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Singout
Pickpick

An eye-opening and vulnerable sharing of the author‘s coming-out story as non-binary, in a culture that still is largely fixated on people identifying as one gender or the other, even if they are LGBT. I particularly appreciated the author‘s emergence reflected in varying responses of friends and family and ongoing fear of coming out and how to articulate it. I could also appreciate the extreme pain of a Pap test! #Nonfiction2024 #NotAllBoys

TheBookHippie I learned a lot reading this one. 12h
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peanutnine
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I really enjoyed listening to this memoir. Chin talks about his experience growing up as a gay Chinese American in 1980s Detroit, where his parents ran a long lasting Chinese restaurant. He discusses the turbulence of the city during that time, tensions with race, expectations of family, & coming to terms with his sexuality. Chin narrates the audiobook & does a great job inflecting it with character & humor
#Nonfiction2024 @Riveted_Reader_Melissa

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peanutnine
Braiding Sweetgrass | Robin Wall Kimmerer
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Pickpick

I'm gonna try to start catching up on reviews for books I've read the past few months. I finished this back in August 🫣
I took my time listening to this one and really enjoyed the introspection Kimmerer applies to nature. I appreciated the way she uses science as a tool to understand the beauty of the natural world, and the insights into indigenous culture.
#Nonfiction2024 @Riveted_Reader_Melissa

Riveted_Reader_Melissa I really liked this one too. 7d
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Singout
Pickpick

McGhee takes the concept of a “zero-sum game“--someone always *has* to lose, --and skillfully uses it to analyze a form of white racism that manifests as resistance toward racialized people benefiting, even when white people are also set back: racism has a cost for all of us. Examples include barring access to public pools, union repression, lack of equal access to education and home ownership, and more.
#Nonfiction2024 #ToKillAMockingbird

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Singout
Rememberings | Sinad O'Connor
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Bailedbailed

This is a bail for me, simply because of her voice; I pretty much only do audiobooks, and O'Connor's reading voice is just too much of a grating drone. I'm disappointed, because she's someone I've admired for a long time, and the book deals with key issues re Christianity (I was in university when she tore up the Pope's picture on SNL) and family abuse, mental health/trauma, abuse, and religious conversion.
#Nonfiction2024 #MexicanDaughter

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Singout

Before I go to a restaurant I obsessively check the restaurant‘s website, Google Images, and Yelp to see what kind of seating it has. Are the seats ultra modern and flimsy? Do they have arms and if so, what kind? Are there booths and if so does the table move or is it one of those tables welded between two benches? How long do I think I can sit in those chairs without screaming?
#Nonfiction2024 #Blubber

Octoberwoman This book was utterly fascinating and eye opening. 2w
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Zuhkeeyah
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Hello, November! The end of the year is coming up fast. The only challenges I really want to complete are the #gottacatchemall, #nonfiction2024, alphabet challenge, and the diversity across genres challenge (hosted on Insta). I'm so close to finishing them. This month will be dedicated to filling most of the remaining prompts so I can have a low key December full of bonus reads.

@thearomaofbooks #bookspin

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Singout
Pickpick

An excellent exploration by political analyst Naomi Klein into how being mistaken for Naomi Wolf, a writer who's moved to the political right, has prompted an analysis of how the left/right binary isn't as simple as it was. She looks at a “mirror world“ where the axis can sometimes be a diagonal one, revolving around issues like Covid and anti-vaxxing, big pharma, conspiracy theory, global and online media, and wellness.
#Nonfiction2024 #1984

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LeslieO
The Other Half | Charlotte Vassell
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Pretty great month! I read two 5⭐️ books (All the Colors + Here One Moment), one #Nonfiction2024, two back-to-school titles, one quirky British police procedural, one reread, and completed my #bookspin and #doublespin #readingrecap #monthlyrecap #Septemberrecap

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fantastic month!!! 2mo
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peanutnine
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This is a great reference on queer history. Some of it I already knew but I also learned a bunch. The style is humorous while still being informative. Great listen!
#Nonfiction2024 the Color Purple @Riveted_Reader_Melissa

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