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They Don’t Teach This Review
Hi, and welcome back! Today I will be talking about “They Don’t Teach This: Lessons From the Game of Life” by Eniola Aluko. The blurb reads: First class honors law degree. 102 appearances for England women’s national football team. First female pundit on Match of the Day. UN Women UK ambassador. Guardian columnist. All of…
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Slay Review
I got this book for my 19th birthday a couple of years ago and finally read it. I absolutely adored it, and think that the slash on the cover of my copy (curtesy of a box cutter) adds to the cover design. Black Panther meets Ready Player One. A fierce teen game developer battles a…
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A Discovery of Witches Review
This posted is made in partnership with books2door.com but all views are my own. A world of witches, daemons and vampires. A manuscript which holds the secrets of their past and the key to their future. Diana and Matthew – the forbidden love at the heart of it. When historian Diana Bishop opens an alchemical…
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Difficult Women Review
Well-behaved women don’t make history: difficult women do. Feminism’s success is down to complicated, contradictory, imperfect women, who fought each other as well as fighting for equal rights. Helen Lewis argues that too many of these pioneers have been whitewashed or forgotten in our modern search for feel-good, inspirational heroines. It’s time to reclaim the…
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On Being A Better White Person
Speaking directly to the reader, Frederick Joseph offers powerful reflections on his own experiences with racism. As a former “token Black kid”, he now presents himself as the friend many readers need, touching on topics including cultural appropriation, “reverse racism” and white privilege. Featuring interviews with figures such as writer Angie Thomas, content creator Toni…
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Reframe the Day Review
Requests and to-dos bombard your phone and inbox, day and night. Information and distractions claw at your time and attention. You’re always busy, always searching for the finish line … or at least the pause button. Life feels like an endless series of “what’s nexts”–what’s the next meeting, task, obligation, goal, achievement?
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Deathless Divide Review
Deathless Divide is the second book in the Dread Nation duology, a historical fiction series set shortly after the American civil war. The war ended due to the fallen soldiers on both sides returning to the field of battle as zombies. The confederate states were overrun and became known as the ‘Lost States’, while in…
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