Litsy

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This | Omar El Akkad

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A hard read, but necessary. It focuses on the atrocities, the genocide, that are being committed against Gaza by Israel and the ignoring of the facts by those in power in the Western world. What will be the cost as our governments turn a blind eye? This reminded me of 2 equally great books. Coates also writes about privileged and powerful othering and making people of color less than. OWOTG has an essay by a Palestinian woman who describes 👇🏼

Reggie her neighborhood being bombed by Israel. This is years before 2023. Families she had known were wiped out and one explosion was so close that her 3yo stopped talking. What I found thoughtful was that it could have been an anti-Israel piece but it wasn‘t. It was a war sucks piece. And how traumatic it can be. Her family leaves for Sweden shortly after. All 3 are picks! 3d

ncsufoxes If you haven‘t read by Coates, he talks all about his experience of visiting Gaza. Very powerful book, one of my favorites last year.

The Message

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GatheringBooks

Elmer | Gerry Alanguilan

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#Celebrate Day 8: Imagine a dystopian world where chickens are sentient beings. While the setting demonstrates that the world, as a whole, is generally accepting of the rights of chickens as identical to that of human beings – as mandated by the United Nations, no less – they still experience discrimination and xenophobia (or chicken-phobia, in this case). #InclPhobia #IncludePhobia. My review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-mA7

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Excellent 👌🏼 4d

rwmg Alektorophobia 🚫🐓 (edited) 3d

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LiseWorks

The Disappeared | Kim Echlin

#ISpyBingoSpecielEdition #SomePeopleSay
@TheAromaofBooks @OriginalCyn620
The only bingo spot found with this book. My second book read this year.

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 7d

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LiseWorks

The Disappeared | Kim Echlin

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This book was read for #2026FoodandLit @Texreader @Butterfinger @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick It was a page turner, heartbreak, and oh boy how can such a small country go through what they went through. #2026NewYearsReadathon @Bookwormjillk #Read2026 @DieAReader
#LitsyAtoZ2026 @Texreader the letter "d"

Bookwormjillk I‘m stacking that! 7d

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I am anticipating a lot of rough books being read this month for Cambodia. 7d

Texreader @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick same 😢 7d

Gissy It sounds so good! Stacked 😃 6d

DieAReader ♥️♥️♥️ 5d

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One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This | Omar El Akkad

Suet624 💔💔 1w

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Singout

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This | Omar El Akkad

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Butterfinger

Half Spoon of Rice: A Survival Story of the Cambodian Genocide | Icy Smith

My last day of teaching was December 19th. Besides my students, I loved searching for great literature to inspire; I'm already missing it. I can't enjoy my retirement because I am mourning my job. Not depressed, just sad.

For #Foodandlit #Cambodia would some of you like to read and discuss at the end of the month? It's very heavy - middle grades.

@Texreader @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick

Bookwormjillk That‘s a big change! I can‘t find this book at my library otherwise I would join in. 2w

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick It looks like my library has it. I'll gladly join you in reading it. 1w

Texreader My Libby doesn‘t have it either. I‘ll check at our main library if I get a chance. 1w

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GingerAntics

The Ravine: A Family, a Photograph, a Holocaust Massacre Revealed | Wendy Lower

I haven‘t been able to shut up about the brilliant scholarship of this book since I read it.
#WendyLower #TheRavine #ReadingBracket #BookBracket2025 #BookBracket #nonfiction @CSeydel

lil1inblue I was going to stack this, but realized I already did! I am definitely reading this in 2026. 2w

GingerAntics @lil1inblue STOP!!! Read The Holocaust by Bullets first! That one is a memoir, and then this one gets into the scholarship more. I guess, depending on which one appeals more, read the other first. 2w

lil1inblue @GingerAntics Ooh. Thank you! I'll read both, but will start where you recommend! 2w

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ChaoticMissAdventures

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This | Omar El Akkad

I read 47 Nonfiction Books this year.

These are my top 11 The tagged is essential reading. I literally cannot say enough good things about it.

Omar Al Akkad is a treasure.

#Bestof2025 apparently you have a really good chance of making my list if your cover is yellow for some odd reason?

ChaoticMissAdventures A book about Native legal fights and how they have shaped not only Native tribes but also the US as a whole:

By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land

ChaoticMissAdventures I didn't know so much of the juicy gossip that surrounded Churchill, this is the story of his son's first wife and how she was a political powerhouse behind the scenes:

Kingmaker: Pamela Churchill Harriman's Astonishing Life of Seduction, Intrigue and Power

ChaoticMissAdventures The story of Edouard Louis' father and how the French government ignores and makes life harder for the poor. I learned so much about French government and rural France life from this very short book

Who Killed My Father

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ChaoticMissAdventures Rick Steves is a national treasure 💓 And this was a fun trip to take with him and he how much he has grown or stayed the same over the decades.

On the Hippie Trail: Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer

ChaoticMissAdventures Mary Roach is exactly my brand of humor, and this latest from her is wonderful, it covers so many topics on the body from reproductive organs, limbs, eyes, hair! What can be replaced, or remolded on our bodies? How far are people willing to go? Fascinating.

Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy

ChaoticMissAdventures This is topping many people's best of lists this year, for good reason. A quick and heartfelt book about TB

Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

ChaoticMissAdventures I learned a ton about New Zealand government, and also learned that I really like Arden, even more than I thought I did. A lovely, compassionate, and relatable woman.

A Different Kind of Power: A memoir

ChaoticMissAdventures I adore Jose Andres. He is the best of us. I thought this tiny book was very impactful. He talks about is views on the world, and how he got involved in what I think is one of the top 5 most important charities out there today. Feed people and watch the world heal. Highly recommend -

Change the Recipe: Because You Can't Build a Better World Without Breaking Some Eggs

ChaoticMissAdventures This book is about Black ballerinas Harlem. It is about their struggles and their talent, and their community. A heart felt and impressive look at these women who are so often overlooked because someone doesn't think their skin tone will look good onstage. I found this read really absorbing -

The Swans of Harlem: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History

ChaoticMissAdventures I have loved Marsha P Johnson for many years, this biography gave me a much deeper look into her life beyond Stonewall, her activism, and tragic brutal death. Tourmaline is an excellent writer and spent many years researching, interviewing and gathering material so we can all know Marsha beyond the headlines -

Marsha: The Joy and Defiance of Marsha P. Johnson

squirrelbrain The Jacinda Arden book was SO close to making my list. 2w

ChaoticMissAdventures @squirrelbrain I just find her so refreshing! I also read Angela Merkel's book this year and that was very good also. 2w

Chelsea.Poole Oh good picks! I‘ve read several of these but I have others on my list I didn‘t get around to. Namely Marsha and Hippie Trail. 2w

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