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Spooky Season 2025 (True Crime Books)
So, I’ve had a weird couple of weeks. It’s a pretty regular occurrence for me to go down a rabbit hole over a minor post or an article. I’ll dive into whatever subject peaks my interest and not stop until I’ve had my fill. So when I saw a post about a religious leader who… — read more
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Spooky Season 2025 (Cozy Witch Books)
I love witches. I said it. The world might see it as a pejorative and yes the recent Jezebel article (it’s been taken down – but here’s the lowdown) didn’t help that. I’m not into the idea of cursing anyone, even in a tongue-in-cheek sort of way. I also identify with setting intentions and meditation,… — read more
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Spooky Season 2025 (All-Time Faves)
I think it’s time for a break, don’t you? It’s a lot to read such serious subjects – non-fiction or otherwise. The world is fucking exhausting – so much so that time doesn’t make sense anymore. I was recently reading an article about a ruling on the Luigi Mangione case and expressed that it’s been… — read more
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Mother of Strangers (Suad Amiry)
I’m finishing up my current topic of Palestine by reading a novel about a young man who is ready to marry the girl he loves. A story set in 1947 Jaffa, Mandatory Palestine. We know from the history we read about Palestine, that the Balfour Declaration was thirty years prior to the setting of this… — read more
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Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal (Mohammed El-Kurd)
It’s heavy to spend so much time on one subject. A heaviness of my own making, I know. After the last weeks’ focus on the history in Palestine, this book hit different. When I finished the book, I wanted to turn back to page one and start all over again. I felt a need to… — read more
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The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine (Rashid Khalidi)
After the book I ‘reviewed’ last week, this seemed like the next step in my learning about Palestine. This book was highly recommended across the board as required reading when it comes to the subject of Palestine resistance. This book is an incredibly well researched history of Palenstine and Khalidi’s family history in the region.… — read more
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One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This (Omar El Akkad)
This book has been on my list for a minute. I’ve been waiting for it to be available from the library. Based on the title of the book, I was sure I was about to get a lesson in the evils of imperialism. It was sooo close. This book is mostly a personal history with… — read more
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James (Percival Everett)
The last several posts have been all non-fiction books about politics or current events. It’s what I lean toward so it makes sense. That being said, it’s worth noting that fiction can be extremely political. Hell, in 2025 – reading anything is political. So let’s talk fiction. Enter James, by Percival Everett. Every once in… — read more
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Listen, Liberal: Or, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People (Thomas Frank)
As I’ve mentioned before, I grew up in a strict conservative home. So picking up a book critical of the democratic party should be right up my alley, right? Spoiler – it was! The democratic party should be the party of the people, the working class. But why do so few of the democrats in… — read more
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We Should All Be Feminists (Chimamada Ngozi Adichie)
Hi and Hello. Today, I want to talk about We Should All be Feminists by Chimamada Ngozi Adichie. When I started preparing for this post and for this blog all together, my plan was to revisit the books I’ve already read. And because this book – which isn’t’ really a ‘book’ (I’ll talk about that… — read more
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