Feminist February TBR

Good afternoon! It's finally February. It's time to celebrate Black History month and #FeministFebruary. I have put together a little pile of books I want to read this month. I plan to do a review for all of them, but who knows. Here's the list:

• The Independent Woman by Simone De Beauvoir
• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (Our book club pick!)
• Poems from the Women's Movement by Honor Moore
• Watch us Rise by Ellen Hagan & Renee Watson
• This Will Be My Undoing by Morgan Jerkins
• How to Date Men When You Hate Men by Blythe Roberson

Currently, I am reading The Independent Woman by Simon de Beauvoir and I'm going to start the Handmaid's Tale tomorrow. Join us for discussions on our Goodreads Book Club. :-)

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5 Books I Want to Read That Nobody Really Cares About

I got this idea from Ariel Bissett's videos where she just talks about books she wants to read. I'm aware that most people might not know these books but that's okay. I still want to read them.

• The Wild Truth by Carine McCandless

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer basically changed my life whenever I read it in high school. I loved the entire story despite it being non-fiction and I instantly became interested in Chris McCandless. This book was definitely more popular whenever it was released due to the conspiracies around Chris' death but it's still one of my favorites. The Wild Truth by Carine McCandless (his sister) is her take on the situation but also a memoir. I'm currently reading it through audiobook and I'm liking it so far!

• Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann

I honestly love anything set in the 1960s and this book is one of the most recommended to me whenever I ask for 1960s books. Also, I have the prettiest edition of it with pink pages. 

• Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture edited Roxane Gay

I'll read any nonfiction that Roxane Gay writes. I think this was recently published but it's a bunch of short essays from many different people on rape culture. 

• Rough Magic: A Biography of Sylvia Plath by Paul Alexander

I wasn't a big fan of her poetry collection, Ariel, but I was genuinely intrigued in her diaries. I read the entire 800 page book of her unabridged journal and loved it. I like hearing about her life so this seems like a great way to read more about Sylvia Plath without putting myself through reading her poetry.

• One Day We'll All Be Dead and None of This Will Matter by Scaachi Koul

This is a collection of essays about growing up the daughter of Indian immigrants in Canada. I haven't read very many Canadian authors (I am a dual citizen) so I thought I'd pick this one up. I found it through Ariel Bissett and I haven't yet seen it in any bookstores but whenever I do, I'll definitely pick it up!

booktubeathon tbr '18

it's that time of the year again! booktubeathon 2018 has begun. :-)

2018 Reading Challenges: 

1/ Let a coin toss decide your first read. 

The two books in question are The Cheerleaders by Kara Thomas or The Darkest Corners by Kara Thomas...

The coin ended up on heads so the book I'll be reading for this challenge is The Cheerleaders by Kara Thomas!

2/ Read a book about something you want to do. 

For this, I chose What If It's Us by Adam Silvera & Becky Albertalli because it's set in New York and I'd love to live there once or even just visit!

3/ Read and watch a book to movie adaptation. 

I decided to read the first Harry Potter book for this one. :-)

4/ Read a book with green on the cover. 

Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone has a little bit of green on the cover so I'll be using this book for that challenge!

5/ Read a book while wearing the same hat the whole time.

I'm going to try doing this with What If It's Us by Adam Silvera & Becky Albertalli because I'm actually already 36% into it lol shh

 6/ Read a book with a beautiful spine. 

Autoboyography by Christina Lauren has the most beautiful spine! Therefore, that's my read for challenge #6

7/  Read seven books.

Wish me luck! Are any of you participating? Be sure to tell me! I'd love to know. :-)

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