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A funny book about racism — get the audio if you can!

You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories About Racism by Amber Ruffin & Lacey Lamar

October 25, 2021 by narfna Leave a Comment

A good time, despite the subject matter. Amber and Lacey make hearing stories about racism simultaneously entertaining and infuriating. Laughing while angry! The best example of what this book does is probably the story that they open it with, for good reason. It involves Lacey being at a store and paying with a check (back when people did that). The cashier was a white teenager. Lacey had checks with famous and historically notable Black people on them. When she pulled out her checkbook the check […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Comedy/Humor, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, Amber Ruffin, Amber Ruffin, Lacey Lamar, comedy, crazy stories about racism, Lacey Lamar, narfna, narrated by author, non fiction, Racism

narfna's CBR13 Review No:144 · Genres: Audiobooks, Comedy/Humor, Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, Amber Ruffin, Amber Ruffin, Lacey Lamar, comedy, crazy stories about racism, Lacey Lamar, narfna, narrated by author, non fiction, Racism ·
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“Now I think it’s one of the most useless questions an adult can ask a child—What do you want to be when you grow up? As if growing up is finite. As if at some point you become something and that’s the end.”

Becoming by Michelle Obama

June 20, 2019 by narfna 2 Comments

This was a pick for my IRL book club in the spring, and I’m so glad! I don’t know if I ever would have picked it up otherwise, due to my avoidance of both political books and memoirs, unless they come suuuper highly recommended. (Sidenote: I love my IRL book club. It’s like having a bimonthly Galentine’s Day.) Mostly, Michelle Obama is such a good writer! She is t a l e n t e d. Her book also fits into my memoir sweet spot, […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, Becoming, Michelle Obama, narrated by author, non fiction

narfna's CBR11 Review No:57 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, Becoming, Michelle Obama, narrated by author, non fiction ·
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Janeway can WRITE.

November 18, 2015 by narfna Leave a Comment

“But the fact is,” I continued, “that despite their sadness, and despite my guilt, and despite Egan’s anger, I went ahead and did what I needed to do for myself. In the end, it’s selfish.”  “I think you’re wrong there. It feels selfish at the time, because the pain is excruciating, but there is no nobility in hanging on to something that is miserable and false. We have to fight for our happiness in life.” I knew I wanted to read this book as soon […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #memoir, born with teeth, kate mulgrew, narfna, narrated by author, Non-Fiction

narfna's CBR7 Review No:179 · Genres: Audiobooks, Non-Fiction · Tags: #memoir, born with teeth, kate mulgrew, narfna, narrated by author, Non-Fiction ·
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