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“Conform or Confront” 52 Books Project: May Reviews

In the battle between conformity and authenticity, you will eventually prevail...

May 28, 2017book reviews, book reviews with trigger warnings, books, career books for women, executive presence by sylvia ann hewlett, feminist book reviews, fiction book reviews, mistress of the art of death by arianna franklin, nonfiction book reviews, the book of madness and cures by regina melveny, we a manifesto for women by gillian anderson and jennifer nadelLeave a comment
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52 Books Project: April

I'll step out of my comfort zone, but spooky media has been good to me for several decades at this point so why run from that?

March 31, 2017June 14, 201752 books challenge, book blog, book reviews, books, classic scary movies, colin dickey, ghostland, Horror Books, horror books that got turned into movies, in the woods, psycho, real artists have day jobs, recommended reading, robert bloch, sara benincasa, scary books, tana french, the shining, what should i readLeave a comment
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52 Books Project: March Reviews

March was unseasonably snowy, which was crummy for life in general, but not bad for reading because I had unexpected free time.

March 29, 2017June 14, 201752 books challenge, Audiobook, audiobooks, autobiography books, book reviews, book reviews with trigger warnings, books, brian jacques, caroline moore, carrie fisher, carrie fisher death, donna tart, entrepreneurship books, harrison ford, indie books, indie bookstore, library, library books, memoir books, non-fiction books, overdrive, punk rock entrepreneur, reading list, redwall abbey, richard adams, star wars, tananarive due, the exorcist, the goldfinch, the good house, the princess diarist, vodou, voodoo, watership down, what should i read, william peter blatty, witches1 Comment
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52 Books Project: March

#marchmood is apparently spooky as hell.

March 2, 2017June 14, 201752 books challenge, book challenge, book reviews, books, caroline moore, carrie fisher, entrepreneurship, independent bookstore, let's bring a goddamn bookstore to the bronx, noelle santos, punk rock entrepreneur, reading challenge, reading list, tananarive due, the exorcist, the good house, the lit bar, the princess diarist, what should i read, william peter blattyLeave a comment
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The 52 Books Project: February Reviews

I learned a few hard lessons about my reading habits this month

February 21, 2017February 28, 201713th, american history, american prisons, ava duvernay, blood in the water: the attica prison uprising of 1971 and its legacy, book challenge, book list, Book Review, book reviews with trigger warnings, books, chicago world's fair, chris brogan, entrepreneurship, erik larson, h.h. holmes, heather ann thompson, i know how she does it, kindred, laura vanderkam, octavia butler, science fiction, the devil in the white city: murder magic and madness at the fair that changed America, the freaks shall inherit the earth: entrepreneurship for weirdos misfits and world dominators, time management, what should i read2 Comments
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The 52 Books Project: Announcement

I'm going to read (at least) 52 books this year-- and write about all of them.

December 8, 2016December 21, 2016a head full of ghosts, book challenge, book list, books, colson whitehead, diane guerrero, hex book, in the country we love, jane the virgin, michelle burford, new years resolutions, orange is the new black, paul tremblay, reading, Stephen King, thomas olde heuvelt, underground railroad, what should i read, writingLeave a comment
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Books for Winter Hibernation: Part 1

Perfect, chilly, snow-filled reads for your literary hibernation.

December 8, 2016December 8, 2016bill waterson, books, c.s. lewis, calvin and hobbes, dreamcatcher, frances hodgson burnett, misery, reading list, Stephen King, the secret garden, winter, winter book recommendationsLeave a comment
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All of Them Witches: Four Witchy Books to Read this Halloween

Witches are powerful, stylish, a symbol of women who are sticking it to the patriarchy. Zombies and vampires are looming large in popular culture, but witches will always be my first spooky love-- with Halloween just around the corner, you'll want to grab some of these witchy books to enjoy.

October 28, 2016all of them witches, beneath a mountain moon, book of shadows by james reese, Book Review, book reviews with trigger warnings, books, books about witches, frozen movie, gothic book, movie adaptation, movies about witches, murder at witches bluff by silver ravenwolf, murder mystery book, practical magic by alice hoffman, practical magic movie, rosemary's baby by ira levin, rosemary's baby movie, sense and sensibility by jane austen, the probable future by alice hoffman, the shining by stephen king, the shining movie, witches2 Comments
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Review: Laugh & Cry with Lindy West’s Shrill

This is the manifesto that everyone should have on their shelf alongside Roxane Gay's Bad Feminist.

October 20, 2016bad feminist by roxane gay, Book Review, books, death, feminism, lindy west, manifesto, memoir, nonfiction, shrill by lindy west, shrill: notes from a loud woman, trolling1 Comment
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Book Cleanse: No More Amazon

It is not always possible to shop in ways that align with your beliefs, but if you have enough financial flexibility to guide the direction of your dollar, you can shop where it will do the most good.

April 15, 2016October 5, 2016amazon books, Book Review, book shop, books, boycott, goodreads, indie bookstore, powell's books, procott, rebel bookseller, shopping, small business, the strand bookstore, vote with your dollars3 Comments
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