We all remember when Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus’ “Old Town Road” hit the charts and consistently held the #1 spot. Not only did it become one of the most streamed songs, this year it became the highest certified song ever by the Recording Industry of Association of America, reaching 14-times platinum status […]
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I was absolutely blown away by the thrilling mother-turned-spy novel, A Woman of Intelligence. I got to sit down with the author, Karin Tanabe, and hear her takes on motherhood, feminism, her writing process and journey creating this novel. Check out the interview below and read my full book review about A Woman of Intelligence
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Summary Motherhood is complicated. It becomes even more complicated when you are an undercover spy trying to infiltrate the KGB during the 1950s. Karin Tanabe’s A Woman of Intelligence is the thrilling story of Katharina Edgeworth, a previously career-focused, party-girl who took to the streets of Manhattan who has now taken to the country’s most
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The release of Minal Bopaiah’s succinct and informative guide, Equity: How to Design Organizations Where Everyone Thrives is an important push for companies to re-evaluate their DE&I. Bopaiah seamlessly discusses DE&I, or IDEA as she refers to it (inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility) strategies if organizations truly want to integrate equity in their work culture.
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Check out Aiden Yang’s book, The Spineless Porcupine, which is a beautiful story about friendship, inclusion and being yourself.
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Renee put it simply when she said, “this was a riot to read. Dial A for Aunties was so much fun”. Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto was a hilarious, thrilling and addicting story that made readers laugh out loud while sitting on the edge of their seats. Our FBC members got to
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Summary CW: domestic abuse Have you ever witnessed your friend or family member in a toxic relationship? Have you yourself ever been in a toxic relationship? To an outside perspective it seems impossible why anyone would ever stay in an unhealthy relationship. But to the person inside the relationship…it’s not that easy. In this story,
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Review This book tugged on every heart string I had. I did not expect the ending at all. The story started out a little slow for me – building up the family dynamic between Lucy and Sam took a few chapters for me to get into but I was eventually hooked. Lucy is the classic
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For the last year and a half, our world has transitioned to a remote lifestyle. We exercise in our living rooms, walk around the block to get our daily dose of sunshine, work from our beds and spend far too much time in our homes. You’d think that going back into your office and having
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The inevitable has arrived – welcome to #BookTok. TikTok has been a raging tidal wave that has disrupted the ocean of social media. With accounts that have hundreds of millions of loyal followers, it’s become a platform that every organization should consider adding to their portfolio. The beauty of TikTok is that there is a
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I left my heart in san francisco. While there are a lot of cities that are involved in the history of LGBTQ+ folks, there is one city that stood out during the sexual liberation of queer people. Imagine a red bridge, cable cars, and loooots of hills – you guessed it: San Francisco! When
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It’s almost August 1st. All the rainbow flags have been removed from companies’ logos; the national retail stores have discontinued their Pride merchandise; the local coffee shop has removed its “5% of all sales support LGBTQ+ communities!” promotion. Although many organizations supported queer communities during the month of June, we need to hold people accountable
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![Happy Native American Heritage Month 📚️
Here are a few titles that we've featured before and have found a home on our shelves:
-Post Colonial Love Poem by Natalie Diaz
-Living Resistance: An Indigenous Vision for Seeking Wholeness Every Day by Katlin B. Curtice
-White Magic by Elissa Washuta
-Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Futureby Patty Krawec
-Thunder Song: Essays by Sasha taqwéseblu LaPointe
-Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst
What books by indigenous authors are on your shelf right now?
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