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Wrapping Up 2019 (More Books Read Than Reviewed)

American Like Me by America Ferrera

Becoming by Michelle Obama

Lab Girl by Hope Jahren

So Big by Edna Ferber

They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill us by Hanif Abdurraqib

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So this has been a year when sitting down to write book reviews has not been my strong suit.  According to Goodreads, I’ve read 47 books and that may actually be missing one or two; however, I don’t think I’m going to make it to a half Cannonball this year. So, here are some books that I read this fall that I thought were worth mentioning, even if I didn’t give them full reviews at the time. American Like Me-Reflections on Life Between Cultures: America […]

American Like Me, American Like You

American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures by America Ferrera (editor)

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Badkittyuno reviewed this one and I immediately put it on my to read, and then picked it up at my first chance from Audible. American Like Me is a collection of 32 stories about what being American, whether they call themselves American enthusiastically, reluctantly, or not at all. Some of the authors have written previously, others have not, but America Ferrera gathered a wide variety of voices to capture a breadth of experiences. This book is full of the stories about life between cultures. The […]

I like to be in America! O.K. by me in America! Everything free in America!For a small fee in America!

American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures by Edited by America Ferrera

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We live as citizens of a country that does not always claim us or even see us, and yet, we continue to build, to create, and to compel it toward its own promise. This was an outstanding collection of essays written by public figures who are immigrants themselves or the children of immigrants. American Like Me gives them the space to discuss their unique upbringings as well as highlight how they’re no less American than someone who can trace their ancestry back to the Mayflower. The […]

Every one of these people needs to write a memoir, stat

American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures by America Ferrera

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I mean, check out that cover. That’s quite a dream list of writers, actors, activists and other badasses — all of whom contributed a story to this collection about what being American looks like in their own life. American Ferrera starts things off, talking about her love for her country and her (eventual) love for her name (not the easiest one to grow up with). She collected this stories from a variety of sources, people who immigrated to America, or were born to parents who […]



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