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Protests have long been an integral part of our global history, from the iconic March on Washington to Arab Spring, and there has been plenty of great literature surrounding protests.
Words Will Break Cement: The Passion of Pussy Riot
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On February 21st 2012, five members of an obscure feminist post-punk collective called Pussy Riot...
Politics social issues
Do Not Say We Have Nothing
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WINNER OF THE SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE 2016 LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2017...
From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation
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An indispensable contribution to the movement for racial justice in postracial” America. The...
Politics social issues
Necessary Trouble: Americans in Revolt
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Necessary Trouble is the definitive book on the movements that are poised to permanently remake...
Politics social issues
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle
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Activist, teacher, author and icon of the Black Power movement Angela Davis talks Ferguson,...
Essays Politics social issues
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Suswatibasu (1701 KP) shared Books Editor 's list
Oct 3, 2017
Protests have long been an integral part of our global history, from the iconic March on Washington to Arab Spring, and there has been plenty of great literature surrounding protests.
Words Will Break Cement: The Passion of Pussy Riot
Book
On February 21st 2012, five members of an obscure feminist post-punk collective called Pussy Riot...
Politics social issues
Do Not Say We Have Nothing
Book
WINNER OF THE SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE 2016 LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2017...
From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation
Book
An indispensable contribution to the movement for racial justice in postracial” America. The...
Politics social issues
Necessary Trouble: Americans in Revolt
Book
Necessary Trouble is the definitive book on the movements that are poised to permanently remake...
Politics social issues
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle
8.0
Rate It
Book
Activist, teacher, author and icon of the Black Power movement Angela Davis talks Ferguson,...
Essays Politics social issues
and 2 other items
Books Editor (673 KP) shared own list
Oct 3, 2017
Philosopher and author Nigel Warburton picks his favourite philosophy books of 2016.
The Path: A New Way to Think About Everything
Michael Puett and Christine Gross-Loh
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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER In order to 'think big' we must first think...
Anger and Forgiveness: Resentment, Generosity, and Justice
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We live in a culture of apology and forgiveness. But while there are a few thinkers who are critical...
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The Dream of Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Philosophy
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Western philosophy is now two and a half millennia old, but much of it came in just two staccato...
Philosophy
Ethics in the Real World: 82 Brief Essays on Things That Matter
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Peter Singer is often described as the world's most influential philosopher. He is also one of its...
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At the Existentialist Cafe: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails
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Paris, near the turn of 1932-3. Three young friends meet over apricot cocktails at the Bec-de-Gaz...
Kaysee Hood (83 KP) rated A Game of Thrones in Books
Oct 3, 2017
Why are men missing from the Wall? Was Jon Arryn truly murdered? What is happening in the North? Will the last of House Targaryen come for their birthright? Who will live? Who will die?
Dean (6925 KP) rated Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017) in Movies
Oct 3, 2017
Kaysee Hood (83 KP) rated Fangirl in Books
Oct 3, 2017
As we grow to become adults we must venture through events of many firsts like kissing, love, heartbreak, and more. It is how we figure out who we are and who we are meant to be even if sometimes the road is not so easy to travel; however, for Cath she was never alone to experience life with her twin sister. This was until Freshmen year of college when Wren wants to separate herself from Cath because they have done everything together always for their whole lives. Cath does not want this. She’s scared to not have Wren feet away from her. She fearful of the strangeness college will offer. She terrified she’s crazy and people will find her weird for her fanfics of Simon and Baz.
Wren does not give in. She moves in with her roommate, Coutrny, and spends her free time getting drunk at parties. She distances herself from Cath to the point they do not even speak to one another. Thus Cath finds out who she is under the layers she’s wrapped around herself since her mom left without Wren to hold her hand to keep her steady. Oh boy, does this journey give her more adventures she has ever had in the last eighteen years of life all because of Nick (writing partner), Reagan (her roommate), and most importantly Levi (the boy who is always waiting outside her dorm for Reagan). There are other important characters at play in Cath’s life. Miniature quests wrapped around the biggest one of all: Cath learning to be her own person.
Rowell’s style is very pleasing when it comes to the flow between Cath around people in real life and how Cath is when she is logged in FanFixx posting Carry On, Simon chapters. We can relate to the girl who has hidden in her room relying on Wren to give little breathes of life from the one she is not living. She is realistic and not a carbon copy twisted to fit into a new plot to gain readers. In general Rowell writes her characters exquisitely as they stand out being not only realistic versions of possibly real people we could run into on the street, but all have their own lives not pieced together solely to further the plot for Cath alone shown with each word written through their actions or when they speak. Each could stand alone as interesting additions instead of misplaced messes. Even the subplots do not feel tacked on and further the story until the final page is done where it is easy to see how each line led to the end.
By the end of it all none of it felt overdone or predictable and I personally stood behind Cath cheering for her. Anyone could read Fangirl and enjoy Cath’s voyage alone as a Freshmen in college, but I think the fangirls and fanboys might enjoy it a bit more. Pick up a copy as soon as possible to learn how Cath’s story ends.
Kaysee Hood (83 KP) rated Eleanor & Park in Books
Oct 3, 2017
The most confusing sentence I will ever form about book. I loved Fangirl, so it was no trouble picking this up the next time I went to Barnes & Noble. Everyone told me how much they loved this book while I was reading Fangirl and though it has sat in the stack of books for months waiting for me to pick it up yesterday felt like the day to start.
I could not put it down.
Eleanor is not perfect. She is not skinny as a twig, instead the beautiful thickness of the oak itself. She has hair the brightest red you could ever think of that curls at every chance on top of each other and freckles to match on the pale skin. If that was not enough she dresses in such a manner that demands to make her be noticed if you somehow looked over her curly mop. In short, Eleanor is not your typical girl in books. I've realized I've said this before. I really truly mean it as I do each time. Eleanor is not the heroine who discovers powers. Eleanor does not magically win anyone over because she suddenly alters changeable things about herself. No, she remains true to herself through the story. She is hardly ever able to accept the good since she has only known awful.
Awful tends to weed back into her life, no matter how much Park could pluck it away for a short time.
Park is one of those people who is there, yet is not there. He is not popular, but he is not unpopular. He skims by with little to no effort. If it was not for his father being a Vet, if it was not for his family always living in town since before it was a town, then Park may not have had it so easy. He would have gotten more crap about being 5'4" and slender. He would have gotten beat up for being half Korean. Not a lot happened to Park. Girls were few. Millstones were slim. Everything was this nice norm where he had little worries. His biggest worry was learning stick. Until he sees Eleanor because then it becomes an uphill battle worrying if he will keep is so-so status or not all with Eleanor suddenly being dropped his lap. He’s never felt much of anything. Never felt good enough. Never felt bliss. Never felt it all made sense. She changed that, even if she frustrated him to no end with how she talked and acted. It all changed. Though even he remained the same.
