To Those Who Were Our First Gods, by Nickole Brown
A breathtaking, sharp little collection of poems on the "complex, interdependent, and often fraught relationship between human and non-human animals."
Educated, by Tara Westover
I thought I would find this memoir absorbing for its rather sensational premise (her upbringing an off-the-grid, survivalist, fundamentalist family, and what followed), but I was as gripped by the author's graceful prose and reflectiveness. Took me all of one day to finish, I think. Stressful at times!
(Not) Getting Paid to Do What You Love, by Brooke Erin Duffy
A sociological study of fashion blogging. WOW, this was super interesting and only a little bit dry.
The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas
I watched the movie first and liked it, and then read the book, which is as likable and much more masterful. What a rich and intelligent young adult novel.
Are You Girls Traveling Alone? by Marilyn Murphy
Delightful, engaging, and delightfully logical essays on a variety of lesbian feminist topics, previously published as columns in a lesbian newsletter.
Journey to Zelindar, by Diana Rivers
A vivid fantasy novel about a separatist female society outside a brutal patriarchal country, and a woman who escapes to live in it.
The Underground River, by Martha Conway
A historical novel about a seamstress on a steamboat theater who stumbles into working on the Underground Railroad. It built up quietly and then swiftly sucked me in in the second half.
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