Julie's bookshelf: all en-US Tue, 29 Apr 2025 11:16:48 -0700 60 Julie's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg <![CDATA[The Humanity Archive: Recovering the Soul of Black History from a Whitewashed American Myth]]> 61273558 This sweeping survey of Black history shows how Black humanity has been erased and how its recovery can save the humanity of us all.

Using history as a foundation, The Humanity Archive uses storytelling techniques to make history come alive and uncover the truth behind America's whitewashed history.

The Humanity Archive  focuses on the overlooked narratives in the pages of the past.

Challenging dominant perspectives, author Jermaine Fowler goes outside the textbooks to find recognizably human stories. Connecting current issues with the heroic struggles of those who have come before us, Fowler brings hidden history to light.

Praise for The Humanity Archive:

From the African Slave Trade to Seneca Village to Biddy Mason and more, The Humanity Archive is a very enriching read on the history of Blackness around the world. I was hooked by Fowler's storytelling and would recommend others who want to pore over a book that outlines critical moments in history—without putting you to sleep. �  Philip Lewis, Senior Editor, HuffPost

Fowler sees historical storytelling and the sharing of knowledge as a vocation and a means of fostering empathy and understanding between cultures. A deft storyteller with a sonorous voice, Fowler's passion for his material is palpable as he unfurls the hidden histories. —�Vanity Fair

Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Jermaine Fowler is a storyteller and self-proclaimed intellectual adventurer who spent his youth seeking knowledge on the shelves of his local free public library. Between research and lecturing, he is the host of the top-rated history podcast, The Humanity Archive, praised as a must-listen by Vanity Fair. Challenging dominant perspectives, Fowler goes outside the textbooks to find recognizably human stories. Connecting current issues with the heroic struggles of those who've come before us, he brings hidden history to light and makes it powerfully relevant.]]> 416 Jermaine Fowler 1955905142 Julie 0 to-read, wanted 4.44 2023 The Humanity Archive: Recovering the Soul of Black History from a Whitewashed American Myth
author: Jermaine Fowler
name: Julie
average rating: 4.44
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/04/29
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]]> Das kleine WIR 40867599 Unusual book 34 Daniela Kunkel 3551518742 Julie 4 children-books 4.49 Das kleine WIR
author: Daniela Kunkel
name: Julie
average rating: 4.49
book published:
rating: 4
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date added: 2025/04/23
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]]> The Blue Lantern 172834 Académie Goncourt of which he is president - the death of Margarita Moreno, her beloved friend of the early years in Paris - the visit of young girls, serious or futile...]]> 161 Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette 0837162912 Julie 0 to-read, next-buys, wanted 4.00 1949 The Blue Lantern
author: Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette
name: Julie
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1949
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/03/26
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]]> <![CDATA[The Vicomte de Bragelonne (Trilogie des Mousquetaires #3.1)]]> 369042 The Vicomte de Bragelonne opens an epic adventure which continues with Louise de La Valliere and reaches its climax in The Man in the Iron Mask. This new edition of the classic translation presents a key episode in the Musketeers saga, fully annotated and with an introduction by a leading Dumas scholar.]]> 768 Alexandre Dumas 0192834630 Julie 0 to-read, wanted 3.97 The Vicomte de Bragelonne (Trilogie des Mousquetaires #3.1)
author: Alexandre Dumas
name: Julie
average rating: 3.97
book published:
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/03/06
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]]> Man’s Search for Meaning 4069 Man's Search for Meaning has become one of the most influential books in America; it continues to inspire us all to find significance in the very act of living.]]> 165 Viktor E. Frankl 080701429X Julie 5 4.38 1946 Man’s Search for Meaning
author: Viktor E. Frankl
name: Julie
average rating: 4.38
book published: 1946
rating: 5
read at: 2025/03/05
date added: 2025/03/05
shelves: favourites, strongly-recommend
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]]> Bright Young Women 101124639
The survivors, including key witness Pamela Schumacher, will be forever changed by this night. They have all become victims. But they tell their perspectives here, they remain masters of their stories. And they hunt the perpetrator on their own - against resistance from the justice system and the police; against public opinion, which idolizes the serial killer.]]> 384 Jessica Knoll 1501153226 Julie 0 currently-reading 3.99 2023 Bright Young Women
author: Jessica Knoll
name: Julie
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/02/27
shelves: currently-reading
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]]> Paris: The Memoir 61812425 Behind Paris Hilton's meteoric rise from Upper West Side club kid to household name lies her self-proclaimed "superpower" of ADHD and a hidden history that traumatized and defined her. Shocking, funny, and surprisingly profound, Paris is the deeply personal memoir of the ultimate It Girl and a stunning inside view of a pop culture phenomenon.

Until, in a revealing documentary, Paris Hilton disclosed that her childhood was shattered by two years of strip searches, isolation, beatings, restraint, and brainwashing within the now infamous "troubled teen industry," Paris Hilton was simply the billionaire heiress America had watched grow up on television, on the internet, and in tabloids. But there was always more to Paris Hilton than met the eye. Yes, she is the media personality, DJ, entrepreneur, model, singer, actress, and icon beloved all over the globe. And yet...

Paris is the story people have always wanted Paris Hilton to tell--the story of who she really is. In this revealing and thought-provoking book, Hilton will separate the creation from the creator, the brand from the ambassador, and show the woman who grew up with incredible privilege but was also trapped in a world of unreasonable expectation at a moment when young women were humiliated for sport in a gossip economy on steroids. Paris recounts her perilous journey through pre-#METOO sexual politics with grace, generosity, and plenty of fun, rising above a series of heart-wrenching challenges to find healing, lasting love, and a life of meaning and purpose.

The parallel story arcs in Hilton's braided narrative come to full bloom as a watershed portrait of the Aughts, challenging each of us to question our role in her story and her role in ours. The result is an intimate and unexpected memoir about persona and personification, the price of being young and disobedient, and the complexity of manifesting your dreams after watching part of yourself disappear.]]> 336 Paris Hilton 0063224623 Julie 4 4.21 2023 Paris: The Memoir
author: Paris Hilton
name: Julie
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2025/02/19
date added: 2025/02/19
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]]> <![CDATA[The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse]]> 43708884
Here, you will find them together in this book of Charlie's most-loved drawings, adventuring into the Wild and exploring the thoughts and feelings that unite us all.]]> 128 Charlie Mackesy 1529105102 Julie 5 4.56 2019 The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
author: Charlie Mackesy
name: Julie
average rating: 4.56
book published: 2019
rating: 5
read at: 2025/02/04
date added: 2025/02/04
shelves: children-books, next-buys, wanted
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]]> Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 6149 Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, this spellbinding novel transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate as a lullaby.

Sethe, its protagonist, was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. She has too many memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful farm where so many hideous things happened. And Sethe's new home is haunted by the ghost of her baby, who died nameless and whose tombstone is engraved with a single word: Beloved. Filled with bitter poetry and suspense as taut as a rope, Beloved is a towering achievement by Nobel Prize laureate Toni Morrison.]]> 325 Toni Morrison Julie 3 feminist, owned-books
There were a lot of great quotes but this one stick with me:
"She prayed she was not just a graveyard for 6 month old babies last hours "]]> 3.96 1987 Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
author: Toni Morrison
name: Julie
average rating: 3.96
book published: 1987
rating: 3
read at: 2025/01/21
date added: 2025/01/30
shelves: feminist, owned-books
review:
Beloved is a very hard read, mainly because it is a feasible story of the horrific past of american slavery. Now i understand why my friend said it is a great representation of trauma. You have collective trauma, trauma of birth, trauma of rape, of living in chains, of loosing your relatives, of having to kill your babies so they will not experience the horrors that happen to you and all around you.

There were a lot of great quotes but this one stick with me:
"She prayed she was not just a graveyard for 6 month old babies last hours "
]]> Making It So 101160634
From his acclaimed stage triumphs to his legendary onscreen work in the Star Trek and X-Men franchises, Sir Patrick Stewart has captivated audiences around the world and across multiple generations with his indelible command of stage and screen. Now, he presents his long-awaited memoir, Making It So, a revealing portrait of an artist whose astonishing life—from his humble beginnings in Yorkshire, England, to the heights of Hollywood and worldwide acclaim—proves a story as exuberant, definitive, and enduring as the author himself.]]> 469 Patrick Stewart 1982167734 Julie 3 4.28 2023 Making It So
author: Patrick Stewart
name: Julie
average rating: 4.28
book published: 2023
rating: 3
read at: 2025/01/30
date added: 2025/01/30
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]]> Great Expectations 11064321
'Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There's no better rule.'

