Today is International Women’s Day, a day we recognize and appreciate all the great accomplishments women have done for the world. This year, the campaign focuses on the initiatives that challenge inequality, goes against stereotypes and call out bias and help build a more inclusive world. This powerful sentiment is supported by the message #ChooseToChallenge. To help us step up to this important challenge, here are some great book recommendations that will help readers learn, understand and create a more gender equal world:
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Book Review: Somebody Give This Heart A Pen by Sophia Thakur
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 112 pages
Published: September 8, 2020
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Genre: Young Adult,Poetry, Nonfiction
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It is already the third month of the year…how far are you in your 2020 reading goal? Do you feel like you are in a reading slump? Don’t fret book lovers! I am here to tell you that you can still have an amazing reading year. And “spring cleaning” is the perfect time to start afresh! Let these following new releases be your perfect new start: Continue reading “Books to Read This Month: March Edition”
Book Review: SHOUT by Laurie Halse Anderson
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 304 pages
Published: March 12, 2019
Publisher: Viking Books
Genre: Young Adult, Nonfiction, Poetry, Biographies & Memoirs
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Book Review: I’d Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 160 pages
Published: September 4, 2018
Publisher: Baker Books
Genre: Nonfiction, Autobiography & Memoirs Continue reading “Book Review: I’d Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel”
Book Review: The Library Book by Susan Orlean
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 318 pages
Published: October 16, 2018
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Genre: Nonfiction, History Continue reading “Book Review: The Library Book by Susan Orlean”
Announcing the Winners of the 2018 Goodreads Choice Awards
After a month-long of voting, the moment has finally arrived! Here are the winners of the 2018 Goodreads Choice Awards: Continue reading “Announcing the Winners of the 2018 Goodreads Choice Awards”
Book Review: Quiet: The Power of the Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 333 pages
Published: January 24, 2012
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
Genre: Nonfiction, Self-Help Continue reading “Book Review: Quiet: The Power of the Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain”
Book Review: Camp Austen: My Life as an Accidental Jane Austen Superfan
Format: Paperback
Pages: 176 pages
Published: March 6, 2018
Publisher: Farrar Straus and Giroux
Genre: Nonfiction, Writing, Biographies & Memoirs Continue reading “Book Review: Camp Austen: My Life as an Accidental Jane Austen Superfan”
Books To Help Discuss Mental Health
As Mental Health Awareness Month comes to a close, let us not stop this important discussion. Mental Illness is a topic that needs to be discussed more in society and although this month makes us aware about our daily mental health, it also alerts us about the everyday struggles that most people go through. Mental illness may be a difficult subject for most to approach, however, here are some great book selections, for various age groups, that will help get this much-needed conversation started: