There are white moments even excluding quoting Thoreau. Overall anticapitalist and the opposite of gatekeeping. I especially appreciated the chapters on hand tools and the introduction to codes and permits.
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(she/her) I've started a lifelong phase focusing on books written by women of colour
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38% of the authors I read were women of colour 40% was nonfiction 49% of the fiction was SFFH 33% were published in 2023 76% were published in the last 10 years From 130 abandoned books I read approximately 1094 pages over 37h
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32% complete! kab has read 32 of 100 books.
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kab rated Good Material: 4 stars
Good Material by Dolly Alderton
From the New York Times best-selling author of Ghosts and Everything I Know About a story of heartbreak and friendship …
kab rated Feed Them Silence: 3 stars
Feed Them Silence by Lee Mandelo
What does it mean to "be-in-kind" with a nonhuman animal? Or in Dr. Sean Kell-Luddon’s case, to be in-kind with …
kab reviewed Jumpnauts by Hao Jingfang
Jumpnauts
3 stars
He repeatedly disrespects boundaries—but she's intrigued. He also happens to be an astronomer-hacker who is tall, handsome, wealthy, and an expert martial artist. The first 60% doesn't stretch beyond that level of groundwork. Once they meet extraterrestrials, the interactions still ring petulant. Also I thought Ken Liu was a better translator. Was he in a rush?
kab rated They Called Me a Lioness: 5 stars
They Called Me a Lioness by Ahed Tamimi
A Palestinian activist jailed at sixteen after a confrontation with Israeli soldiers illuminates the daily struggles of life under occupation …
kab rated And Then She Fell: 4 stars
And Then She Fell by Alicia Elliott
A mind-bending, razor-sharp look at motherhood and mental health that follows a young Indigenous woman who discovers the picture-perfect life …
kab rated Nie mehr leise: 3 stars
Nie mehr leise by Betiel Berhe
Vom migrantischen zur erfolgreichen Betiel Berhes Kindheit zwischen Hochhäusern hat ihren Blick auf Klassenunterschiede und strukturelle Diskriminierung geschärft. Heute arbeitet …