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Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future by Patty Krawec

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

Skinwalker by Faith Hunter

medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

5.0

Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds by adrienne maree brown

hopeful informative medium-paced

5.0

She does a really nice job of breaking theory and practice into separate sections which, like many of the approaches, allows for the audience to move from a passive to an active role. I’ve seen some processes like these and they’ve worked well. I’m looking forward to fumbling through what she described and seeing how it unfolds. 

This book definitely merits a second read after a while. Sometimes I need thing to marinate before I really get them, especially the more theory heavy parts

Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us by Kate Bornstein

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

5.0

Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer

hopeful informative

5.0

The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

A great and interesting take on time travel and what it would mean were it a thing. It’s also got a nice historical exploration of civil rights and especially women’s rights in the US. 

Parts of this book are challenging and it’s a hard book to put down. To say more would be in spoiler land and the way the story opens up Ida something to be savored. Such a great read. 

Death of a Messenger by Robert McCaw

adventurous medium-paced

4.0

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde

challenging medium-paced

5.0

Abaddon's Gate by James S.A. Corey

adventurous emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

The Guarded Gate: Bigotry, Eugenics and the Law That Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians, and Other European Immigrants Out of Americ by Daniel Okrent

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

5.0