An informal solo series reviewing everything FBC founder Renee reads each month.
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Mentioned in this episode:
Pizza Girl by Jean Kyoung Frazier
Genres: Contemporary literary fiction
Read if you like: unusual pizza toppings, protagonists with complicated relationships, witnessing people make questionable choices like drinking while pregnant.
Also of note: This is an #ownvoices story featuring a Korean-American young woman.
FBC rating: 3.5 stars
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
Genres: Non-fiction
Read if you like: understanding how white supremacy operates in the U.S., dismantling racism, leveraging white privilege for good
Also of note: Honestly, only read this if you’ve already read How to Be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi and So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo. This is an excellent supplement to those books but shouldn’t be the only anti-racist book you read.
FBC rating: 4.5 stars
Luster by Raven Leilani
Genres: Contemporary literary fiction
Read if you like: buzzy bestsellers, lush and intricate writing, protagonists making questionable decisions like sleeping with married men
Also of note: Tune into our podcast episode with Raven here!
FBC rating: 4.5 stars
The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson
Genres: Fantasy,
Read if you like: feminist protagonists taking on patriarchal cults, The Handmaid’s Tale, fantasy books that toe the line of horror
Also of note: Interview with the author coming soon!
FBC rating: 5 stars
Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir by Ruth Reichl
Genres: Memoir
Read if you like: watching the Food Network and pretending you know more than they do, food writing, the magazine industry
Also of note: This is a great audiobook experience, narrated by the author.
FBC rating: 3 stars
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women that a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall
Genres: Non-fiction
Read if you like: leveling up your feminism, gender studies classes in college, prioritizing intersectional feminist texts from the perspective of BIPOC
Also of note: This was our August book of the month for the theme REIMAGINING THE FEMINIST CANON.
FBC rating: 4.5 stars
After the Last Border: Two Families and the Story of Refuge in America by Jessica Goudeau
Genres: Non-fiction
Read if you like: refugee stories, learning how policies influenced and are influenced by culture, compassionate storytelling
Also of note: Interview with the author coming soon!
FBC rating: 5 stars
Crooked Hallelujah by Kelli Jo Ford
Genres: Contemporary literary fiction
Read if you like: incredible writing, short story collections, #ownvoices books about Native American women
Also of note: Interview with the author coming soon!
FBC rating: 3.5 stars
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