An informal solo series reviewing everything FBC founder Renee reads each month.
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Mentioned in this episode:
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb
Genres: Non-fiction, personal development
Read if you like: your therapist and want to know what she’s really thinking
Also of note: Tune into Lori’s episode of The Stacks podcast here.
FBC rating: 4.5 stars
Braised Pork by An Yu
Genres: General fiction with a touch of magical realism
Read if you like: Isabel Allende, Haruki Murakami, dream-like reading experiences
Also of note: Braised Pork was named a Best Book of 2020 by Stylist.
FBC rating: 3.5 stars
Full Support: Lessons Learned in the Dressing Room by Natalee Woods
Genres: Memoir
Read if you like: Waiter Rant by Steve Dublanica, behind-the-scenes of retail jobs, touching stories about femininity
Also of note: Podcast interview with Natalee is coming soon!
FBC rating: 4.5 stars
This Spell Can’t Last by Isabel Sterling
Genres: Fantasy, YA, novella
Read if you like: These Witches Don’t Burn by Isabel Sterling, The Lost Coast by Amy Rose Capetta, queer teen witches
Also of note: This is the prequel to our April book of the month, These Witches Don’t Burn. The second book in the series just came out, too: This Coven Won’t Break.
FBC rating: 3.5 stars
How Much of These Hills is Gold by C. Pam Zhang
Genres: Historical fiction, Western
Read if you like: Sabrina & Corina by Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Westworld (TV show), Little House on the Prairie but wish it were darker, books with a strong sense of place
Also of note: Expect this title to be on all of the best of 2020 lists at the end of the year.
FBC rating: 5 stars
Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language by Amanda Montell
Genres: Non-fiction, sociolinguistics
Read if you like: words in general, Because Internet by Gretchen McCulloch, Malcolm Gladwell books
Also of note: Podcast interview with Amanda coming soon!
FBC rating: 5 stars
Happy & You Know It by Laura Hankin
Genres: Contemporary fiction
Read if you like: Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty, Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Feminarchy on YouTube (Laura’s comedy show!)
Also of note: Podcast interview with Amanda coming soon!
FBC rating: 4.5 stars
Forest of Souls by Lori M. Lee
Genres: High fantasy, YA
Read if you like: Lord of the Rings but wish it centered young women, Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi, Graceling by Kristin Cashore
Also of note: Podcast interview with Lori coming soon!
FBC rating: 2.5 stars
Fairest: A Memoir by Meredith Talusan
Genres: Memoir
Read if you like: Redefining Realness by Janet Mock, The Body Papers by Grace Talusan (they’re cousins!), books that make you question everything you thought you knew about race and gender
Also of note: Podcast interview with Meredith coming soon!
FBC rating: 5 stars
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