Book Review Yinka, Where is your Huzband? is such a delightful read! Set in South London, Yinka is a woman in her 30s who is still unmarried. Her British-Nigerian family is constantly asking about the whereabouts of her huzband, even going to such lengths as to praying publicly for her to find one. Yinka, annoyed […]
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I’ve never completed an entire Jane Austen novel, though I am familiar with them and have seen a couple film adaptations. However, I do not need to have read every single one of her novels to know that Austen’s work is considered classic English literature, and is densely populated by white people. Enter The Bennet
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Summary Picture this – you’re a doctor on a trip with your best girlfriends from medical school in Spain. You hear about a new virus that could be cause for concern but, eh, you brush it off. Lo and behold – it turns out to be the next pandemic. Artiovirus sweeps the world and becomes
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When the Reckoning Comes by Latanya McQueen is not just another book about enslaved people. With the spirit of Get Out and the air of the cringey, contemporary, not-so-subtle racism, this book uses the power of memories and generational trauma to tell us a truly scary story. When the Reckoning Comes is about Mira, a
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Mariquita discusses Clean Air, the new post apocalyptic eco-thriller by Sarah Blake in which the climate catastrophe wasn’t one of rising sea waters or drought, but of a toxic overgrowth of pollen. Oh, and there’s a serial killer on the loose. Then Renee shares everything in our February Women in Sports Box. Books Mentioned: Clean
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Fiona and Jane by Jean Chen Ho is an Own Voices novel focusing on two Taiwanese-American women, Fiona and Jane, who are friends since the second grade. Fiona Lin and Jane Shen are wonderful and flawed characters. Set in Taiwan, Los Angeles, and New York, the novel spans a lifetime of female friendships. The narrative
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Niba gets into books that fit the ‘that girl’ aesthetic. According to Refinery 29, “‘that girl’ isn’t just healthy, she’s professionally successful and looks her best at every moment. She wakes up every morning at 5.30am so she can seize the day and her nails are always uniform, manicured and eternally chip-free.” Being “that girl”
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2021 was a year filled with teaching, trying to survive in a pandemic, and some bits of reading. As I am writing this in mid-December, I have finished 33 books toward my goal of reading 52. BUT, we at Feminist Book Club do not shame anyone for how they read, what they read, or how
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Renee and Natalia get together to record their first episode together so it’s fitting that it’s the last one of the year. Each gives their top five books of the year along with their reasoning and, honestly? You’re probably going to end up adding *something* to your TBR at the end of the episode. Thanks
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Mariquita talks about Convenience Store Woman, the English language debut novel by Sayaka Murata, published in 2016 by Grove Press. Convenience Store Woman challenges ideas of capitalism, expectation, and contentment. In Convenience Store Woman, Murata provides readers with a different perspective and a new lens with which to view the world. Then Renee gives us
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Emma hypes up How High We Go in the Dark, which will be out in January 2022. Then Phalin goes on a holiday rant about some questions to avoid asking family members this year. Books mentioned: How How We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu
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Summary “I feel a peculiar sensation in my throat when white people borrow– take– something Black: it’s like there’s an octopus in my chest, peacefully afloat, when danger suddenly appears.” “Because “Freedom” is a song for Black women. It’s ours, even if it’s out in the world.” “Because guarding the autonomy of my Black mind
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