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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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The Voices of the Ignored

The Colors of Courage: Gettysburg's Forgotten History, Immigrants, women, & African Americans in the Civil War's Defining Battle by Margaret S. Creighton

January 19, 2021 by Ale 2 Comments

Until I joined a reenactment group about 6 years ago, I’d never had any interest in the Civil War since its most popular focus is white men shooting each other. Now, this isn’t to say that the experiences of the white, male soldiers consumed by the jaws of war aren’t important, it just means I don’t particularly care what Gen. So-&-So did at noon on July 2nd, 1863. And unfortunately, at least at Gettysburg, ninety-nine percent of the focus is what white men did in […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: 19th century, African Americans, blacks, civil war, Civilians, Germans, Gettysburg, Immigration, Margaret S. Creighton, Race, Slavery, women

Ale's CBR13 Review No:1 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: 19th century, African Americans, blacks, civil war, Civilians, Germans, Gettysburg, Immigration, Margaret S. Creighton, Race, Slavery, women ·
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“Caste is insidious and therefore powerful because it is not hatred, it is not necessarily personal. It is the worn grooves of comforting routines and unthinking expectations, patterns of a social order that have been in place for so long that it looks like the natural order of things.”

Caste: The Origin of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

January 18, 2021 by narfna 4 Comments

This was really interesting to read back to back with How to Be an Antiracist; they shed light on each other in weird ways. But they are also two very different books! My main takeaway from Caste is that Isabel Wilkerson is a great writer. I’m set to read her first book next month, and I’m now looking forward to it even more. She employs metaphor and other literary techniques in a way that you don’t normally see from non-fiction writers. It brings a depth […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #history, caste, isabel wilkerson, narfna, non fiction, Race, social history, sociology, the origins of our discontents

narfna's CBR13 Review No:4 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: #history, caste, isabel wilkerson, narfna, non fiction, Race, social history, sociology, the origins of our discontents ·
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Thoughtful meditation on science, faith and family

Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

December 30, 2020 by Wanderlustful Leave a Comment

Yaa Gyasi is best known for her critically acclaimed first novel, Homegoing.  Unlike Homegoing, which I gather has a broad sweep in terms in geography and time (its in my TBR pile!), Transcendent Kingdom is narrowly focused on one woman, Gifty, in her adolescent to early adult years.  Although the scope of the novel expands a little to include Gifty’s immediate family and a few friends, the novel remains focused on her experiences with these additional cast members- we see them through her eyes. We […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: faith, Race, science, transcendent kingdom, Yaa Gyasi

Wanderlustful's CBR12 Review No:63 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: faith, Race, science, transcendent kingdom, Yaa Gyasi ·
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A personal view of intersectional feminism, narrated by the author.

Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall

October 31, 2020 by narfna Leave a Comment

This was a great audiobook. It was narrated by the author, and she has a really good reading voice. There were parts where her intonation changed in a weird way, but overall she narrates the book in a clear, strong voice, and with appropriate emotion. (Some authors try to read their own books, and it doesn’t work out so well for them.) This was an excellent book that focuses on the areas that “mainstream feminism”, aka middle class, mostly white, doesn’t take into account. Some […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: audiobooks, feminism, hood feminism, Intersectional feminism, Mikki Kendall, narrated by the author, Race

narfna's CBR12 Review No:166 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: audiobooks, feminism, hood feminism, Intersectional feminism, Mikki Kendall, narrated by the author, Race ·
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A family saga that isn’t so Black and White

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

October 5, 2020 by Mobius_Walker Leave a Comment

Desiree and Stella Vignes are twin Black girls who grow up in 1940s Louisiana. They are from a very, very small town that has valued lighter skin for generations, and Desiree and Stella are very light. Wanted to escape their small town, Deisree and Stella run away from home to New Orleans to try and find their own paths in life away from what their community has decided for them. It is there that Stella decides to run away from her sister and begin passing […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: American South, Brit Bennett, cbr12bingo, coming-of-age, family, LGBTQ, Race

Mobius_Walker's CBR12 Review No:32 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: American South, Brit Bennett, cbr12bingo, coming-of-age, family, LGBTQ, Race ·
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