Living with his sister and her husband, Pip is an orphan without any expectations. It is only when he begins to visit a rich old woman, Miss Havisham and her adopted niece that he begins to hope for something better. When it is revealed that Pip has inherited a large sum of money from a mysterious benefactor on the condition that he moves to London to become a gentleman, Pip's adventure really begins. Epic, illuminating and memorable, Dickens mysterious tale of Pip's quest to find the truth about himself is one of his most enduring and popular novels to date.]]> 102 Charles Dickens Julie 0 owned-books, to-read 4.04 1861 Great Expectations
author: Charles Dickens
name: Julie
average rating: 4.04
book published: 1861
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/01/01
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]]> <![CDATA[Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)]]> 46159607 We are coming apart. We’re a rope, breaking, a single strand at a time.

America is a place of chaos, where violence rules and only the rich and powerful are safe. Lauren Olamina, a young woman with the extraordinary power to feel the pain of others as her own, records everything she sees of this broken world in her journal.

Then, one terrible night, everything alters beyond recognition, and Lauren must make her voice heard for the sake of those she loves.

Soon, her vision becomes reality and her dreams of a better way to live gain the power to change humanity forever.

All that you touch,
You Change.
All that you Change,
Changes you.]]> 311 Octavia E. Butler 1472263669 Julie 0 owned-books, to-read 4.10 1993 Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
author: Octavia E. Butler
name: Julie
average rating: 4.10
book published: 1993
rating: 0
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date added: 2025/01/01
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]]> 'Salem's Lot 13480263
With this, his second novel, Stephen King established himself as an indisputable master of American horror, able to transform the old conceits of the genre into something fresh and all the more frightening for taking place in a familiar, idyllic locale.]]> 668 Stephen King Julie 0 to-read, wanted 4.22 1975 'Salem's Lot
author: Stephen King
name: Julie
average rating: 4.22
book published: 1975
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/12/25
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]]> Cher: The Memoir, Part 1 214363953
After more than seventy years of fighting to live her life on her own terms, Cher finally reveals her true story in intimate detail, in a two-part memoir.

Her remarkable career is unique and unparalleled. The only woman to top Billboard charts in seven consecutive decades, she is the winner of an Academy Award, an Emmy, a Grammy, and a Cannes Film Festival Award, and an inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame who has been lauded by the Kennedy Center.

She is a lifelong activist and philanthropist.

As a dyslexic child who dreamed of becoming famous, Cher was raised in often-chaotic circumstances, surrounded by singers, actors, and a mother who inspired her in spite of their difficult relationship.

With her trademark honesty and humor, Cher: The Memoir traces how this diamond in the rough succeeded with no plan and little confidence to become the trailblazing superstar the world has been unable to ignore for more than half a century.

Cher: The Memoir, Part One follows her extraordinary beginnings through childhood to meeting and marrying Sonny Bono—and reveals the highly complicated relationship that made them world-famous, but eventually drove them apart.

Cher: The Memoir reveals the daughter, the sister, the wife, the lover, the mother, and the superstar.

It is a life too immense for only one book.]]> 432 Cher 0008355371 Julie 3 4.23 2024 Cher: The Memoir, Part 1
author: Cher
name: Julie
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2024
rating: 3
read at: 2024/12/25
date added: 2024/12/25
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I have great admiration for Cher, she turned out to be a powerhouse. She is my definition of a bad bitch. This book only goes until the early 90s I believe (?). At least until she decided to pursue a serious career in acting.
]]> Confess: The Autobiography 48613493 The legendary frontman of Judas Priest, one of the most successful heavy metal bands of all time, celebrates five decades of heavy metal in this tell-all memoir.


Most priests hear confessions. This one is making his.

Rob Halford, front man of global iconic metal band Judas Priest, is a true "Metal God." Raised in Britain's hard-working, heavy industrial heartland, he and his music were forged in the Black Country. Confess, his full autobiography, is an unforgettable rock 'n' roll story-a journey from a Walsall council estate to musical fame via alcoholism, addiction, police cells, ill-fated sexual trysts, and bleak personal tragedy, through to rehab, coming out, redemption . . . and finding love.


Now, he is telling his gospel truth.

Told with Halford's trademark self-deprecating, deadpan Black Country humor, Confess is the story of an extraordinary five decades in the music industry. It is also the tale of unlikely encounters with everybody from Superman to Andy Warhol, Madonna, Jack Nicholson, and the Queen. More than anything else, it's a celebration of the fire and power of heavy metal.


Rob Halford has decided to Confess. Because it's good for the soul.]]> 355 Rob Halford 0306874946 Julie 4 4.39 2020 Confess: The Autobiography
author: Rob Halford
name: Julie
average rating: 4.39
book published: 2020
rating: 4
read at: 2024/12/13
date added: 2024/12/25
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review:
After years in the closet Rob Halford came out with a vengeance. I love all the sordid glory hole toilet stories and how he is overall super genuine and a fully formed human being. Quite funny and witty as well. I love that he is into top of the pops and cher lol.
]]> <![CDATA[In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial]]> 57693411
Centuries after the infamous witch hunts that swept through Europe and America, witches continue to hold a unique fascination for as fairy tale villains, practitioners of pagan religion, as well as feminist icons. Witches are both the ultimate victim and the stubborn, elusive rebel. But who were the women who were accused and often killed for witchcraft? What types of women have centuries of terror censored, eliminated, and repressed?

Celebrated feminist writer Mona Chollet explores three types of women who were accused of witchcraft and the independent woman, since widows and celibates were particularly targeted; the childless woman, since the time of the hunts marked the end of tolerance for those who claimed to control their fertility; and the elderly woman, who has always been an object of at best, pity, and at worst, horror. Examining modern society, Chollet concludes that these women continue to be harrassed and oppressed. Rather than being a brief moment in history, the persecution of witches is an example of society’s seemingly eternal misogyny, while women today are direct descendants to those who were hunted down and killed for their thoughts and actions.

With fiery prose and arguments that range from the scholarly to the cultural, In Defense of Witches seeks to unite the mythic image of the witch with modern women who live their lives on their own terms.]]> 320 Mona Chollet 125027141X Julie 5 feminist
Some notes I took:
A story of misogyny from the 1600's until now.
The aftermath of the witchhunts in europe and the US
Very relevant. Very powerful

The right to abortion, the right to not want to have children, ageing, pharmaceuticals and women, hysteria
, lobotomies mostly performed on women, clitorestomy (removal of the clitoris) in young girls of 5 to stop them from masturbating, hospitals and doctors and how they disserve women in labor

Gloria Steinem when asked about why she wasn't married "I can't mate in captivity"

Every third day a woman is killed by her partner in france]]> 3.86 2018 In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial
author: Mona Chollet
name: Julie
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2018
rating: 5
read at: 2024/11/27
date added: 2024/12/25
shelves: feminist
review:
Probably the best book I have read this year.

Some notes I took:
A story of misogyny from the 1600's until now.
The aftermath of the witchhunts in europe and the US
Very relevant. Very powerful

The right to abortion, the right to not want to have children, ageing, pharmaceuticals and women, hysteria
, lobotomies mostly performed on women, clitorestomy (removal of the clitoris) in young girls of 5 to stop them from masturbating, hospitals and doctors and how they disserve women in labor

Gloria Steinem when asked about why she wasn't married "I can't mate in captivity"

Every third day a woman is killed by her partner in france
]]> <![CDATA[Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics]]> 53916522 New York Times bestseller Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics is a landmark celebration of the remarkable life and career of a country music and pop culture legend.

This landmark volume explores the remarkable life and lyrics of the one and only Dolly Parton.

As told in her own inimitable words, Songteller explores the songs that have defined Parton's journey. Illustrated throughout with previously unpublished images from her personal and business archives, the Washington Post calls it "a gold mine of little-seen photos and personal anecdotes."

