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Aspiring | Adult | Aspiring Adult | Brooklyn-based | I need you to know I can read

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Non-Fiction EOY Review Dump

I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are by Rachel Bloom

Why We Swim by Bonnie Tsui

Real Queer America by Samantha Allen

Rage Becomes Her by Soraya Chemaly

Fed Up by Gemma Hartley

meaty by Samantha Irby

Daring Greatly by Brene Brown

The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert

How To by Randall Monroe

Food by Jim Gaffigan

December 31, 2021 by Nannerbears 1 Comment

I’m making a final push to wrap up CBR13 with my non-fiction review dump. I read more non-fiction this year than I thought I did, and I was never able to sum up my thoughts properly. I’m trying here, with just moments left!  Food | Jim Gaffigan Although I disagree with Mr. Gaffigan’s take on mustard, I still enjoyed reading Food. It’s a simple take on food — the good, the not so good, how it shapes us and our culture. It was extra light […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Comedy/Humor, Health, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Bonnie Tsui, Brené Brown, Elizabeth Kolbert, Gemma Hartley, Jim Gaffigan, multiple reviews, Rachel bloom, Randall Monroe, samantha allen, Samantha Irby, Soraya Chemaly

Nannerbears's CBR13 Review No:27 · Genres: Audiobooks, Comedy/Humor, Health, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Bonnie Tsui, Brené Brown, Elizabeth Kolbert, Gemma Hartley, Jim Gaffigan, multiple reviews, Rachel bloom, Randall Monroe, samantha allen, Samantha Irby, Soraya Chemaly ·
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Fiction Reviews Dump

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chain

Another Place You've Never Been by Rebecca Kauffman

The Idiot by Elif Batuman

Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

Too Bright to Hear Too Loud to See by Juliann Garey

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk

Dietland by Sarai Walker

A Good Neighborhood by Therese Anne Fowler

December 30, 2021 by Nannerbears 1 Comment

Apologies in advance, and I hope I can be forgiven for the end-of-the-year review dump. I’ve had bits and pieces to say about the books I read but it never felt well-formed enough to tell others about them. So, here we go, a review dump of some of the fiction I read this year.  A Good Neighborhood |  Therese Anne Fowler We’ve all been reading long enough to know that a book titled A Good Neighborhood is not actually about a good neighborhood. It’s about […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction Tagged With: Detransition Baby, dietland, elif batuman, Good Neighborhood, Juliann Garey, multiple reviews, ocean vuong, Olga Tokarczuk, Rebecca Kauffman, sarai walker, She Who Became the Sun, Shelley Parker-Chain, the idiot, Therese Anne Fowler, Torrey Peters

Nannerbears's CBR13 Review No:17 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction · Tags: Detransition Baby, dietland, elif batuman, Good Neighborhood, Juliann Garey, multiple reviews, ocean vuong, Olga Tokarczuk, Rebecca Kauffman, sarai walker, She Who Became the Sun, Shelley Parker-Chain, the idiot, Therese Anne Fowler, Torrey Peters ·
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Power. Period.

Period Power by Nadya Okamoto

August 16, 2021 by Nannerbears 2 Comments

Remember that line in 30 Rock when Liz says “that little girl taught me how to use tampons?’ That’s how I felt about this book. It’s written towards a YA audience—for good reason—but has value way beyond that. Period Power showcases the author’s experience with period products and her own menarche, but it also digs deep into why period product accessibility is a large issue. Plus, as large as the issue is, it should be an even larger one. Okamoto goes into the history of […]

Filed Under: Health, Young Adult Tagged With: girls, menstruation, Nadya Okamoto, period, transmen, women

Nannerbears's CBR13 Review No:8 · Genres: Health, Young Adult · Tags: girls, menstruation, Nadya Okamoto, period, transmen, women ·
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Whether we are or not

We are the Weather by Jonathan Safran Foer

April 18, 2021 by Nannerbears Leave a Comment

I went into this book having no knowledge of its topic, only a fondness for the author’s other work. It turns out, this was the author’s plan. It’s a delightfully written account of the dying earth and how we, the human race, are the leading cause of its death.  It’s a good mix of fact-based research and anecdotal evidence; it’s difficult to talk about this book without revealing its seedy underbelly. So in the interest of full disclosure: SPOILER ALERT, SPOILER ALERT: this book is […]

Filed Under: Health, Non-Fiction Tagged With: climate change, Jonathan Safran Foer, meat, Veganism

Nannerbears's CBR13 Review No:7 · Genres: Health, Non-Fiction · Tags: climate change, Jonathan Safran Foer, meat, Veganism ·
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Mediocre, Cover, Ijeoma Oluo

Anything But

Mediocre by Ijeoma Oluo

March 11, 2021 by Nannerbears 1 Comment

What are we doing—we’re constantly holding up the mediocre white man as the standard and then bending to it at the detriment of good ideas, fairness, and equity. Mediocre is a must read. It was inappropriate to yell “Yes!” after every sentence, but that’s how I felt. In some ways, it’s telling you what you already know, but it’s also explaining how deep the problem really is and also affirming that no, it’s not just you. I remember so clearly arguing with my brother when […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: facts, feminism, Ijeoma Oluo, must read, patriarchy, Race

Nannerbears's CBR13 Review No:6 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: facts, feminism, Ijeoma Oluo, must read, patriarchy, Race ·
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Somewhat Relevant

Lafayette in the Somewhat United States by Sarah Vowell

February 22, 2021 by Nannerbears 1 Comment

Sarah Vowell brings history to life. She presents stories of history as though you’re her neighbor and the craziest thing just happened to her and she just has to tell you about it. It’s fun even when it’s tragic. What I really enjoyed about Lafayette in the Somewhat United States  was the connection between Lafayette’s actions and our current situation. Drawing these lines from our founding fathers to policies that are still in place and the ways they affect us is a powerful tool that reminds […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, humor, lafayette, Sarah Vowell

Nannerbears's CBR13 Review No:5 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, humor, lafayette, Sarah Vowell ·
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