An informal solo series reviewing everything FBC founder Renee reads each month.
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We Were Feminists Once: From RiotGrrrls to CoverGirl, the Buying and Selling of a Political Movement by Andi Zeisler
Genres: Nonfiction, Critical theory
Read if you like: Bitch magazine, Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay, communication and media theory
Also of note: Andi Zeisler is the co-founder of Bitch Media and an expert in all things feminism and popular culture.
FBC rating: 4 stars
FBC interview here
Village of Scoundrels by Margi Preus
Genres: Middle grade, historical fiction
Read if you like: The Little House on the Prairie books, Jojo Rabbit (film)
Also of note: The appendix of this book is full of more information and sources for the true story that this book is based on.
FBC rating: 3.5 stars
FBC interview here
Patsy by Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn
Genres: Literary fiction
Read if you like: The Affairs of the Falcóns by Melissa Rivero, These Ghosts Are Family by Maisy Card, How Stella Got Her Groove Back (film)
Also of note: This book was named one of Washington Post’s 50 Notable Works of Fiction for 2019
FBC rating: 3 stars
The Witches Are Coming by Lindy West
Genres: Memoir, Essay collection
Read if you like: Roxane Gay (author), Rebecca Solnit but wish she were funnier, Mindy Kaling but wish she were more overtly feminist
Also of note:
FBC rating: 4.5 stars
The Herd by Andrea Bartz
Genres: Feminist thriller
Read if you like: working from flashy coworking spaces, Followers by Megan Angelo, Pretty Little Liars (TV) but all grown up,
Also of note: Andrea Bartz will be on the podcast on April 30!
FBC rating: 4 stars
FBC interview about Andrea’s first book here
Lobizona by Romina Garber
Genres: Young adult, Fantasy
Read if you like: Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibañez, Silvia Moreno-Garcia (author), Harry Potter but wish it were more South American
Also of note: The premise of the seventh child becoming a witch or werewolf is based on a real law in Argentina.
FBC rating: 4 stars
Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore
Genres: Fiction, Science fiction, Magical realism
Read if you like: Back to the Future (films), the rock music scene in the 1980s-1990s, Russian Doll (TV)
Also of note: Goodreads says this is magical realism and while it’s technically true, it’s not nearly as bonkers as many books in that genre.
FBC rating: 4.5 stars
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Genres: LGBT Romance
Read if you like: The West Wing (TV) but wish it were more gay, The Crown (TV) but wish it were more gay, Rainbow Rowell (author)
Also of note: This is a delightful escape from our current political administration in the U.S. but will also make you feel really shitty about the current political situation.
FBC rating: 4 stars
Evidence of V: A Novel in Fragments, Facts, and Fiction by Sheila O’Connor
Genres: Historical fiction, Biography
Read if you like: to read books that stretch your way of thinking about literature, Minnesota, The Girls with No Names by Serena Burdick
Also of note: This toes the line between fiction and nonfiction. The author weaves in actual facts and documents about V’s life but creates a fictional narrative from them.
FBC rating: 4.5 stars
The Mountains Sing by Nguyen Phan Que Mai
Genres: Historical fiction
Read if you like: Pachinko by Min Jin Lee, Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi, war narratives that don’t center the United States
Also of note: The author is an acclaimed poet but this is her first novel in English.
FBC rating: 3.5 stars
The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus
Genres: Young adult, fiction
Read if you like: the Co-Star app, Slay by Brittney Morris, A Wrinkle in Time (film version especially)
Also of note: There’s a suggested playlist in the back that features everything from Whitney Houston to Janelle Monae and it is so good.
FBC rating: 4.5 stars
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