Mining over 60 years of songwriting, Dolly Parton highlights 175 of her songs and brings readers behind the lyrics. A celebrity memoir like no other, Dolly Parton, Songteller reveals the stories and memories that have made Dolly a beloved icon across generations, genders, and social and international boundaries.

A RARE VISUAL ARCHIVE: Packed with never-before-seen photographs and classic memorabilia from Parton's archives, this book is a show-stopping must-have for every Dolly Parton fan.

BEHIND THE BELOVED SONGS: Learn the history, personal stories, candid insights, and myriad memories behind classic Parton songs like "Jolene," "9 to 5," "I Will Always Love You," and more in this "splashy, entertaining guide to the lyrics of one of the most popular musicians of our time" (Kirkus Reviews ).

CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED: First published in hardcover with resounding response from fans and media alike, including show-stopping interviews with Oprah, Stephen Colbert, Brené Brown, and The Today Show , features in People, Parade, Marie Claire, USA Today, Washington Post, and much more.

EVERYONE LOVES DOLLY: The perfect gift for Dolly Parton fans, as well as lovers of music history and country singer-songwriters.

Perfect for:
•Fans of Dolly Parton's music, books, television and movie roles, theme park, and charitable work
•Readers who loved Dolly's Coat of Many Colors; Run, Rose, Run, co-authored with James Patterson; and Dolly: My Life and Other Unfinished Business
•Gift giving for birthday, Mother's Day, Father's Day, holiday, anniversary, or any special occasion for anyone who loves Dolly, country music, or American music history
•To shelve alongside such music best sellers as Coal Miner's Daughter by Loretta Lynn, The Lyrics by Paul McCartney, Elvis and Me by Priscilla Presley, and Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen]]> 380 Dolly Parton 1797205099 Julie 3 4.02 2020 Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics
author: Dolly Parton
name: Julie
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2020
rating: 3
read at: 2024/12/09
date added: 2024/12/25
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Dolly is a sweetheart and it was a super well done audio book cause it has samples of her songs and is narrated by Dolly. One can also get a glimpse on her life and upbringing.
]]> <![CDATA[Trixie and Katya's Guide to Modern Womanhood]]> 52180973 Trixie and Katya's Guide to Modern Womanhood, the pair channel that energy into an old-school etiquette guide for ladies.

In essays, conversations, and how-to sections peppered with hilarious, gorgeous photos, Trixie and Katya will advise readers on beauty and fashion and tackle other vital components of a happy home, such as money, self-love, and friendship; sharing advice and personal stories in high-concept fashion.]]> 208 Trixie Mattel 0593086708 Julie 3
I love Katja's sense of humor, super dark and filthy. And Trixie is well, an icon.

Words of wisdom from the ladies:
The shorter the heel the closer to satan

Sometimes the juice ain't worth the squeeze]]> 4.02 2020 Trixie and Katya's Guide to Modern Womanhood
author: Trixie Mattel
name: Julie
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2020
rating: 3
read at: 2024/10/30
date added: 2024/12/25
shelves:
review:
This book is probably the stupidest most entertaining piece of "literature" i ever read. Lol

I love Katja's sense of humor, super dark and filthy. And Trixie is well, an icon.

Words of wisdom from the ladies:
The shorter the heel the closer to satan

Sometimes the juice ain't worth the squeeze
]]> <![CDATA[I Would Leave Me If I Could: A Collection of Poetry]]> 54441047 144 Halsey Julie 5
"I hope that he stays but i would leave me if i could"

"How strange to be writing about having when i spent too long writing about longing"]]> 3.82 2020 I Would Leave Me If I Could: A Collection of Poetry
author: Halsey
name: Julie
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2020
rating: 5
read at: 2024/11/05
date added: 2024/12/25
shelves: favourites, strongly-recommend
review:
I got hooked on this. Beaaaautiful poetry, very relatable. It was refreshing after all the contemporarian poetry i consumed this year that was too focused in social media and phones in general. This was a breath of fresh air. Very raw, very vulnerable, very intimate.

"I hope that he stays but i would leave me if i could"

"How strange to be writing about having when i spent too long writing about longing"
]]> <![CDATA[La maravillosa y horripilante casa de la abuela]]> 59681632 36 Meritxell MartĂ­ 8491016783 Julie 0 4.51 2021 La maravillosa y horripilante casa de la abuela
author: Meritxell MartĂ­
name: Julie
average rating: 4.51
book published: 2021
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/12/18
shelves: to-read, children-books, wanted
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Das Schlafbuch fĂĽr die ganze Familie]]> 203744314 288 Susanne Mierau 340786793X Julie 3 4.00 Das Schlafbuch fĂĽr die ganze Familie
author: Susanne Mierau
name: Julie
average rating: 4.00
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2024/12/11
date added: 2024/12/11
shelves:
review:
Holistic approach on sleeping with great tips and recommendations
]]> Unprotected: A Memoir 56969425
“Bold, hilarious, honest, and singular. . . . Unprotected is a record of survival, commitment to authenticity, and healing; a road map out of hell.� —Leslie Odom Jr.

It’s easy to be yourself when who and what you are is in vogue. But growing up Black and gay in America has never been easy. Before Billy Porter was slaying red carpets and giving an iconic Emmy-winning performance in the celebrated TV show Pose ; before he was the groundbreaking Tony and Grammy award-winning star of Broadway’s Kinky Boots ; and before he was an acclaimed recording artist, actor, playwright, director, and all-around legend, Porter was a young boy in Pittsburgh who was seen as different, who didn’t fit in. At five years old, Porter was sent to therapy to “fix� his effeminacy. He was endlessly bullied at school, sexually abused by his stepfather, and criticized at his church. Porter came of age in a world where simply being himself was a constant struggle.

Billy Porter’s Unprotected is the life story of a singular artist and survivor in his own words. It is the story of a boy whose talent and courage opened doors for him, but only a crack. It is the story of a teenager discovering himself, learning his voice and his craft amid deep trauma. And it is the story of a young man whose unbreakable determination led him through countless hard times to where he is now; a proud icon who refuses to back down or hide. Porter is a multitalented, multifaceted treasure at the top of his game, and Unprotected is a resonant, inspirational story of trauma and healing, shot through with his singular voice.]]> 288 Billy Porter 1419746197 Julie 3 4.45 2021 Unprotected: A Memoir
author: Billy Porter
name: Julie
average rating: 4.45
book published: 2021
rating: 3
read at: 2024/11/27
date added: 2024/11/27
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]]> <![CDATA[Baby-led Weaning: Helping Your Baby To Love Good Food]]> 3386101 256 Gill Rapley 0091923808 Julie 4 owned-books, children-books 3.87 2008 Baby-led Weaning: Helping Your Baby To Love Good Food
author: Gill Rapley
name: Julie
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2008
rating: 4
read at: 2024/11/13
date added: 2024/11/13
shelves: owned-books, children-books
review:
Very helpful, informative and confidence bringer that we are doing something right.
]]> <![CDATA[The Montessori Baby: A Parent's Guide to Nurturing Your Baby with Love, Respect, and Understanding (The Parents' Guide to Montessori, 2)]]> 54110546 Drawing on principles developed by the educator Dr Maria Montessori,  The Montessori Baby  shows how to raise your baby from birth to age one with love, respect, insight, and a surprising sense of calm. Cowritten by Simone Davies, author of the bestselling  The Montessori Toddler , and Junnifa Uzodike, it’s a book filled with hundreds of practical ideas for understanding what is actually happening with your baby, and how you can mindfully assist in their learning and development. Including how
Ěý±Ő±Ő> 288 Simone Davies 1523512407 Julie 3 children-books, owned-books It guides you on the journey from pregnancy to 1 year after your baby is born (maybe 2 years? I forgot...).]]> 3.91 The Montessori Baby: A Parent's Guide to Nurturing Your Baby with Love, Respect, and Understanding (The Parents' Guide to Montessori, 2)
author: Simone Davies
name: Julie
average rating: 3.91
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2023/12/30
date added: 2024/10/30
shelves: children-books, owned-books
review:
This book has a lot of tips on how to arrange your home to fit the needs of your baby.
It guides you on the journey from pregnancy to 1 year after your baby is born (maybe 2 years? I forgot...).
]]> Open Throat 62039259 A lonely, lovable, queer mountain lion narrates this star-making fever dream of a novel.

