A detailed look at November’s reading habits: 30 books, no DNFs, six books knocked off my Up Next shelf, 12 new books at the top of my want to read list–one of which I’ve already purchased–and a new read-alike recommendations category, and five new book reviews with the following themes: learning to love again, challenging “conventional” relationships and whodunnit mysteries (part 2).
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A detailed look at last week’s reading habits: four new books read (one from my Up Next shelf), three new books I want to read featuring diverse mythological retellings and central themes of social justice, and some thoughts on my upcoming posts.
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The Gist: An unabashedly honest memoir, comprised of short essays, Glennon draws on her experiences with consciously uncoupling from her husband, parenting her children in a blended-family, marrying her wife, Abby and reconciling her God with religion as an institution, to unpack the varying ways our current societies cage us. The pacing takes a while to find its rhythm; however, the immersive and thought-provoking prose makes the memoir an exceptional and cathartic read.
Series: Standalone
Release Date: March 10, 2020
Four years ago, Glennon Doyle, author, activist and humanitarian, wife and mother of three—was speaking at a conference when a woman entered the room. Glennon looked at her and fell instantly in love. Three words flooded her mind: There She Is. At first, Glennon assumed these words came to her from on high. Soon she realized that they came to her from within.
Glennon was finally hearing her own voice—the voice that had been silenced by decades of cultural conditioning, numbing addictions, and institutional allegiances. She vowed to never again abandon herself. She decided to build a life of her own—one based on her individual desire, intuition, and imagination. She would reclaim her true, untamed self.
Format: Hardcover
Rating: 4.25-stars
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Series: Standalone
Release Date: February 4, 2020
Are you reeling from the pain of a break-up, unsure of where to turn?
Are you single and looking to be happy with your choices in the face of society’s constant questioning?
In How to Get Over a Boy, bestselling author Chidera Eggerue will show you, once and for all, how to reframe the stale goal of finding a man. She will equip you with tangible and applicable solutions for every part of your dating life, helping you recognize that men hold as much power in our romantic lives as we grant them.
In the past, dating books tend to lean more into the territory of ‘how to make him find you hot!’, ‘how to make him jealous!’, ‘how to get him to propose!’. But these how-tos are placing men on a pedestal of being ‘the prize’. Men are NEVER the prize. You are. Let The Slumflower show you why.
Format: Hardcover
Rating: 3.75/5 stars
(more…)A detailed look at last week’s reading habits: seven new books read (two from my Up Next shelf), three new books I want to read featuring a coming-of-age LGBTQIA+ historical fiction set in Ireland, a YA fantasy revolution-based novel and a mother-daughter contemporary fiction story and a look at all the books I want to read this upcoming week.
(more…)A detailed look at last week’s reading habits: seven new books read (four from my Up Next shelf), three new books I want to read ranging from a space opera romance to a laugh out loud collection of essays on identity to a fairy tale retelling of Mexican folklore and a look at my monthly book challenge: #NonfictionNovember!
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