks Wishing your mum a speedy recovery. I can not stop reading this, but I will have to as I'm at boiling point with the stupid medicine men. I just can't. I'm always fascinated by the history of medicine, but it's very rarely focused on the women before. I just need to read something light and fluffy. Does anyone know any good books on castration? 🤔😈 7mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @AllDebooks 😂 yea! That‘s the ticket! I keep putting it down and am off reading Mercy Thompson 🤣. Apparently medical real life and this book have lead to for fun reading. 7mo

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Unwell Women: A Journey Through Medicine And Myth in a Man-Made World | Elinor Cleghorn

Hello #SheSaid!

I‘m a bit behind this week, but I hope the rest of you are enjoying our new selection. I‘ll catch up soon and meet you in the comments.

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DebinHawaii Just picked up my copy from the library yesterday so I‘ll be catching up. 7mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @DebinHawaii We can catch up together 😉 7mo

CatLass007 I‘m not sure that this is a book to be enjoyed, although it is intriguing and informative. I‘ve listened to the introduction and the first two chapters. It feels like being punched in the gut. I‘m participating in the #SundayBuddyRead also and there‘s a scene in which a wealthy man threatens to have his wife committed. Same damn thing. Women had no rights and the Right Wingers in the USA want to take away the rights we‘ve fought so hard for. 7mo

vlwelser This book is so detailed and interesting. She clearly did so much research. I love it so far. As a book. Not the ridiculous treatment of women. I hate that. 7mo

MallenNC I was only able to read the first chapter after getting this from the library yesterday. I think it‘s going to be thought provoking 7mo

AnneCecilie I‘ve picked it up from the library, but haven‘t started it yet. I‘ll get back once I‘ve read this part 7mo

staci.reads I can't even begin to list the stories in the 1st five chapters that were most appalling! Too many to recount! But the story of Anne Green, who survived being hanged, stomped on, and nearly autopsied after burying her stillborn fetus, and the stories of Anarcha, Betsy, and Lucy, enslaved girls who were horrifically experimented on, were a gut punch. ⬇️ 6mo

staci.reads I so appreciate this author documenting their experiences with names, dates, and facts. It takes these things that, in abstract, I knew happened and humanizes these women. 6mo

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Unwell Women: A Journey Through Medicine And Myth in a Man-Made World | Elinor Cleghorn

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Put in your library holds & interlibrary loans!

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @tenar @vlwelser @KVanRead @SamAnne @Julsmarshall @arlenefinnigan @Chab256 @Scochrane26 @CoffeeK8. @MallenNC @DebinHawaii @Currey @Augustdana @Suet624 @Singout @mhillis @megnews @Jgotham @AnneCecilie @kspenmoll @staci.reads @AllDebooks @MilesnMelodies @willaful @psalva @Amor4Libros @Deblovestoread @DGRachel ⤵️ 7mo

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Smrloomis @KathyWheeler @Bookwormjillk @bibliobliss @JenlovesJT47 @Karisa @fredthemoose @mandarchy @rjsthumbelina @Tera66 @Megabooks @BookBosomed1 @MoonWitch94 @sabyym @ncsufoxes @Readergrrl @wanderinglynn @TheKidUpstairs @charl08 @CatLass007 7mo

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Liz_M @LitsyEvents 7mo

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