A queer and dangerously hungry mountain lion lives in the drought-devastated land under the Hollywood sign. Lonely and fascinated by humanity’s foibles, the lion spends their days protecting the welfare of a nearby homeless encampment, observing obnoxious hikers complain about their trauma, and, in quiet moments, grappling with the complexities of their gender identity, memories of a vicious father, and the indignities of sentience. “I have so much language in my brain,� our lion says, “and nowhere to put it.�

When a man-made fire engulfs the encampment, the lion is forced from the hills down into the city the hikers call “ellay.� As the lion confronts a carousel of temptations and threats, they take us on a tour that spans the cruel inequalities of Los Angeles and the toll of climate grief, while scrambling to avoid earthquakes, floods, and the noise of their own conflicted psyche. But even when salvation finally seems within reach, they are forced to face down the ultimate question: Do they want to eat a person, or become one?

In elegiac prose woven with humor, imagination, sensuality, and tragedy, Henry Hoke’s Open Throat is a marvel of storytelling, a universal journey through a wondrous and menacing world told by a lovable mountain lion. Both feral and vulnerable, profound and playful, Open Throat is a star-making novel that brings mythmaking to real life.]]> 160 Henry Hoke 037460987X Julie 2 It is written in the perspective of a mountain lion that lived in LA next to the Hollywood sign. I am not sure how relevant this was or what the author was trying to achieve with this,or maybe I do get it but I do not think it was well enough conceived. One thing is certain, humans are trash and this has a lot to do with societal problems.]]> 4.02 2023 Open Throat
author: Henry Hoke
name: Julie
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2023
rating: 2
read at: 2024/10/30
date added: 2024/10/30
shelves:
review:
I am still puzzled about what i just read ahah.
It is written in the perspective of a mountain lion that lived in LA next to the Hollywood sign. I am not sure how relevant this was or what the author was trying to achieve with this,or maybe I do get it but I do not think it was well enough conceived. One thing is certain, humans are trash and this has a lot to do with societal problems.
]]> <![CDATA[Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions]]> 33585392 From the best-selling author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists comes a powerful new statement about feminism today--written as a letter to a friend.

A few years ago, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie received a letter from a dear friend from childhood, asking her how to raise her baby girl as a feminist. Dear Ijeawele is Adichie's letter of response.

Here are fifteen invaluable suggestions--compelling, direct, wryly funny, and perceptive--for how to empower a daughter to become a strong, independent woman. From encouraging her to choose a helicopter, and not only a doll, as a toy if she so desires; having open conversations with her about clothes, makeup, and sexuality; debunking the myth that women are somehow biologically arranged to be in the kitchen making dinner, and that men can "allow" women to have full careers, Dear Ijeawele goes right to the heart of sexual politics in the twenty-first century. It will start a new and urgently needed conversation about what it really means to be a woman today.]]> 63 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Julie 4 feminist
I loved the concept of "the dangers of likability". She encourages her daughter to speak up, share her boundaries and own an unpopular opinion.]]> 4.51 2017 Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
name: Julie
average rating: 4.51
book published: 2017
rating: 4
read at: 2024/10/30
date added: 2024/10/30
shelves: feminist
review:
This is a sweet book dedicated to her daughter, a book we could all write our daughters. To empower them to not succumb to societal gender norms or "the stray jacket of gender norms" as Chimamanda would put it. To give them strenght to be unapologetically themselves and follow their own path.

I loved the concept of "the dangers of likability". She encourages her daughter to speak up, share her boundaries and own an unpopular opinion.
]]> Ina May's Guide to Childbirth 32127
Drawing upon her thirty-plus years of experience, Ina May Gaskin, the nation’s leading midwife, shares the benefits and joys of natural childbirth by showing women how to trust in the ancient wisdom of their bodies for a healthy and fulfilling birthing experience. Based on the female-centered Midwifery Model of Care, Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth gives expectant mothers comprehensive information on everything from the all-important mind-body connection to how to give birth without technological intervention.

Filled with inspiring birth stories and practical advice, this invaluable resource includes:

� Reducing the pain of labor without drugs—and the miraculous roles touch and massage play
� What really happens during labor
� Orgasmic birth—making birth pleasurable
� Episiotomy—is it really necessary?
� Common methods of inducing labor—and which to avoid at all costs
� Tips for maximizing your chances of an unmedicated labor and birth
� How to avoid postpartum bleeding—and depression
� The risks of anesthesia and cesareans—what your doctor
doesn’t necessarily tell you
� The best ways to work with doctors and/or birth care providers
� How to create a safe, comfortable environment for
birth in any setting, including a hospital
� And much more

Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth takes the fear out of childbirth by restoring women’s faith in their own natural power to give birth with more ease, less pain, and less medical intervention.]]> 348 Ina May Gaskin 0553381156 Julie 5 Ina May gives soon to be moms the reassurance that our bodies know what they are doing, they were made for childbirth. In a society that is so medically inclined when it comes to child bearing, treating it like a disease or labor on tv being portrait as an horrifying thing full of fear, it definitely could give women the idea they are going to be sent to a slaughter house to be butchered (which taking in account the amount of C-sections done in hospitals, we are not so far from the truth).
I am in love with the concept that we are a team with our baby and we are working together with the same goal.
I was never really afraid of childbirth per se, but I was and still am afraid of trusting hospitals with the process (because of its dehumanization/ previous eperiences of friends/ unresolved traumas etc) and all that goes with it: C-sections, episiotomies, induction of labour, meds, you name it.
The thought of a natural birth at home or in a birth home surrounded by knowledgable women that respect you, your baby and the process fills my heart with joy and I am very excited to welcome our very much desired Kjartynn into the world.

I took some notes of inspiring testimonials:
"The second he came out, it was as if he had always been with me, he was meant to be with me. Nothing felt weird about it at all. It felt so natural and so perfect. I just held him, and I looked at him and I thought, You are what was missing in my life."
"Birth was a strenghtening rite of passage for women".

