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stormkeeper_lovedoris) wrote2025-04-19 10:17 am
Book Report
Been a month and a half since my last book report, but it's pretty normal for me to scale way back on reading when I am fandom-obsessed. So here's a book report. Though I'll add quickly that I am moving a lot of my fandom-obsess stuff to Tumblr since I realize it's gotta be a bit tedious for my friends here to read about. I mean, I know y'all care but I think I will keep this place here more for me to reflect on what's going on inside my head as it relates to being fandom-obsessed, as opposed to events.
Book report:
What White People Can Do Next by Emma Dabiri – A book about racism and what to do about it (especially if you’re white). I like that the book pushes you in unexpected ways and never loses sight of the big picture. It doesn’t let capitalism or identity politics off the hook. Love the section called “recognize that this shit is killing you too”. It was very relevant to today and I thought of it when reading the news - like about the white Canadian who did nothing wrong and spent 2 weeks in an ICE gulag. The prison industrial system was built to genocide Black and brown people, and now we have this monster that “is killing you too”. Grade: 8
The Survivalists by Kashana Cauley – Novel taking place in modern times, about a young lawyer whose new boyfriend leads her into a world of survivalists. I read the whole thing but idk I just didn’t get into it or see the point. It was decent enough to keep me reading though. Grade: 5
May B by Caroline Starr Rose – A sweet, short book of historical fiction. A girl living on the Kansas prairie a couple centuries ago is sent by her parents to work as a maid in another family’s desolate house. Tragedy then strikes and May is alone for months on end. Enjoyable, nothing amazing. Grade: 6
Bold Spirit by Linda Lawrence Hunt – A remarkable tale of something that was almost lost to history. In the 1890s, a Norwegian-American mother and daughter walked across America, determined to win prize money offered to women who could accomplish such a feat. Their goal? To save their family farm. I love a little tidbit of history like this—one that highlights women’s resilience and strength. Grade: 7
Bits and Pieces by Whoopi Goldberg – E-book that I read on my recent plane trip, and it was the perfect book for that. The book’s tone was introspective but not heavy, with just enough good anecdotes and substance. Whoopi recently lost both her mother and her brother, and the three of them had been very close. She reminisces about her childhood, and their unit of three and how they grew and evolved together as she became famous. Grade: 7
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I love that the what white people can do next addresses that it impacts us as well. it's kind of like... i feel like if more men understood how the patriarchy fucks them up too, maybe they wouldn't be so eager to uphold it.
I have also read some books that were not that great but I just had to know what was going to happen.
I never heard of that mother/daughter pair walking across america! Wow!
I feel like Whoopi Goldberg has had a really interesting life. Good to hear that the book was enjoyable (and don't you love it when you find a book that's perfect for a flight read? just the best).
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