Confession: I am a bad feminist. I try, I really do, but sometimes it can be exhausting and while I'm pretty vocal in my beliefs, I sometimes let things slide because I have other things to do. Luckily, Roxane Gay has granted me a reprieve because she, too, is a Bad Feminist. There were parts of this book that made me feel like I found a kindred spirit (I, too, find rap … [Read more...]
Quick Review: Every Day Is For the Thief
Can you ever go home again? This is one of the many questions readers are left with upon finishing Every Day Is For the Thief by Teju Cole (a #30Authors recommendation), a short book about a Nigerian living in New York who returns home after fifteen years, only to find that nothing is as he remembers. As an adult, the narrator is acutely aware of the corruption … [Read more...]
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates (Review)
When I first sat down to write this review (before it was listed as a National Book Award finalist), I knew that it was going to be difficult. I wanted to get across how the book made me feel while acknowledging that, as a white woman, I'd never truly get it. I wrote (what I thought) was a fantastic review and sent it to my friend Jason to read because I knew he'd want to read … [Read more...]
The Wonder of All Things Is, Well, Wonderful
In small town North Carolina, a plane crash and a little girl converge, leaving the entire community reeling with questions about how she survived and, more importantly, how she performed the miracle that she did.At 13, Ava, the daughter of the town sheriff, saves her best friend Wash, from certain death following a small plane crash at a community festival. The … [Read more...]
A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki (Book Review)
You know how sometimes you read a book and it raises so many philosophical questions that you know you'll be thinking about it for a long time to come? Well, A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki is one of those books. On the one hand, it's a novel, but on the other it's a philosophical discussion about life, time, and what's real in this world. This is likely because the … [Read more...]