Notes of things to take in consideration:
- I learned that true words spoken can sometimes relax pelvic muscles by discharging emotions that effectively block further process in labor.
- First stage of birth: the cervix is sealed during pregnancy with a plug of thick mucus, which is expelled during the hours before labor begins. Usually this mucus is slightly tinged with blood, giving it a pinkish, reddish, or brownish color. When this mucus, called show, is expelled from the cervix, it signals that labor will soon begin.
- Once the cervix is pulled completely open, a combination of uterine contractions and some pressure from the abdominal muscles pushes the baby outside of the mother's body. This is called the second stage of labor.
- The third stage of labor lasts from the birth of the baby until the expulsion of the placenta. The uterus continues to contract after the birth of the baby, quickly diminishing its size to that of the placenta. Further contractions shear the placenta from the uterine lining. This event is usually signaled by the expulsion of dark red blood within fifteen or twenty minutes after birth.
- The fourth stage of labor is the postpartum or newborn period, roughly the six weeks that follow childbirth. This is the time during which the mother's body adjusts to new motherhood and returns to the nonpregnant state.
- If oxytocin is the accelerator of birth (since it stimulates the contraction of the uterus and makes it work harder to open), adrenaline is the brakes.
- The big "secret" is that it is better able to accomplish this task when we can imagine or "picture" this happening. Those who are not terrified are more likely to secrete in abundance the hormones that make labor and birth easier and less painful - sometimes even pleasurable.
- The state of relaxation of the month and jaw is diretly coorelated to the ability of the cervix, the vagina, and the anus to open to full capacity.
- Laughter opens the sphincters
- Other factors and practices affect the ease in which the sphincters can open. Deep abdominal breathing causes a general relaxation of the muscles of the body, specially muscles of the pelvic floor.
- This deep adbominal breathing is not only relaxing to the heart, the nervous system and the mind, also allows for the greatest lung expancion. This increases the amount of oxygen that can fill your lungs.
- Emerging in a warm water bath can also be very calming to a laboring mother.
- Women whose mouths and throats are open and relaxed during labor and birth rarely need stitches after childbirth.
- I have never noticed anyone's cervix remain tight and unyielding while speaking loving and positive words.
- sounds that help dilation: low pitched moaning and orgasmic sighs
- being amused also aids relaxation
- "horse lips" or "raspberries". When a person totally relaxes the lips and breaths a good amount of air through them at considerable pressure, softly flapping them together in the process
- Love is another very powerful, healing and easing emotion. Trust and love make relaxation possible.
- When the women's emotional needs are filled, there is less risk for the baby. The reality is that the baby has no choice but to feel what the mother feels
- The midwifery model of care recognizes the importance of good nutricion as the best way to prevent the most comun complications of pregnancy. It emphasizes the importance of companionship and encouragement during labor as a way to minimize technological intervention in the birth process. It does not impose arbitrary time limits in physiological processes.
- Most feel a noticeable increase in the distance between their pubic bone and tale bone after leaning forward. No wonder monkeys - who are built much like we are - tend to lean forward during birth
- My partners and I noticed early in our midwifery practice that women who were sexually active during pregnancy were more likely than those who were not to go into labor around forty weeks
- Nipple stimulation causes the release of oxytocin into the maternal bloodstream, and this oxytocin then stimulates contractions of the uterine muscles. Both manual and oral stimulation are affective at stimulating oxytocin release.
- beginning a castor oil induction at breakfast after a full night of sleep. One tablespoon of castor oil is added to scrambled eggs or is mixed with fruit juice to make it more palitable for the woman. If necessary she takes one more table spoon one hour after ingesting the first.
- When the uterus contracts, blood can't flow through the placenta as easily as usual, which means that the baby gets less oxygen. Babies normally tolerate this fluctuations in oxygen levels quite well.
- I don't know anx midwives attending out of hospitals births which prohibit eating and drinking during labor. In fact I think that some women require nourishment in labor. I know that a few bites of food gave the mother the strenght she needed to push her baby out without forceps or a vaccum extractor. In this cases, the woman experienced an almost immediate benefit after taking a little nourishment. Vomiting normally helps the dilation of the cervix, Ă  la Sphincter law.
- Movement greatly helps cervical dilation during the early part of labor and helps bring the baby into the most advantagious position for passage through the pelvis. Don't be surprised if you feel restless during the first stage of labor.
- The list of benefits of upright positions in labor includes: better use of gravity; maximum circulation between mother and baby (no compassion caused by the baby's weight on the mother's major blood vessels); better alignment of the baby to pass through the pelvis; stronger rushes; increased pelvic diameters when squatting or kneeling.
- Be sure to drink a lot while in labor and to pee every hour or so. Drinking a lot will prevent dehidration while you are in labor. Going to the toilet causes your pelvic muscle to relax. This will increase pressure against your cervix if you are still dilating or help descent of the baby if you are pushing.
- Most women get immediate pain relief from hydrotherapy. Being in water is calming and relaxing.
- the application of sexual energy can make labor more effective and less painful without any use of medication
- Touch and massage can give incredible relief when labor is painful
- Shaking the large muscles of the mother's bottom or thighs is an effective way of helping some women relay during labor.
- not to let your over-busy mind interfere with the ancient wisdom of your body (let your monkey do it)
- I often suggest to pregnant women that they imagine themselves to be a large mammal when they are in labor. Many say it helps them to find the wild woman within and to tap into the ancient knowledge that is the potential of all women.
- you push only when the urge comes. Most women like to push two or three times, taking a quick breath between them
-When the baby's head is about to come out, you slow down your pushing as much as possible.
- Some women like to stimulate their clitoris as the baby emerges, this seems to increase vaginal engorgment, which may explain why I never observed the slightest laceration in a women who used this method of relaxation during birth
- If making noise helps you as you push, keep your sound at the lowest register as possible, so that it vibrates the lower part of your body. Low sexy moans are good.
- It may help you to know that first baby's heads normally advance towards birth and then recede once that push is over. It helps the vulva gradually attain the size necessary for birth. Circulation to the area increase with the alternate stimuli of pressure, release, pressure, release.
- Your baby will have a much easier time adjusting to breathing and will be less likely to suffer from anemia if the cord is left intact for several minutes after birth
- Our normal practice is to place the newly born baby directly unto his mother's chest with a warm blanket on top. this skin to skin contact mantains the baby's body heat and facilitates early communication bettwen mother and baby.
- We generally help her into an upright position. Just as upright positions help babies descent, so do they facilitate the expulsion of the placenta in many cases. Breast stimulation also helps.]]> 4.36 2003 Ina May's Guide to Childbirth
author: Ina May Gaskin
name: Julie
average rating: 4.36
book published: 2003
rating: 5
read at: 2024/01/23
date added: 2024/10/27
shelves: owned-books, strongly-recommend
review:
Reading this book was the best decision I made during pregnancy.
Ina May gives soon to be moms the reassurance that our bodies know what they are doing, they were made for childbirth. In a society that is so medically inclined when it comes to child bearing, treating it like a disease or labor on tv being portrait as an horrifying thing full of fear, it definitely could give women the idea they are going to be sent to a slaughter house to be butchered (which taking in account the amount of C-sections done in hospitals, we are not so far from the truth).
I am in love with the concept that we are a team with our baby and we are working together with the same goal.
I was never really afraid of childbirth per se, but I was and still am afraid of trusting hospitals with the process (because of its dehumanization/ previous eperiences of friends/ unresolved traumas etc) and all that goes with it: C-sections, episiotomies, induction of labour, meds, you name it.
The thought of a natural birth at home or in a birth home surrounded by knowledgable women that respect you, your baby and the process fills my heart with joy and I am very excited to welcome our very much desired Kjartynn into the world.

I took some notes of inspiring testimonials:
"The second he came out, it was as if he had always been with me, he was meant to be with me. Nothing felt weird about it at all. It felt so natural and so perfect. I just held him, and I looked at him and I thought, You are what was missing in my life."
"Birth was a strenghtening rite of passage for women".

