Title: Project Go Green
Author: Alyssa Milano with Debbie Rigaud
Publisher: Scholastic
ISBN: 9781338329438
Thoughts: Friendship, family, and environmentalism all clash with meaning in this mg novel.
Rating: 3/5
Friday, May 28, 2021
Project Go Green
ISBN: 9781338329438
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
Title: Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
Author: Roald Dahl
Publisher: Listening Library
ISBN: n/a
Thoughts: Entertaining, but the story in the first half is completely separate from the story in the second half, but there is a forced tying at the end.
Rating: 3/5
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
Me and White Supremacy
Title: Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor
Author: Layla F. Saad
Publisher: Sourcebooks
ISBN: 9781728209807
Thoughts: Very doable workbook for whites to examine their relationship with white supremacy.
Rating: 4/5
The Push
Title: The Push
Author: Ashley Audrain
Publisher: Pamela Dorman
ISBN: 9781984881663
Thoughts: Taught psychological read, but I am not sure the flashbacks to before Blythe was born really added anything.
Rating: 3/5
Tuesday, May 25, 2021
His & Hers
Title: His & Hers
Author: Alice Feeney
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9781250622181
Thoughts: There are numerous twist and turns in this well-written suspense with multiple red herrings.
Rating: 5/5
Engn
Title: Engn
Author: Simon Kewin
Publisher: Stormcrow
ISBN: n/a
Thoughts: Very unique steampunk world and it was refreshing that it easily stood on its own.
Saturday, May 22, 2021
Friday, May 21, 2021
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
Title: Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
Author: Reni Eddo-Lodge
Publisher: Bloomsbury Circus
ISBN: 9781408870556
Thoughts: I have read so many American anti-racist books that it was nice to see the UK side.
The Oil Jar and Other Stories
Title: The Oil Jar and Other Stories
Author: Luigi Pirendello
Publisher: Dover
ISBN: 9780486284590
Thoughts: A nice collection of stories, many as absurd as his plays.
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Good Company
Title: Good Company
Author: Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
Publisher: HarperAudio
ISBN: n/a
Thoughts: Well-written, but nothing felt really new.
Baby Island
Title: Baby Island
Author: Carol Ryrie Brinker
Publisher: Aladdin
ISBN: 9780689717512
Thoughts: Very, very dated, but still a fun adventure story aimed at girls.
White Rage
Title: White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide
Author: Carol Anderson
Publisher: Bloomsbury
ISBN: 9781632864123
Thoughts: Interesting look at how many advancements in Civil Rights were soon after rolled-back in sneaky ways.
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
So You Want to Talk About Race
Title: So You Want to Talk About Race
Author: Ijeoma Oluo
Publisher: Seal
ISBN: 9781580056779
Thoughts: Oluo uses personal incidents to highlight the pervasive racism in society in a very approachable way.
White Fragility
Title: White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
Author: Robin DiAngelo
Publisher: Beacon
ISBN: 9780807047415
Thoughts: Approachable look at being white in a systemically racist society.
Monday, May 10, 2021
Danny the Champion of the World
Title: Danny the Champion of the World
Author: Roald Dahl
Publisher: Puffin
ISBN: 9780141349503
Thoughts: Rather dated, but fun story of a boy and his dad - if you can get past the word "poaching".
Good Apple
Title: Good Apple: Tales of a Southern Evangelical in New York
Author: Elizabeth Passarella
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
ISBN: 9781400218578
Thoughts: Very few of these essays actually have to do with Passarella being an Evangelical, but they all have to do with how much she loves New York.
Thursday, May 6, 2021
Joy at Work
Title: Joy at Work
Author: Marie Kondo & Scott Sonenshein
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: n/a
Thoughts: Not sure if I will actually try this practice, but definitely some good advice that makes you really look at the time spent on work.
Waiting For a Girl Like You
Title: Waiting for a Girl Like You
Author: Gina Conkle
Publisher: Valkyrie
ISBN: n/a
Thoughts: Definitely steamer than I prefer, but still good storylines.
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
A Mercy
Title: A Mercy
Author: Toni Morrison
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 9780307264237
Thoughts: Very poetic look at a the beginning of America's troubled history.
Monday, May 3, 2021
The One and Only Bob
Title: The One and Only Bob
Author: Katherine Applegate
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: n/a
Thoughts: I was not really sure what to expect with this sequel to The One and Only Ivan, and the first part was mainly showcasing Bob's personality, but it did get real - but in a different way than Ivan - when a natural disaster hit.
Rating: 3/5
Saturday, May 1, 2021
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