pickIn this deeply intelligent, thoughtful book, Dr Cooper explores race and gender and many of the realities of living as a black woman. There are things here and there I would dispute (not the living as a black woman but, as I am white), but that disagreement doesn‘t make this book any less superb. #SheSaid
pickThis was an incredible look into the Italian resistance and the women involved!
Going into this book, I didn‘t know a whole lot about what went on in Italy during WWII. That being said, I learned so much from this book, not just about these 4 courageous women, but also about the war in general.
Full review: https://oddandbookish.wordpress.com/2025/04/28/review-women-of-war/
pickI read this one for the #SheSaid challenge. I'm still trying to process it and decide how I'd rate it, but what I know is it pushed me and created discomfort, so that is success. I'm glad I read it, and I'll be thinking about it for awhile. @Riveted_Reader_Melissa
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Read with #SheSaid for April, Brittney Copper writes clearly & passionately & I like how she weaves her personal experiences in with culture, history & current events. It‘s dismaying that this book was written in 2018 with Trump in office the first time & reading it in 2025 things just continue to get worse. Truthfully as a white woman, it was uncomfortable reading at times as she ⬇️
Hello #SheSaid!
This month & this book flew by for me!
How did you all feel about this last section, and the book as a whole?
pickThis author is very thoughtful and her perspective is interesting. I mostly listened to this on audio but I had a print copy as well.
#SheSaid @Riveted_Reader_Melissa
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Today‘s #bookmail courtesy of Haymarket Books: two of the last Solnit books I didn‘t already have (and part of her “Haymarket rainbow”), plus this book on AI that looks very interesting but wasn‘t released as an ebook (ironic, I think).
pickI loved how Cooper mixed the personal, statistics/ facts and using famous people to highlight her points. She uses Beyoncé, Bill and Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama. The analysis of one of Beyoncé‘s songs was eye opening and the analysis of Michelle Obama‘s hair on Trump‘s inauguration just the same.
She also looks at how it is to be the only Black in the room, being raised by a single mother and the importance of sisterhood
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The look on her face...so relatable.