Notes of things to take in consideration:
- I learned that true words spoken can sometimes relax pelvic muscles by discharging emotions that effectively block further process in labor.
- First stage of birth: the cervix is sealed during pregnancy with a plug of thick mucus, which is expelled during the hours before labor begins. Usually this mucus is slightly tinged with blood, giving it a pinkish, reddish, or brownish color. When this mucus, called show, is expelled from the cervix, it signals that labor will soon begin.
- Once the cervix is pulled completely open, a combination of uterine contractions and some pressure from the abdominal muscles pushes the baby outside of the mother's body. This is called the second stage of labor.
- The third stage of labor lasts from the birth of the baby until the expulsion of the placenta. The uterus continues to contract after the birth of the baby, quickly diminishing its size to that of the placenta. Further contractions shear the placenta from the uterine lining. This event is usually signaled by the expulsion of dark red blood within fifteen or twenty minutes after birth.
- The fourth stage of labor is the postpartum or newborn period, roughly the six weeks that follow childbirth. This is the time during which the mother's body adjusts to new motherhood and returns to the nonpregnant state.
- If oxytocin is the accelerator of birth (since it stimulates the contraction of the uterus and makes it work harder to open), adrenaline is the brakes.
- The big "secret" is that it is better able to accomplish this task when we can imagine or "picture" this happening. Those who are not terrified are more likely to secrete in abundance the hormones that make labor and birth easier and less painful - sometimes even pleasurable.
- The state of relaxation of the month and jaw is diretly coorelated to the ability of the cervix, the vagina, and the anus to open to full capacity.
- Laughter opens the sphincters
- Other factors and practices affect the ease in which the sphincters can open. Deep abdominal breathing causes a general relaxation of the muscles of the body, specially muscles of the pelvic floor.
- This deep adbominal breathing is not only relaxing to the heart, the nervous system and the mind, also allows for the greatest lung expancion. This increases the amount of oxygen that can fill your lungs.
- Emerging in a warm water bath can also be very calming to a laboring mother.
- Women whose mouths and throats are open and relaxed during labor and birth rarely need stitches after childbirth.
- I have never noticed anyone's cervix remain tight and unyielding while speaking loving and positive words.
- sounds that help dilation: low pitched moaning and orgasmic sighs
- being amused also aids relaxation
- "horse lips" or "raspberries". When a person totally relaxes the lips and breaths a good amount of air through them at considerable pressure, softly flapping them together in the process
- Love is another very powerful, healing and easing emotion. Trust and love make relaxation possible.
- When the women's emotional needs are filled, there is less risk for the baby. The reality is that the baby has no choice but to feel what the mother feels
- The midwifery model of care recognizes the importance of good nutricion as the best way to prevent the most comun complications of pregnancy. It emphasizes the importance of companionship and encouragement during labor as a way to minimize technological intervention in the birth process. It does not impose arbitrary time limits in physiological processes.
- Most feel a noticeable increase in the distance between their pubic bone and tale bone after leaning forward. No wonder monkeys - who are built much like we are - tend to lean forward during birth
- My partners and I noticed early in our midwifery practice that women who were sexually active during pregnancy were more likely than those who were not to go into labor around forty weeks
- Nipple stimulation causes the release of oxytocin into the maternal bloodstream, and this oxytocin then stimulates contractions of the uterine muscles. Both manual and oral stimulation are affective at stimulating oxytocin release.
- beginning a castor oil induction at breakfast after a full night of sleep. One tablespoon of castor oil is added to scrambled eggs or is mixed with fruit juice to make it more palitable for the woman. If necessary she takes one more table spoon one hour after ingesting the first.
- When the uterus contracts, blood can't flow through the placenta as easily as usual, which means that the baby gets less oxygen. Babies normally tolerate this fluctuations in oxygen levels quite well.
- I don't know anx midwives attending out of hospitals births which prohibit eating and drinking during labor. In fact I think that some women require nourishment in labor. I know that a few bites of food gave the mother the strenght she needed to push her baby out without forceps or a vaccum extractor. In this cases, the woman experienced an almost immediate benefit after taking a little nourishment. Vomiting normally helps the dilation of the cervix, Ă  la Sphincter law.
- Movement greatly helps cervical dilation during the early part of labor and helps bring the baby into the most advantagious position for passage through the pelvis. Don't be surprised if you feel restless during the first stage of labor.
- The list of benefits of upright positions in labor includes: better use of gravity; maximum circulation between mother and baby (no compassion caused by the baby's weight on the mother's major blood vessels); better alignment of the baby to pass through the pelvis; stronger rushes; increased pelvic diameters when squatting or kneeling.
- Be sure to drink a lot while in labor and to pee every hour or so. Drinking a lot will prevent dehidration while you are in labor. Going to the toilet causes your pelvic muscle to relax. This will increase pressure against your cervix if you are still dilating or help descent of the baby if you are pushing.
- Most women get immediate pain relief from hydrotherapy. Being in water is calming and relaxing.
- the application of sexual energy can make labor more effective and less painful without any use of medication
- Touch and massage can give incredible relief when labor is painful
- Shaking the large muscles of the mother's bottom or thighs is an effective way of helping some women relay during labor.
- not to let your over-busy mind interfere with the ancient wisdom of your body (let your monkey do it)
- I often suggest to pregnant women that they imagine themselves to be a large mammal when they are in labor. Many say it helps them to find the wild woman within and to tap into the ancient knowledge that is the potential of all women.
- you push only when the urge comes. Most women like to push two or three times, taking a quick breath between them
-When the baby's head is about to come out, you slow down your pushing as much as possible.
- Some women like to stimulate their clitoris as the baby emerges, this seems to increase vaginal engorgment, which may explain why I never observed the slightest laceration in a women who used this method of relaxation during birth
- If making noise helps you as you push, keep your sound at the lowest register as possible, so that it vibrates the lower part of your body. Low sexy moans are good.
- It may help you to know that first baby's heads normally advance towards birth and then recede once that push is over. It helps the vulva gradually attain the size necessary for birth. Circulation to the area increase with the alternate stimuli of pressure, release, pressure, release.
- Your baby will have a much easier time adjusting to breathing and will be less likely to suffer from anemia if the cord is left intact for several minutes after birth
- Our normal practice is to place the newly born baby directly unto his mother's chest with a warm blanket on top. this skin to skin contact mantains the baby's body heat and facilitates early communication bettwen mother and baby.
- We generally help her into an upright position. Just as upright positions help babies descent, so do they facilitate the expulsion of the placenta in many cases. Breast stimulation also helps.
]]> <![CDATA[Finding Me: A Decade of Darkness, a Life Reclaimed - A Memoir of the Cleveland Kidnappings]]> 20257122 The #1 New York Times Bestseller and inspirational memoir by Michelle Knight, whose survival story gripped the world and continues to inspire and offer hope.

Michelle was a young single mother when she was kidnapped by a local school bus driver named Ariel Castro. For more than a decade afterward, she endured unimaginable torture at the hand of her abductor. In 2003 Amanda Berry joined her in captivity, followed by Gina DeJesus in 2004. Their escape on May 6, 2013, made headlines around the world.

Barely out of her own tumultuous childhood, Michelle was estranged from her family and fighting for custody of her young son when she disappeared. Local police believed she had run away, so they removed her from the missing persons lists fifteen months after she vanished. Castro tormented her with these facts, reminding her that no one was looking for her, that the outside world had forgotten her. But Michelle would not be broken.

In Finding Me, Michelle will reveal the heartbreaking details of her story, including the thoughts and prayers that helped her find courage to endure her unimaginable circumstances and now build a life worth living. By sharing both her past and her efforts to create a future, Michelle becomes a voice for the voiceless and a powerful symbol of hope for the thousands of children and young adults who go missing every year.]]> 252 Michelle Knight 1602862567 Julie 0 to-read, wanted 4.14 2014 Finding Me: A Decade of Darkness, a Life Reclaimed - A Memoir of the Cleveland Kidnappings
author: Michelle Knight
name: Julie
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2014
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/10/24
shelves: to-read, wanted
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7)]]> 11127 Librarian note: An alternate cover for this edition can be found here: 2005.

Journeys to the end of the world, fantastic creatures, and epic battles between good and evil—what more could any reader ask for in one book? The book that has it all is The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, written in 1949 by Clive Staples Lewis. But Lewis did not stop there. Six more books followed, and together they became known as The Chronicles of Narnia.

For the past fifty years, The Chronicles of Narnia have transcended the fantasy genre to become part of the canon of classic literature. Each of the seven books is a masterpiece, drawing the reader into a land where magic meets reality, and the result is a fictional world whose scope has fascinated generations.

This edition presents all seven books—unabridged—in one impressive volume. The books are presented here in chronlogical order, each chapter graced with an illustration by the original artist, Pauline Baynes. Deceptively simple and direct, The Chronicles of Narnia continue to captivate fans with adventures, characters, and truths that speak to readers of all ages, even fifty years after they were first published.]]> 767 C.S. Lewis 0066238501 Julie 0 4.27 1956 The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7)
author: C.S. Lewis
name: Julie
average rating: 4.27
book published: 1956
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/10/21
shelves: to-read, children-books, wanted
review:

]]> Pulp 141526 208 Charles Bukowski 0876859260 Julie 3 wanted
Quote I liked:
Two old guys pale as chalk (,,,)They reminded me of flies in a spider web sucked dry]]> 3.71 1994 Pulp
author: Charles Bukowski
name: Julie
average rating: 3.71
book published: 1994
rating: 3
read at: 2024/10/21
date added: 2024/10/21
shelves: wanted
review:
I never read anything fully fictional from Bukowski, I wonder if there is even more of it out there but yeh this wad not only fictional, was also kinda sci fi. We have sexxy lady death, the detective also chats with dead people. He wanted to find Celine for Lady Death then a red sparrow. There are aliens involved.

Quote I liked:
Two old guys pale as chalk (,,,)They reminded me of flies in a spider web sucked dry
]]> Notes on Grief 57032570 Notes on Grief is an exquisite work of meditation, remembrance, and hope, written in the wake of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's beloved father’s death in the summer of 2020. As the COVID-19 pandemic raged around the world, and kept Adichie and her family members separated from one another, her father succumbed unexpectedly to complications of kidney failure.

