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Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
4.0
This book was so enjoyable and informative.
Not only did I learn about the rampant racism that controlled South Africa for many years, but I was inspired by the authors ability to overcome those hardships while keeping a positive outlook on life.
I’m glad I began the effort to read fewer books by white men a few years ago, because it’s books like this that have expanded my understanding of the lives others lead because of race, nationalism and class. I highly recommend this to anyone who struggles with understanding the role racism plays in our lives, or just needs a bit of inspiration from this story of overcoming hardships.
This is not written as a self help book, but many lines reached out to me such as, “comfort provides a floor, but also a ceiling.”
Not only did I learn about the rampant racism that controlled South Africa for many years, but I was inspired by the authors ability to overcome those hardships while keeping a positive outlook on life.
I’m glad I began the effort to read fewer books by white men a few years ago, because it’s books like this that have expanded my understanding of the lives others lead because of race, nationalism and class. I highly recommend this to anyone who struggles with understanding the role racism plays in our lives, or just needs a bit of inspiration from this story of overcoming hardships.
This is not written as a self help book, but many lines reached out to me such as, “comfort provides a floor, but also a ceiling.”
I Fired God: My Life Inside—and Escape from—the Secret World of the Independent Fundamental Baptist Cult by Jocelyn R. Zichterman
5.0
This book sheds light on a widespread cult hiding in plain sight all across the United States.
The author puts herself in a vulnerable position by using her first-hand trauma and recovery to tell the story that many IFB children have lived.
Not only do these first hand accounts expose the cruelty and insanity of the IFB, but the author also does extensive research on how the church came to be, providing context for the madness.
I great read for anyone interested in cults, or how the religious right is rising to power in America. It can be triggering though for survivors of abuse and brainwashing.
The author puts herself in a vulnerable position by using her first-hand trauma and recovery to tell the story that many IFB children have lived.
Not only do these first hand accounts expose the cruelty and insanity of the IFB, but the author also does extensive research on how the church came to be, providing context for the madness.
I great read for anyone interested in cults, or how the religious right is rising to power in America. It can be triggering though for survivors of abuse and brainwashing.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
5.0
Taylor Jenkins Reid is quickly becoming my favorite author. Daisy Jones was fantastic but this one absolutely swept me off my feet.
I laughed, I cried and I enjoyed the hell out of some well written bisexual representation.
I laughed, I cried and I enjoyed the hell out of some well written bisexual representation.