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The House on Diamond Hill: A Cherokee Plantation Story by Tiya Miles
informative
fast-paced
4.5
Tiya Miles is such and incredible historian. The last paragraph gave me chills.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence
Too Much Sea for Their Decks: Shipwrecks of Minnesota's North Shore and Isle Royale by Michael Schumacher
informative
fast-paced
3.0
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles
emotional
hopeful
informative
medium-paced
5.0
Tiya Miles is the best. No one approaches history quite like her.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Rape, Slavery
It's a book about ties that bind, against all odds.
Around the World in Seventy-Two Days and Other Writings by Nellie Bly
adventurous
challenging
fast-paced
I only read Around the World. I liked her writing style, but there is a lot of period racism that was not surprising, but hard to read nonetheless.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism
Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood by Maureen Ryan
challenging
dark
reflective
medium-paced
4.0