Expanding on her original New Yorker piece, Adichie shares how this loss shook her to her core. She writes about being one of the millions of people grieving this year; about the familial and cultural dimensions of grief and also about the loneliness and anger that are unavoidable in it. With signature precision of language, and glittering, devastating detail on the page--and never without touches of rich, honest humor--Adichie weaves together her own experience of her father’s death with threads of his life story, from his remarkable survival during the Biafran war, through a long career as a statistics professor, into the days of the pandemic in which he’d stay connected with his children and grandchildren over video chat from the family home in Abba, Nigeria. In the compact format of We Should All Be Feminists and Dear Ijeawele, Adichie delivers a gem of a book--a book that fundamentally connects us to one another as it probes one of the most universal human experiences. Notes on Grief is a book for this moment—a work readers will treasure and share now more than ever--and yet will prove durable and timeless, an indispensable addition to Adichie's canon.]]> 86 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 0593320808 Julie 3 4.26 2021 Notes on Grief
author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
name: Julie
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2021
rating: 3
read at: 2024/09/22
date added: 2024/10/07
shelves:
review:
Beautiful ode to her dead father, paying her respects and showing her love and appreciation for him. Also seemed to be an attempt to deal with his death and her grief.
]]> Love, Pamela 61812427 To live and dream is a wicked dance.

My dreams often come true -- a curse, and a blessing.

Pamela Anderson's blond bombshell image was ubiquitous in the 1990s. Discovered in the stands during a Canadian football game, she was quickly launched into superstardom, becoming Playboy's favorite cover girl and an emblem of Hollywood glamour and sex appeal. Yet the Pamela Anderson we think we know was created through happenstance rather than careful cultivation. Love, Pamela brings forth her true story: that of a small-town girl getting tangled up in her own dream.

Growing up on Vancouver Island, the daughter of young, wild, and unwittingly stylish parents, Pamela lived a hardscrabble childhood but developed a deep love for nature, populating her world with misfits, apparitional friends, and injured animals. Eventually overcoming her natural shyness, Pamela's restless imagination propelled her into a life few can dream of, from the beaches of Malibu to the coveted scene at the Playboy Mansion. As her star rose, she found herself a fixture of tabloid fodder, at the height of an era when paparazzi tactics were bent on destroying a person's image and self-esteem.

Pamela forged ahead with grace, finding sanctuary in her love of art and literature, and emerged a devoted mother and activist. Now, having returned to the island of her childhood, after a memorable run starring as Roxie in Chicago on Broadway, Pamela is telling her story, a story of an irrepressible free spirit coming home and discovering herself anew at every turn. With vivid prose interspersed with bursts of original poetry, Love, Pamela is a pensive, layered, and unforgettable memoir.]]> 256 Pamela Anderson 0063226561 Julie 4
I was so happy to discover we also share our love for literature and she meantioned some of my favorite books. Our views on how to raise children are also on the same level. I am a fan.

She is such an inteligent human being.

What impressed me:
- Kinship with frida kahlo and anais nin
- Love for animals
- Reciting shakespear by heart
- Surviving various events of sexual abuse


Quotes:

� Those who can feel real grief have felt real love

� My life took off without me (...) i joked that my breasts had a carreer of their own and i was just tagging along]]> 3.80 2023 Love, Pamela
author: Pamela Anderson
name: Julie
average rating: 3.80
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2024/09/11
date added: 2024/10/07
shelves:
review:
I always had a big admiration for Pamela Anderson mostly because of her veganism and animal activism. I heard this book, narrated by herself, with the softest most soothing voice. She recounts her life story, her family life, the several events of sexual abuse by babysitters and men, what made her move to america and so on.

I was so happy to discover we also share our love for literature and she meantioned some of my favorite books. Our views on how to raise children are also on the same level. I am a fan.

She is such an inteligent human being.

What impressed me:
- Kinship with frida kahlo and anais nin
- Love for animals
- Reciting shakespear by heart
- Surviving various events of sexual abuse


Quotes:

� Those who can feel real grief have felt real love

� My life took off without me (...) i joked that my breasts had a carreer of their own and i was just tagging along
]]> El viaje 49248033
Tras un feliz periodo dedicado a la maternidad, ha llegado para La Volátil la hora de recuperar la sed de aventuras ¿y qué mejor que viajar a Japón con su gran amiga Loly? Por mucho que se haya juntado con un as de la improvisación, La Volátil es una máquina de la planificación y lo tiene todo pensado: desde la estancia en un buen ryokan vestidas con la correspondiente yukata a las sesiones de belleza en los baños termales. Parece que nada puede salir mal, pero en el momento de partir los miedos acumulados en un año de decisiones difíciles se desatan y forman un negro nubarrón sobre su cabeza. Las andanzas por un país lleno de rituales y de exotismos se convertirán irremediablemente en un viaje interior del cual solo podrá salir indemne gracias al poder del humor y la amistad.]]> 232 Agustina Guerrero 8426407552 Julie 4 graphics Story overall very interesting cause I love to travel so she got my attention from the get go. It was very informative and from a stand point of someone that fully admires the japanese culture. Also very personal, talking about struggles related to abortion, deep anxiety, insomnia and so on.]]> 4.39 El viaje
author: Agustina Guerrero
name: Julie
average rating: 4.39
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2024/10/07
date added: 2024/10/07
shelves: graphics
review:
Graphics are 5 stars, colors too.
Story overall very interesting cause I love to travel so she got my attention from the get go. It was very informative and from a stand point of someone that fully admires the japanese culture. Also very personal, talking about struggles related to abortion, deep anxiety, insomnia and so on.
]]> <![CDATA[Pretty Boys Are Poisonous: Poems]]> 166177788
“These poems were written in an attempt to excise the illness that had taken root in me because of my silence. I’ve spent my entire life keeping the secrets of men, my body aches from carrying the weight of their sins. My freedom lives in these pages, and I hope that my words can inspire others to take back their happiness and their identity by using their voice to illuminate what’s been buried, but not forgotten, in the darkness,� says Fox.

Pretty Boys Are Poisonous marks the powerful debut from one of the most well-known women of our time. Turn the page, bite the apple, and sink your teeth into the most deliciously compelling and addictive books you’ll read all year.]]> 176 Megan Fox 1668050412 Julie 2
Sometimes i got quite surprised of how much i loved a poem and other times quite underwhelmed by the language used. Regardless, these poems are fueled with a lot of anger and resentment and a depiction of the hate she says she feels towards men, and noone can blame her after dating serious trash. She is also a victim of physical and emotional abuse.

Quotes I liked:

Why did you have to sacrifice me to feed the demons that haunt you?

I know now why you smell like ashes

Please don't kill me cause then it will all be over and i am addicted to suffering]]> 3.71 2023 Pretty Boys Are Poisonous: Poems
author: Megan Fox
name: Julie
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2023
rating: 2
read at: 2024/08/24
date added: 2024/09/14
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Megan Fox properly roasted the dudes she had been dating... that's why they smell like ashes lol. (Pun intended)

Sometimes i got quite surprised of how much i loved a poem and other times quite underwhelmed by the language used. Regardless, these poems are fueled with a lot of anger and resentment and a depiction of the hate she says she feels towards men, and noone can blame her after dating serious trash. She is also a victim of physical and emotional abuse.

Quotes I liked:

Why did you have to sacrifice me to feed the demons that haunt you?

I know now why you smell like ashes

Please don't kill me cause then it will all be over and i am addicted to suffering
]]> On Drinking 38376059
Charles Bukowski turns to the bottle in this revelatory collection of poetry and prose that includes some of the writer’s best and most lasting work. A self-proclaimed “dirty old man,� Bukowski used alcohol as muse and as fuel, a conflicted relationship responsible for some of his darkest moments as well as some of his most joyful and inspired.

In On Drinking, Bukowski expert Abel Debritto has collected the writer’s most profound, funny, and memorable work on his ups and downs with the hard stuff—a topic that allowed Bukowski to explore some of life’s most pressing questions. Through drink, Bukowski is able to be alone, to be with people, to be a poet, a lover, and a friend—though often at great cost. As Bukowski writes in a poem simply titled “Drinking,�: “for me/it was or/is/a manner of/dying/with boots on/and gun/smoking and a/symphony music background.�

On Drinking is a powerful testament to the pleasures and miseries of a life in drink, and a window into the soul of one of our most beloved and enduring writers.

