Tag: young adult
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My Feminist Winter, Part 3
Expectations can be scary things. Feminism. Small town Texas. An author I already admired. So, yes, my expectations were super high for Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu. I was excited enough to buy the hardback as soon as I saw it. But then it set on my shelf for several weeks. Would it measure up? I…
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My Feminist Winter, Part 1
In this age of #metoo and constant headlines regarding sexual harassment, feminism isn’t quite the dirty word it used to be. Lately, several books I’ve read have approached feminism in some very different ways–usually successfully, but one not so much. Of course, it isn’t like my reading interests have taken a turn to feminism over…
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My Year in Books
Since 2001 (holy crap–that’s 15 years!), I’ve kept a reading journal. 2001 was the year I graduated college, so it flows through that last year at Hendrix, into grad school, early working years, furlough years and now the executive director years. Most likely, I’ll never again hit the highs of 2001 (116 books), aided in…