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The Drowned Cities by Paolo Bacigalupi
Genre: Yong Adult Fiction/Postapocolyptic/Dystopian/
Sequel to Paolo’s Shipbreaker (which isn’t necessary to read before this one, but I highly recommend it anyway), The Drowned Cities is a haunting tale of war, survival, and the strength of friendship. Bacigalupi wields together this riveting third person story through two war maggots (orphans), named Mouse and Mahlia, Tool a genetically engineered beast, and Ocho, a teenage Sargent employed by one of several constantly warring political leaders of The Drowned Cities, and brings them all together for a heart-wrenching climax that you’ll never predict.
Read this fucking book.
“…And when the sun rises we are afraid
it might not remain
when the sun sets we are afraid
it might not rise in the morning
when our stomachs are full we are afraid
of indigestion
when our stomachs are empty we are afraid
we may never eat again
when we are loved we are afraid
love will vanish
when we are alone we are afraid
love will never return
and when we speak we are afraid
our words will not be heard
nor welcomed
but when we are silent
we are still afraid
So it is better to speak
remembering
we were never meant to survive.”
-audre lorde
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Uprising: Margaret Haddix
Genre: Historical fiction/Yong Adult
One of the saddest books I’ve read in a long time. You know the tradedy of the tale, that there is loss and grief from the very first pages - even in the summary on the back - but it won’t stop you from balling on the couch at 3 A.M in the morning in this work of historical fiction about two young immigrant women and a rich girl who throws everything away to struggle with her friends in poverty and fight for women’s rights and the basic right to be seen as a human being.
There is so much to this book, but you really just need to fucking read it.
its about a Persian girl growing up in Iran and dealing with all of the history, politics, and revolution her country goes through and more so, how her family deals with it over the 17(?) years of her life. Its a graphic novel and a super quick read but its a very honest look at the history and reality of Iran
It’s not that I
like wearing flowers
in my hair
nor these jewels for ear
finger hand throat ankle
I know myself
to be most beautiful naked
It’s just that like
you to linger
removing these
by Kamal Kapur
get ittt South Asian womyn’s erotic poetry
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This Bridge Called My Back - Writings by Radical Women of Color
I don’t care what gender studies or queer theory class you’ve taken, you need to read this book, but be warned, it is a rare find and might expensive. It contains several essays by womanists discussing their experience, racism, poverty, how racism pervaded the feminist movement in the early 1980s and most importantly the individual experiences of asian pacific, black, american indian and latina/chicana women. This words you find in this book and the truths that will make your soul sick are imperrative for understanding the history of racism, feminism, systematic oppression and white privilege. These are stories that have, even today, been swept under the rug and out of sight.
You need to read this fucking book.
digital copy here.
I’m a new (read unknown) author about to publish my first novel on Amazon later this month.
THWARTED QUEEN is a self-published historical novel about Cecylee Neville, the wife of Richard, Duke of York and mother of kings Edward IV and Richard III. Set during the Wars of the Roses in 1400s England, we follow Cecily’s emotional journey from the nine-year-old girl sold into a marriage she doesn’t want, to the mother deprived of her children by a husband she doesn’t love, to the Abbess, remorseful about the murders she advised.
I employed a professional editor for this novel. The e-book is not yet ready, but I have pdf files I can send. Are you interested in reviewing this novel?
Best, Cynthia
I would like to firstly apologize that it has taken so for me to post this and see this message. This sounds so interesting, I’m going to buy the kindle version when I can and post a review of it later. =]
