“Funny and refreshing, A COMPLETE FICTION is an accomplished mashup of women‘s commercial fiction, literary fiction, and sitcom-style comedy, with a dash of romance, all while examining the complexities of #metoo.
It is a fun read that makes you think!”
FULL SPOTLIGHT: https://tinyurl.com/3593jve8
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pickA powerful book about 19C Elizabeth Packard: forced into an “insane asylum” by her husband and separated from her five children with the collusion between her husband and the controlling institution director. It vividly portrays how she challenged the horrific institution staff, developed solidarity among the patients, fought back in the court system after discharge, and became an activist for mental health rights. #SheSaid #Nonfiction2025 #MeToo
pickI enjoyed reading about Grace and how she regained herself and took control of her life. The story is very timely with its #MeToo storyline. It serves as a reminder to the challenges women face in male/dominated industries. This is especially true of very young women. #ReadWithJenna
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#haikuhive
Feeling my age today. 😅
Rotator cuff tears
in two difference places.
Surgery to come.
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pickAli Mau is a famous journalist and TV presenter in NZ who led the reporting here on #MeToo and broke stories on abusers. (And is an Australian originally!) This is her memoir about her life, breaking into journalism, and her own childhood abuse which was repressed for many years. She also went through hell in the 90s when the press discovered her same sex relationship. Well written and thought provoking, ⬇️
pickI love a campus novel so wanted to read this - in fact, the later story was the better half, I thought.
In 1998 Ros‘s Regis uni roommate Megan goes missing in a terrible snowstorm and Ros is blamed for not looking after her.
Over 20 years later Ros‘s former partner is accused during the #metoo movement, leading Ros to look back on her life as a teenager, the mistakes she made and the lies we tell ourselves.
#ThreeListThursday @dabbe #TLT
I scored better than last week, though not by much. There were so many great books in this group that spanned totally different genres. My favorites are (not in any order):
The Clan of the Cave Bear
Good Omens
Black Beauty
Emma
Matilda
The Hobbit
LOTR
Dune
The Pillars of the Earth
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#poetrymatters
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#wayward
#kansas
“Don't you cry no more.“ 🖤
pickThis book caught my eye when I was book shopping with @Rissreadswithcats & when I read the blurb I decided to buy it. A French epistolary novel that starts with a derogatory social media post. Addiction and recovery, #metoo and the pandemic feature in this guns-blazing, disturbing read.
pickWhat a book of horror. I‘m not a parent but sometimes I wonder how ya‘ll let your children out into the world. We follow Vanessa in alternating timelines. In 2017 set against the #MeToo movement where she‘s following all the allegations against a former high school English teacher. In 2000 where she‘s 15 and enters a sexual relationship with that teacher. In 2017 she‘s barely coming to realize that she herself was a victim. This was sad and 👇🏼
