Diverse Books Pledge
I read diverse books to combat mass media's constant assertion of white, male, Christian, heterosexual as default. Also, because Celia said to.
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The Library of Congress does not admit Police brutality victims but does acknowledge Rape in the military
Highlights from the October 2014 SACO editorial meeting and LCSH monthly list
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Beyond Belief: The Secret Lives of Women in Extreme Religions
I'm interested in the topic and would probably read a full-length work on most of the authors' lives in extreme religions, but the short essay doesn't work. The cover is pretty, and a lot of the writing is good. And there are some good quotes. I like how Naomi J. Williams characterizes her parents' disgust with "church-hoppers," as "ecclesiastically promiscuous."
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Jan 1 2015
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978-158005-442-3
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LCSH & SACO Month 11: LC goes glocal
Highlights from the November 2013 SACO editorial meeting and LCSH monthly list.
From Ashton Salazar blog
LCSH & SACO Month 10: LC welcomes Gays, Black and Lesbians, Black
Highlights from the October 2013 SACO editorial meeting and LCSH monthly list.
All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion, the
Fannie Flagg novels always go down easy and are southern charming as all get-out. All-Girl centers on a 60-year-old woman who finds out she's not southern, at least not in the southern way of knowing who your people are a few generations back. It's also about Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs). Unless you're a real crankypants, you should be moved by protagonist Sookie Poole's evolution, the WASPs accomplishments, or both. I sniffled quite a bit reading about the titular event while riding a New Jersey transit train home from Jewish Christmas.
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Dec 25 2013
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978-0-8129-9463-6
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Teatime for the Firefly
The publisher is Harlequin MIRA, but it didn't occur to me when I originally read a review of this book that it was a romance. I'm still not sure if that was the intent, because, finding the protagonist and her love interest annoying, I put the book down 200 or so pages in. The MIRA imprint is meant to encompass literary and genres aside from romance, for women.
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Dec 23 2013
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978-0-7783-1547-6
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Relish: My Life in the Kitchen
I'm not much of a foodie, but I do love graphic memoirs, so I was happy to receive Knisley's book from my homie C-Dog as a solstice (or whatever) gift. I found myself envying how Knisley's love of food and cooking shored up her relationships with parents and friends. As you may know, I also have a soft spot for anything period related, so I loved this passage:
A woman's body craved protein and iron.
< copyrighted image I can't reproduce >
I grew into my mother's cravings - the demands of my inherited body chemistry.
< copyrighted image where Lucy says, "Once a month I need spinach." and "Like a were-rabbit." >
reviewdate:
Dec 21 2013
isn:
978-1-59643-623-7