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Book Review: 13 Reasons Why

Posted on April 14, 2022May 4, 2022 By Hannah Bergstrom de Leon

– Completes Me! There may come a time when references to cassette tapes and a walkman no longer make sense, but the heart of this…

Book Review: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Posted on April 12, 2022May 4, 2022 By Hadassah Bergstrom

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou  It seems that lately, any book that discusses the ‘real life ugliness’ that too many…

Review: Among the Imposters (Shadow Children Series #2) by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Posted on March 15, 2022March 15, 2022 By Hadassah Bergstrom

  If you’re following my reviews…I decided to go ahead and keep reading this YA dystopian series!  In this second book of the series, the…

Dear Martin by Nic Stone- Book Review

Posted on March 12, 2022March 12, 2022 By Hannah Bergstrom de Leon

Completes me! (5 stars) What happens when you read a recommendation from your teenage niece?  Weeping.  Lots of weeping on a Sunday night as you…

January Round Up

Posted on February 3, 2020March 12, 2022 By Hannah Bergstrom de Leon

As I try to tackle the feat of 100 books in 2020, I thought it might be interesting to try and do a monthly “round…

Illuminating Color

Posted on January 4, 2020March 12, 2022 By Hannah Bergstrom de Leon

In 2017 I read Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi.  It was a breakout, much anticipated first novel by young black woman responding to America’s…

Savor or Speed Read?

Posted on March 7, 2019March 12, 2022 By Hannah Bergstrom de Leon

I finished A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi in less than 24 hours. I cannot tell you the last time I read a…

#mood

Posted on October 27, 2018March 12, 2022 By Hannah Bergstrom de Leon

There is no shame in anyone’s reading game.  I wholeheartedly believe that. The other day I was at a coffee shop with a dear gym…

Living the Complexity of Human Emotions

Posted on August 29, 2018March 12, 2022 By Hannah Bergstrom de Leon

So apparently I am in a season of feeling all the feelings and I’m going to go with it…for now. Earlier this month I decided…

Unpacking the “Fun Read”

Posted on August 8, 2018March 12, 2022 By Hannah Bergstrom de Leon

After close to ten years, it has become almost… …almost rote packing for my 5 or 8-day silent retreat. The part I wrestle with each…

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YouTube Video VVVBVExlbmJFb2xfZjhlbTNVYzdaemtnLnA1VlktWjVqdjdz Haddi and Hannah talk about the sessions they attended during April 30th's Antiracist Book Fest.  Books and authors discussed are below.

On Global Migration: 8:42
- Infinite Country by Patricia Engle
- Concepcion by Albert Samaha

On Black Biography: 15:15
- Until I am Free by Keisha N. Blain
- The Sword and Shield by Peniel E. Joseph

On Black and Brown Girls: 19:41
-Unbossed by Khristi Lauren Adams
- For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts by Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez

On Indigenous Justice: 24:49
- The Removed by Brandon Hobson
- Covered with Night by Nicole Eustace

On (Un)documented Truths: 31:15
- Children of the Land by Marcelo Hernandez Castillo
- Beautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang

On Abolition Feminism: 36:05
- Abolition. Feminism. Now. Angela Y. Davis, Erica R. Meiners, Gina Dent, and Beth E. Richie

On 1619: 41:38
- The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones
- Four Hundred Souls edited by Ibram X. Kendi & Keisha N. Blain

On Indigenous Histories: 45:33
- Unworthy Republic by Claudio Saunt
- An Afro-Indigenous History of the United States by Kyle T. Mays

On Feminism: 48:56
- Against White Feminism by Rafia Zakaria
- The Right to Sex by Amia Srinivasan
Haddi and Hannah talk about the sessions they attended during April 30th's Antiracist Book Fest.  Books and authors discussed are below.

On Global Migration: 8:42
- Infinite Country by Patricia Engle
- Concepcion by Albert Samaha

On Black Biography: 15:15
- Until I am Free by Keisha N. Blain
- The Sword and Shield by Peniel E. Joseph

On Black and Brown Girls: 19:41
-Unbossed by Khristi Lauren Adams
- For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts by Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez

On Indigenous Justice: 24:49
- The Removed by Brandon Hobson
- Covered with Night by Nicole Eustace

On (Un)documented Truths: 31:15
- Children of the Land by Marcelo Hernandez Castillo
- Beautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang

On Abolition Feminism: 36:05
- Abolition. Feminism. Now. Angela Y. Davis, Erica R. Meiners, Gina Dent, and Beth E. Richie

On 1619: 41:38
- The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones
- Four Hundred Souls edited by Ibram X. Kendi & Keisha N. Blain

On Indigenous Histories: 45:33
- Unworthy Republic by Claudio Saunt
- An Afro-Indigenous History of the United States by Kyle T. Mays

On Feminism: 48:56
- Against White Feminism by Rafia Zakaria
- The Right to Sex by Amia Srinivasan
Biblio Talk - The Antiracist Book Fest 2022
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Introducing The Book War - Haddi & Hannah
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Books Mentioned in Video:
Island Queen by Vanessa Riley
Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
Katharine Parr, the Sixth Wife by Alison Weir
Come as You Are by Emily Nagoski, PhD

The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold
BiblioTalk 03-20-22
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