Book Review: When She Was Bad: How and Why Women Get Away with Murder by Patricia Pearson
Book Review — When She Was Bad: How and Why Women Get Away with Murder by Patricia Pearson
Book Review — If I Disappear by Eliza Jane Brazier
*Thank you NetGalley and Berkley Books for this advanced copy in exchange for an honest review. Rating: 7/10 (4/5 on Goodreads) Genre: Fiction, Thriller, Suspense Blurb from Goodreads, Bookshop, etc: When her favorite true crime podcast host goes missing, an adrift young woman sets out to investigate and plunges headfirst into the wild backcountry of Northern …
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Book Review — Goodbye, Again by Jonny Sun
Photo Credit: Rozette Rago *Thank you NetGalley and HarperAudio for this book in exchange for an honest review. Rating: 9/10 (5/5 on Goodreads) Genre: Essays, Non-fiction Blurb: Jonny Sun is a delight and this book is delightful. Through what I can only describe as musings, Sun describes the world in his careful and descriptive way-- filtering …
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Book Review — Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall
*Review may contain spoilers. Rating: 9/10 (5/5 on Goodreads) Genre: Non-fiction, collection of essays Blurb: Hood Feminism is a critique of modern feminism and how mainstream feminists aren't intersectional, particularly when it comes to race. Interspersed with reflections and stories of her upbringing, Kendall not only provides a searing admonishment of modern feminist movements, but also …
Book Review — Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession by Rachel Monroe
*Review may contain spoilers. Rating: 7.5/10 (4/5 on Goodreads) Genre: Non-fiction, True Crime Blurb: In Savage Appetites, Rachel Monroe uses four stories about women who become obsessed with some aspect of True Crime. These four women are meant to represent four archetypes in this genre: detective, victim, attorney, and killer. The introduction is promising and honestly, …
Book Review — After All I’ve Done by Mina Hardy
"She's lost her best friend, her husband--and possibly, her mind." *Thank you NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for this book in exchange for an honest review. **This review may contain spoilers. Rating: 7/10 (3/5 on Goodreads) Genre: Fiction, Thriller/Suspense Blurb: This book is a wild ride! Although one part was predictable for me, the big twist was …
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The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
*Review may contain spoilers. Rating: 9.5/10 (5/5 on Goodreads) Genre: Fiction Blurb: This is a story about passing in America. Although, I have read several books on the subject, fiction and non-fiction; this one was unique because it centers on twins: Stella and Desiree. One twin decides to pass as white and the other does not. …
Verity by Colleen Hover
*Review may contain spoilers. Rating: 8/10 (4/5 on Goodreads) Genre: Fiction, Thriller Blurb: If you're looking for a book that will grip you from the start this is it. It has the classic elements of a female-lead thriller that have been popular for that last decade: unreliable narrator, sex, and high suspense. I didn't necessarily want …
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green
Genre: Fiction, Science Fiction, Dystopian Rating: 9/10 (4/5 on Goodreads) Blurb: During the middle of the night, April May sees a statue that stops her in her tracks and she feels compelled to capture it on video. With her friend, Andy she creates a video that takes the world by storm. It turns out there …
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Mental Health Resources
Spreadsheet of Affordable HealthCare by State by Crissy Milazzo https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1T4sGRq4T1BvUOcBHiI0Ikv5Y07N1zShbUFRBfAv_Kno/edit#gid=915425781 Article: http://careforyourmind.org/what-to-do-when-you-cant-afford-therapy/#more-1447 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (US) Call 1-800-273-8255 Available 24 hours everyday The First Transgender Suicide Hotline: Trans Lifeline Call: 877-565-8860 Crisis Text Line https://www.crisistextline.org/texting-in Text: HOME to 741741 from anywhere in the United States (List is a work in progress. Please comment with …
Musings by Michelle 