emma_b_rhodes's reviews
106 reviews

Abolitionist Intimacies by El Jones

emotional informative medium-paced

5.0

It took me so long to read this but it's because everytime I read it I wanted to take notes and discuss among my peers! Learned so much. I like that it's all centred in Canada.

All Fours by Miranda July

emotional funny 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? Yes

4.25

V good and v sexy (so much sex/kink/sexy things) read. I enjoyed an exploration of changing desire/sexuality and family structures later in life story 🙏

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual content

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Miscarriage, Medical content

Minor: Dementia, Death of parent

No Credit River by Zoe Whittall

emotional reflective fast-paced

4.5

I've never read anything by Zoe Whittall that I didn't like. Great book. Dog eared many pages. sticky noted some. Yogurt (spelled yogourt) features prominently. 

Short Takes by Catherine Walker

dark funny reflective fast-paced

4.75

chapbook with vignettes about the author's time working on the set of My Bloody Valentine

Some of My Best Friends: And Other White Lies I've Been Told by Tajja Isen

funny informative medium-paced

5.0

Excellent essays. I especially liked the ones on white woundedness and the aesthetic of weakness by white artists, and on the publishing industry's lip service on equity & diversity when it's just another industry out to make money 👏🏻

The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates

informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

I liked it and I learned from it.

We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story by Simu Liu

inspiring fast-paced

3.75

Enjoyable & inspiring listen

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse

Loud: Accept Nothing Less Than the Life You Deserve by Drew Afualo

inspiring fast-paced

4.0

Good book 👍🏻. I liked the latter half the best - about the pressure to become mothers, and small ways of advocating for yourself. 

You Better Be Lightning by Andrea Gibson

3.75

Some really strong poems at the beginning of this collection especially. A number of poems still fell flat for me. A nice book to have on hand for a relatively easy read when I needed it though! 

Come Together: The Science (and Art!) of Creating Lasting Sexual Connections by Emily Nagoski

informative medium-paced

4.0

I always learn something from Emily Nagoski! This book had lots of repeat from Come As You Are though, and the whole like last quarter of the book was about women being patient with men & while I'm empathetic to the insidious ways toxic maxulinity haunts people socialized as men I just wasnt really here for that whole bit.