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I've started reading for fun again 
So thought to do a thread on books I've read or I'm reading this year.
First up, 'Comunion: The Female Search for Love' - bell hooks
I liked it, didn't agree w/ all of it, but hooks gives advice to searching for love as a feminist.
So thought to do a thread on books I've read or I'm reading this year.
First up, 'Comunion: The Female Search for Love' - bell hooks
I liked it, didn't agree w/ all of it, but hooks gives advice to searching for love as a feminist.
"The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle The Master's House" - Audre Lorde
A collection of essays on love, poetry, race & feminism but mainly critiquing White feminism & its failings of Black women.
A collection of essays on love, poetry, race & feminism but mainly critiquing White feminism & its failings of Black women.
'Talking to Strangers' by Malcolm Gladwell
I get why some folk find this book flat in places or maybe a lil controversial but honestly I think points were made.
I get why some folk find this book flat in places or maybe a lil controversial but honestly I think points were made.
'Girl, Woman, Other' by Bernadine Evaristo
First fiction book of the year & longest book I've read this year. A collection of life stories about people who are connected in some way. I liked the weaving of stories & the drama, & the twist at the end was satisfying.
First fiction book of the year & longest book I've read this year. A collection of life stories about people who are connected in some way. I liked the weaving of stories & the drama, & the twist at the end was satisfying.
'Bad Love' by Maame Blue
This is the kind of love story I live for; messy, complicated, human. So many points where I was just like "girl, why????" but also relating to certain actions/decisions.
This is the kind of love story I live for; messy, complicated, human. So many points where I was just like "girl, why????" but also relating to certain actions/decisions.
'The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck' by Mark Manson.
This is very outside of my interests but it was free so I took it. It has a kinda middle-class/rich White man's Buddhism vibe.
He made a few points tho.
This is very outside of my interests but it was free so I took it. It has a kinda middle-class/rich White man's Buddhism vibe.
He made a few points tho.
'Abolish Silicon Valley: How to Liberate Technology from Capitalism' by Wendy Liu
A memoir about Wendy's journey to socialism in the context of tech. I judged some of younger Wendy's actions but was reminded that everyone is on their own journey. The last 3 chapters are ace.
A memoir about Wendy's journey to socialism in the context of tech. I judged some of younger Wendy's actions but was reminded that everyone is on their own journey. The last 3 chapters are ace.
'The Space Between Black & White' - Esuantsiwa Jane Goldsmith
An illuminating memoir about growing up biracial in 1950s+ Britain. A story about the search for self & the issues folk can face when they're the Other, even in their own families, despite good intentions & love.
An illuminating memoir about growing up biracial in 1950s+ Britain. A story about the search for self & the issues folk can face when they're the Other, even in their own families, despite good intentions & love.
'Utopia for Realists' by Rutger Bregman
A proposal on how we can erradicate poverty & includes a lot of history & research analysis.
It doesn't say much on the transatlantic slave trade's effect on the economy despite looking at British worker revolts during the 17 & 18th C.
A proposal on how we can erradicate poverty & includes a lot of history & research analysis.
It doesn't say much on the transatlantic slave trade's effect on the economy despite looking at British worker revolts during the 17 & 18th C.
'If I Don't Have You' by Sareeta Domingo
A love story spanning a few years off the back of one impassioned night. I live for complicated love stories w/ Black protagonists & this is that. I listened to it all in less than a day.
A love story spanning a few years off the back of one impassioned night. I live for complicated love stories w/ Black protagonists & this is that. I listened to it all in less than a day.
'Under Solomon Skies' - Berni Sorga-Millwood
A story about two friends stranded at sea, but really it's a story about neo-imperialism, climate change & community.
A story about two friends stranded at sea, but really it's a story about neo-imperialism, climate change & community.
'Love Again' by Rasheda Ashanti Malcom.
The classic pretend romance evolves into a real one story.
The classic pretend romance evolves into a real one story.
I can't believe Chimanada blessed us in the mess of this year, but she did.
'Zikora' by Chimanada Ngozi Adichie. A short story following a woman's journey through labour. But really it's about her relationship with her mother (& her baby daddy, kinda).
'Zikora' by Chimanada Ngozi Adichie. A short story following a woman's journey through labour. But really it's about her relationship with her mother (& her baby daddy, kinda).
'The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity' by Esther Perel.
Esther's a world-renowned psychologist w/ a focus on human rships. Even as someone who's fairly open-minded (I think), this book challenged me lol.
She does alot to dispel the myths around cheating & rships.
Esther's a world-renowned psychologist w/ a focus on human rships. Even as someone who's fairly open-minded (I think), this book challenged me lol.
She does alot to dispel the myths around cheating & rships.
