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The Cost of Living by Deborah Levy
emotional
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
5.0
I read The Cost of Living earlier this week. I tried to wrestle myself out of my extensive reading slump and lack of books that really speak to me. This book helped. It was one of those I gulped down in a day or two. I loved the writing style and the storytelling. It was crisp and presise in a way that also made me feel safe and familiar following the authors narration and life experiences.
The book is the second part of Levy's Living Autobiography, pulling from the authors divorce and how her life changed as a result. It also tells a story about the small erasures of women in everyday life. A wife don't have a name. A mother must play her role. Gender expectations and the many ways a divorce breaks with them. Loved it.
The book is the second part of Levy's Living Autobiography, pulling from the authors divorce and how her life changed as a result. It also tells a story about the small erasures of women in everyday life. A wife don't have a name. A mother must play her role. Gender expectations and the many ways a divorce breaks with them. Loved it.
Hide by Kiersten White
Didn't like this one.
It was boring and only had something interesting start on page 100. Then I skipped the next 100 pages and read the ending. Don't regret it.
It was boring and only had something interesting start on page 100. Then I skipped the next 100 pages and read the ending. Don't regret it.
One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
5.0
Loved it. Need the next book!
If you liked Caraval, Once Upon A Broken Heart, Uprooted, Vespertine or Poison Study you may enjoy this one!
If you liked Caraval, Once Upon A Broken Heart, Uprooted, Vespertine or Poison Study you may enjoy this one!
Consumed: The Need for Collective Change: Colonialism, Climate Change & Consumerism by Aja Barber
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
To Dye For: How Toxic Fashion Is Making Us Sick--and How We Can Fight Back by Alden Wicker
dark
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.5
Refusing Compulsory Sexuality: A Black Asexual Lens on Our Sex-Obsessed Culture by Sherronda J. Brown
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
5.0
Each chapter of the book has its own trigger warnings for content as it deal with mistreatment of black people, esp. black women and black (a)sexuality, and generally is informative on what constitutes acephobia and the narration of asexuality as "abnormal" and an illness thoughout history. I added some of them below.
The book focuses in on asexual people who do not experience sexual attraction at all.
The book focuses on US history and context.
This book will show you the clear ties between white supremacy, the patriarchy and capitalism to racism, queerphobia, and compulsory sexuality. It will share with you how black sexuality has been forced, shaped and willfully misinterpreted by white supremacy agendas. It will also contain testimonies of lived black asexual experiences. And it will end on a positive note on the futures of asexual people.
Loved it.
The book focuses in on asexual people who do not experience sexual attraction at all.
The book focuses on US history and context.
This book will show you the clear ties between white supremacy, the patriarchy and capitalism to racism, queerphobia, and compulsory sexuality. It will share with you how black sexuality has been forced, shaped and willfully misinterpreted by white supremacy agendas. It will also contain testimonies of lived black asexual experiences. And it will end on a positive note on the futures of asexual people.
Loved it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual violence, Acephobia/Arophobia, Racism, Misogyny, Classism, Colonisation, Body shaming, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual content, and Slavery