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I Should Have Honor by Khalida Brohi: Book Review
I was a bit familiar with the practice of honor killings and was of course appalled by them. The patriarch of a family apparently has complete discretion to order a woman in the family to be killed if she brings dishonor on the family. In the examples in the book, this usually comes about when a “woman” (usually barely past […]
Persepolis 2 by Marjane Satrapi: Book Review
4 Stars. Overall, I enjoyed this more than the first book. I missed her frequent conversations with God, but I found it easier to relate to troubled teenage Marjane than activist child Marjane. I was busy playing with Barbies when I was ten, not trying to figure out how I could sneak out to political rallies that frequently […]
Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists by Mikki Kendall: Book Review
4 Stars. The framework for this graphic novel seems a bit odd at first. An artificial intelligence guides the girls through important times and places, beginning with Sumer in 3000 BCE. That framework does serve to tie everything together though. The “story” basically consists of brief biographical sketches of women from all over […]
Ten Book Titles That Are Complete Sentences
Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl invited us to share ten book titles that are complete sentences this week. I was afraid it would take me forever to find books for this post! It did take longer than I would have liked but I obviously found enough. Apparently, if you want me to read your Continue Reading…
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba: Book Review
4 Stars. What an inspirational story! William and his family have almost nothing by Western standards but they do have each other and William has dreams and the willingness to teach himself and try. That takes him farther than he could even dream of. The part describing the famine was extremely difficult to read. People starve […]
Ten New-to-Me Authors I Read in 2020
Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl invited us to share “ten new-to-me authors I read in 2020.” I tend to read a lot of new-to-me authors and several books from my top ten books of 2020 would work for this prompt. I decided to list authors who didn’t appear on that list but whose works Continue Reading…
Weekly Update August 2, 2020
Welcome to my weekly update for August 2, 2020! My husband’s 50th birthday was on July 25 so he took a week off work and we spent time hiking and exploring. Mt. Rainier National Park is within driving distance so we decided to head that way. Oh my goodness! It’s gorgeous! We tried to visit Continue Reading…
Six in Six 2020
Jo at The Book Jotter hosts Six in Six 2020, a yearly meme that helps us reflect back on our mid-year reading. The idea is to choose six categories from the list provided and list six books you’ve read that fit in those categories. Since I just started blogging again about a month ago, I Continue Reading…
My Year in Nonfiction
Katie at Doing Dewey, Leann at Shelf Aware, Julie at Julz Reads, and Rennie at What’s Nonfiction are co-hosting Nonfiction November. This is my first time joining in! This week’s discussion prompt, hosted at Shelf Aware is: Take a look back at your year in nonfiction and reflect on the following questions – What was Continue Reading…