Reviews and Comments

A cute, warm look at the diversity of families and what makes them different, and how all of us are just joined by love.

There's a reason Angela Davis is considered such a champion in the movement for prison abolition, anti-racism, feminism, and equality. This book is a collection of her essays and speeches where she speaks her mind on these subjects and also the liberation of Palestine.
It is moving and inspiring, clear-sighted, and a great introduction to these struggles. She makes a strong case for international solidarity and links the cause of freedom in Palestine to the Prison Industrial Complex in the United States and along with the world.
She highlights the need for collective movements and points out how even if we tend to remember individuals like MLK, it is actually that they are just the memorable face of a huge collective movement that formed and supported them.
Powerful words from a legendary woman with a brilliant mind.

Hogswatch (Christmas) comes to Discworld and Death becomes the Hogfather!
Really thought-provoking story about belief, humanity and truth.

Really good easy to read source of inspiration to make a case for cycling and mode switch in transport. It is pretty US centric, but has good stats and sparks lots ofenthusiasm.

Often discussed as "The book with the genderless aliens" it is obviously a lot more than that. It does of course touch on the gender thing, as the people of Gethen (Eternally winter planet) have no gender and only enter Kemmer occasionally when they become sexually active and can be temporarily male or female.
It is more a political and anthropological reflection about duality and unity. A theme that maybe starts on the sexes thing but goes on to war and peace, nationalism and the Ekumen (A intergalactic union of planets)
Essential reading though, and awesome world building!

Every book from Pratchett I read is better than the last one, but this must be the peak. It is dark and clever and reflects heavily on hatred, anger, darkness and racism.
But it is also sweet and full of heart. Loved it.

Loved it. It is desperate and bleak at first, but it offers some hope. Sometimes it is vague, yes, and perhaps a bit overly optimistic, but I enjoyed a reasonable vision of a livable (maybe even desirable) future adapting and minimising the worst effects of climate change. A world where humanity finds a balance and respect for our biosphere.
I do wish it featured indigenous voices and characters more than it does, but otherwise, it does raise some interesting ideas and possible paths for our immediate future.

Dark but humorous, this is Terry Pratchetts take on Ankh Morpork's past. Vimes travels through time to 25 years before "present day" and must participate in the Revolution and find his way back to his own time.

Frankly one of the best discworld books so far!
It is funny and lighthearted but also deep and thought-full as only Terry Pratchett can be.
Definitely aged well and feels perfectly timely with all the gender related discussions happening nowadays.
Must read and great entry point for Discworld newbies too.

Awesome conclusion/spinoff of the Little Brother story arc. This one focusing on Masha, a hacker involved on supplying surveillance companies and military contractors with tech to spy and control the general population.
A really insightful look into the dark side of tech, and the moral complexities of the people involved in it. It uses the whole story as a really clear introduction to tech concepts like cryptography, man-in-the-middle attacks, virtual machines and so on.
Definitely a required reading for survival in the age of surveillance capitalism and the horrors it brings.

Amazing selection of short novellas. Unauthorised bread the standout, a story of copyright, tech, refugees and class.
Cory Doctorow remains an authoritative and brilliantly clear voice about the issues in our hywer connected world.
Must read book!

A great read. Funny lighthearted and deep, it tackles war, racism and politics. The Watch gets involved on a war for a floating island that shows up in the middle of the ocean. And shenanigans follow.

Definitely one of the best ones on the series.