Number One Chinese Restaurant by Lillian Li Contemporary Fiction/Family Drama 288 pages Published June 2018 I don’t tend to read a lot of contemporary fiction, but I had several on my beach read/summer reading list, and this one is set in Rockville, Maryland, which is pretty close to where I live. Having read it finally, … Continue reading
I’m starting to look over this year’s challenges and think about what I want to do in 2019. I’m currently at 40 out of 50 on the PopSugar Challenge, so if I buckle down, I could totally finish that by the end of the year, especially since I own most of the last ten books … Continue reading
Autonomous by Annalee Newitz Biopunk 301 pages Published 2017 Autonomous is an interesting story that poses a lot of moral questions. It doesn’t really take sides; both the pharmaceutical pirate and the agents tracking her down are painted in sympathetic ways, as if we’re meant to like them all. We see why Jack is a … Continue reading
The Friday 56 is hosted by Freda’s Voice. The rules are simple – turn to page 56 in your current read (or 56% in your e-reader) and post a few non-spoilery sentences. Today’s quote is from Number One Chinese Restaurant by Lillian Li. Poor wifey, she’d tuckered herself out. He gently pulled down the quilts, searching … Continue reading
Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women’s Anger by Soraya Chemaly Nonfiction/Feminism/Civil Rights 392 pages Published September 2018 This book goes in the same category as One Person, No Vote for me. I knew a lot of the general principles, but not the details, the statistics, the true scope of the problem. This book delves … Continue reading
Just two books this week: Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women’s Anger and And The Ocean Was Our Sky, which looks gorgeous. I was a little amused that I turned in Rage Becomes Her (posting my review tomorrow!) when I was picking up Good and Mad. Just traded one book about women’s anger for … Continue reading
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