12 new books comprise my Maytime book haul! I’m so excited that so many of these books have feminist themes.
Overview
I’ve decided my Maytime Book Haul is going to be my last book haul until I get through at least half of my Up Next Shelf (which you can peruse here). As of right now, there are ~80 books on the shelf, so I’m planning on reading 40 of them! Included in that list are the 12 new books I’m breaking down in my Maytime Book Haul.
To break down this haul, here are a few standouts:
Most Anticipated? I Hate Men by Pauline Harmange. The author unpacks misandry and argues it’s not the same as misogyny. I also love reading books that have been banned – in the case of this book, France’s government tried (and failed) to ban it, citing the book as hate speech. To be determined if I Hate Men meets my expectations.
Longest Book? Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley at 496 pages
Shortest Book? I Hate Men by Pauline Harmange at 80 pages
Average Book Length: 313 pages
After discussing the themes of this haul, I split the haul into two stacks based on colour. However, my corresponding Instagram photos are not separated in the same way; instead, I chose to highlight the two limited edition books in my Maytime Book Haul. The haul comes to a total of 12 books!
Prevalent Themes
🦋 Self-help and empowerment
🦋 Thriller
🦋 Memoirs
🦋 Feminism
🦋 Mysteries
🦋 Introspective literary fiction
🦋 Young adult fantasy
🦋 Ancient Greece with a feminist twist
🦋 Historical fiction
Pink, Red, Orange & Yellow Stack
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Unbound: A Woman’s Guide to Power by Kasia Urbaniak
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🏷 Feminist nonfiction
🏷 Unpacks and challenges Good Girl Syndrome
🏷 Gives practical advice to women on how to be more assertive and feel empowered
🏷 Cuts through self-doubt and self-censoring
Ring Shout by P. Djélí Carter
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🏷 Dark fantasy historical novella
🏷 Horror
🏷 “gives a supernatural twist to the Ku Klux Klan’s reign of terror”
🏷 Narrated by Maryse Boudreaux, a black woman monster hunter, whose weapon of choice is her sword
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
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🏷 Literary fiction
🏷 “Explores the fundamental question: What does it mean to love?”
🏷 Set in a near future dystopian USA
🏷 Narrated by Klara, an Artificial Friend (AF) who is created to serve as a child companion
Black, Blue & Purple Stack
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Burnout: the Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski
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🏷 Feminist nonfiction
🏷 “Explains why women experience burnout differently than men”
🏷 Addresses and unpacks the biological stress cycle
🏷 How society’s expectations of womanhood compound stress and what we can do about it.
Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko
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🏷 Debut novel
🏷 Young adult fantasy
🏷 Found family
🏷 Based on Nigerian folklore
🏷 Challenges empire and cultural imperialism
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
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🏷 Historical fiction
🏷 Explores “one of the darkest periods of the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl era” in Texas, 1934
🏷 “An indelible portrait of America and the American Dream, as seen through the eyes of one indomitable woman whose courage and sacrifice will come to define a generation.”
🏷 Epic novel of hope, heroism and family
Summary
I love how so many of the books in this haul are not explicitly feminism books but include feminist themes! I was also so excited to purchase the special edition copies of both Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko and Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro – I love the decorative sprayed edges!
To Look Forward To
I am hoping to create a system that extends my monthly minimum to-be-read list so that I can make a larger dent in my Up Next Shelf sooner. To be determined what that system is 😅. Also, in the next week, I’m hoping to post my April Wrap Up, I just have to sort through all my data first.
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