by Ali Wong
★★★★
Category archives: ★★★★
The Vagina Bible: The Vulva and the Vagina—Separating the Myth from the Medicine
by Jennifer Gunter
★★★★
Going To Meet The Man
by James Baldwin
★★★★
The Good Immigrant: 26 Writers Reflect on America
by Nikesh Shukla (Editor)
★★★★
Another Brooklyn
by Jacqueline Woodson
★★★★
The Cross of Redemption: Uncollected Writings
by James Baldwin
★★★★
The Devil Finds Work
by James Baldwin
★★★★
No Name in the Street
by James Baldwin
★★★★
Annie John
by Jamaica Kincaid
★★★★
Against Innocence
by Jackie Wang
★★★★
She Would Be King
by Wayétu Moore
★★★★
Trail of Lightning
(The Sixth World #1)
by Rebecca Roanhorse
★★★★
The Marrow Thieves
Cherie Dimaline
Like Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower this is an intensely believable dystopia with anxiety-inducing on-the-run survivalism.
There were a few off points. I wish Dimaline didn’t include the rivalry between the protagonist and a later character or at least had Frenchie apologise and own up to lashing out … Read more
Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self
by Danielle Evans
★★★★
Love: Beyond Body, Space & Time
by Hope Nicholson (Editor)
★★★★
Rabbit: The Autobiography of Ms. Pat
by Patricia Williams, Jeannine Amber
★★★★
1100 Words You Need to Know
by Murray Bromberg, Melvin Gordon
The format of a page a day is superb, not overwhelming. The words are well-chosen, usefully balanced between not too common and not too obscure, but the paragraphs that are supposed to introduce the words in context are so awkward and unnatural.
The Song of Achilles
by Madeline Miller
★★★★
Lakota Woman
by Mary Crow Dog, Richard Erdoes
★★★★
Where Locals Hike in the Canadian Rockies: The Premier Trails in Kananaskis Country Near Canmore & Calgary
by Kathy Copeland
The categories were helpful, including rainy day hikes and kid-friendly hikes. GPS coordinates to trailheads would have been convenient, as the directions were generally unclearly described. Incidentally, the ‘Mt. Rundle, South Summit’ hike is marked EEOR (East End of Rundle) at the trailhead.