katinalynn rated Braiding Sweetgrass: 5 stars
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As …
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katinalynn rated Heart berries: 5 stars
Heart berries by Terese Marie Mailhot
"Heart Berries is a powerful, poetic memoir of a woman's coming of age on the Seabird Island Indian Reservation in …
katinalynn rated Obabakoak: 4 stars
katinalynn rated The Immortal life of Henrietta Lacks: 5 stars
The Immortal life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor black tobacco farmer whose cells—taken …
katinalynn rated Lab Girl: 4 stars
Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
An illuminating debut memoir of a woman in science; a moving portrait of a longtime friendship; and a stunningly fresh …
katinalynn rated Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: 4 stars
katinalynn rated When Breath Becomes Air: 3 stars
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade’s worth of training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi …
katinalynn rated The order of time: 4 stars
The order of time by Carlo Rovelli
Time tends to be considered uniform and universal, but it may be much more complicated than that. In fact, the …
katinalynn rated On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: 5 stars
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous is a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when the …
katinalynn rated Islands of Decolonial Love: 5 stars
Islands of Decolonial Love by Leanne Simpson
Found on reserves, in cities and small towns, in bars and curling rinks, canoes and community centres, doctors offices and …
katinalynn rated The Color Purple: 5 stars
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Dear God: I am fourteen years old. I have always been a good girl. Maybe you can give me a …
katinalynn rated The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: 4 stars
The Revolution Will Not Be Funded by Incite! Women of Color Against Violence
A $1.3 trillion industry, the US nonprofit sector is the world’s seventh largest economy. From art museums and university hospitals …
katinalynn rated Invisible Women: 3 stars
Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez
Data is fundamental to the modern world. From economic development, to healthcare, to education and public policy, we rely on …
katinalynn rated All My Puny Sorrows: 5 stars
All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews
Elfrieda, a world-renowned pianist, glamorous, wealthy, happily married: she wants to die. Yolandi, divorced, broke, sleeping with the wrong men …
katinalynn rated Lighthousekeeping: 4 stars
Lighthousekeeping by Jeanette Winterson
Lighthousekeeping is a 2004 novel by Jeanette Winterson. The novel is the first in a seven novel cycle. The novel …