Ěý±Ő±Ő> 263 Charles Bukowski 0062857959 Julie 4
Got reminded of this awesome quote: "Some people never go crazy, what terrible lives they must lead"

And this awesome title: Shakespeare never did this]]> 3.89 On Drinking
author: Charles Bukowski
name: Julie
average rating: 3.89
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2024/09/07
date added: 2024/09/07
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I love that it not only has his poems and excerts from his books but also interviews.

Got reminded of this awesome quote: "Some people never go crazy, what terrible lives they must lead"

And this awesome title: Shakespeare never did this
]]> Home Body 49656780
i dive into the well of my body
and end up in another world
everything i need
already exists in me
there’s no need
to look anywhere else
� home]]> 192 Rupi Kaur 1982172452 Julie 4 feminist For a book that was written while on depression there is a lot of strenght put into it.

Stories about rape, family, immigration, sisterhood, failed relationships, self worth, feminism.]]> 4.06 2020 Home Body
author: Rupi Kaur
name: Julie
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2020
rating: 4
read at: 2024/09/07
date added: 2024/09/07
shelves: feminist
review:
Very empowering and full of vulnerability.
For a book that was written while on depression there is a lot of strenght put into it.

Stories about rape, family, immigration, sisterhood, failed relationships, self worth, feminism.
]]> Die Kackwurstfabrik 44906028
Am Bild einer Fabrik mit all ihren Abteilungen und Maschinen wird hier mit vielen lustigen Wimmelbildern und Info-Kästen erklärt, was bei der Verdauung passiert.

Vom Bissen im Mund bis zur Wurst im Klo � eine spannende Werkbesichtigung unseres Verdauungsapparats]]> 48 Marja Baseler 395470188X Julie 4 children-books, wanted 4.30 Die Kackwurstfabrik
author: Marja Baseler
name: Julie
average rating: 4.30
book published:
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 2024/08/30
shelves: children-books, wanted
review:

]]> The Arrival 920607
Shaun Tan evokes universal aspects of an immigrant's experience through a singular work of the imagination. He does so using brilliantly clear and mesmerizing images. Because the main character can't communicate in words, the book forgoes them too. But while the reader experiences the main character's isolation, he also shares his ultimate joy.]]> 132 Shaun Tan Julie 4 children-books 4.33 2007 The Arrival
author: Shaun Tan
name: Julie
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2007
rating: 4
read at:
date added: 2024/08/30
shelves: children-books
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Validate Me: A life of code-dependency]]> 53059770 â€Charly is social media’s answer to Carol Ann Duffyâ€� Sunday Times STYLE




[Charly] is turning a new generation on to poetry� The Telegraph




From the bestselling author of She Must Be Mad comes the second book of poetry and prose from Charly Cox.



What is love? Baby don’t hurt me� but please like my Instagram post.



Hello, my name is Charly and I am code-dependent, so would you please, please just validate me?



From the bestselling author of She Must Be Mad comes Charly Cox’s second collection of poetry and prose.


This is an account of a life lived online. Swiping for approval. Scrolling for gratification. Searching for connection. From the glow of a screen in the middle of the night, to the harsh glare of the hospital waiting room, Validate Me is a raw and honest look at the highs and the lows of a digital life.


The new voice of a generation, Charly’s words have the power to make us all feel less alone.]]> 176 Charly Cox 0008384991 Julie 2 3.42 2019 Validate Me: A life of code-dependency
author: Charly Cox
name: Julie
average rating: 3.42
book published: 2019
rating: 2
read at: 2024/08/27
date added: 2024/08/27
shelves:
review:

]]> I Hate Men 55507254
Women, especially feminists and lesbians, have long been accused of hating men. Our instinct is to deny it at all costs. (After all, women have been burnt at the stake for admitting to less.)

But what if mistrusting men, disliking men - and yes, maybe even hating men - is, in fact, a useful response to sexism? What if such a response offers a way out of oppression, a means of resistance? What if it even offers a path to joy, solidarity and sisterhood?

In this sparkling essay, as mischievous and provocative as it is urgent and serious, Pauline Harmange interrogates modern attitudes to feminism and makes a rallying cry for women to find a greater love for each other - and themselves.]]> 80 Pauline Harmange 0008457581 Julie 4
The reflection that "sexual abuse is a thing of power" was also quite relevant.

And I also hate how I could see myself and my relationship in her words. The convo about books on non violent communication could easily have been written by me. Also on how we are constantly trying to better ourselves and our relationship and get 10% of that in return. The harsh truth.

Quotes worth sharing:

"Misandry and misogyny cannot be compared quite simply because the former only exists as a response to the latter"

"Boys will be boys and girls will become women" - ouch.]]> 3.74 2020 I Hate Men
author: Pauline Harmange
name: Julie
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2020
rating: 4
read at: 2024/08/23
date added: 2024/08/25
shelves:
review:
Pauline makes misandry sound reasonable. Especially after all the sarcastic way of claiming it, she meantions that "no men were harmed by female hatred" and actually how many women die because of misogyny is heart breaking.

The reflection that "sexual abuse is a thing of power" was also quite relevant.

And I also hate how I could see myself and my relationship in her words. The convo about books on non violent communication could easily have been written by me. Also on how we are constantly trying to better ourselves and our relationship and get 10% of that in return. The harsh truth.

Quotes worth sharing:

"Misandry and misogyny cannot be compared quite simply because the former only exists as a response to the latter"

"Boys will be boys and girls will become women" - ouch.
]]> What Kind of Woman: Poems 50997643 A stunning and honest debut poetry collection about the beauty and hardships in being a mother, a wife, and a woman. 

“When life throws you a bag of sorrow, hold out your hands/Little by little, mountains are climbed.� So ends Kate Baer’s remarkable poem “Things My Girlfriends Teach Me.� In “Nothing Tastes as Good as Skinny Feels� she challenges her reader to consider their grandmother’s cake, the taste of the sea, the cool swill of freedom. In her poem “Deliverance� about her daughter’s birth she writes “What is the word for when the light leaves the body?/What is the word for when it/at last, returns?�

Through poems that are as unforgettably beautiful as they are accessible, Kate proves herself to truly be an exemplary voice in modern poetry. As easy to post on Instagram as they are to print out and frame, Kate’s words make women feel seen in their own bodies, in their own marriages, and in their own lives. Her poems are those you share with your mother, your daughter, your sister, and your friends.]]> 94 Kate Baer 0063008424 Julie 1 Apart from a couple of sarcastic remarks on the entitlement of men, I found this book quite dull and underwhelming.]]> 4.06 2020 What Kind of Woman: Poems
author: Kate Baer
name: Julie
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2020
rating: 1
read at: 2024/08/25
date added: 2024/08/25
shelves:
review:
New York Times bestseller bla bla (?) I honestly do not get it.
Apart from a couple of sarcastic remarks on the entitlement of men, I found this book quite dull and underwhelming.
]]> On Cats 24606050 A raw and tenderly funny look at the human-cat relationship, from one of our most treasured and transgressive writers.

“The cat is the beautiful devil.�

Felines touched a vulnerable spot in Charles Bukowski’s crusty soul. For the writer, there was something majestic and elemental about these inscrutable creatures he admired, sentient beings whose searing gaze could penetrate deep into our being. Bukowski considered cats to be unique forces of nature, elusive emissaries of beauty and love.

On Cats offers Bukowski’s musings on these beloved animals and their toughness and resiliency. He honors them as fighters, hunters, survivors who command awe and respect as they grip tightly onto the world around “A cat is only ITSELF, representative of the strong forces of life that won’t let go.�

Funny, moving, tough, and caring, On Cats brings together the acclaimed writer’s reflections on these animals he so admired. Bukowski’s cats are fierce and demanding—he captures them stalking their prey; crawling across his typewritten pages; waking him up with claws across the face. But they are also affectionate and giving, sources of inspiration and gentle, insistent care.

Poignant yet free of treacle, On Cats is an illuminating portrait of this one-of-a-kind artist and his unique view of the world, witnessed through his relationship with the animals he considered his most profound teachers.

]]> 129 Charles Bukowski 0062396013 Julie 3
Quotes worth sharing:

We just grow to want the absence of others.

A guy told me every thing i touch turns to shit and i know that, i have been masturbating since i was 11.]]> 3.76 On Cats
author: Charles Bukowski
name: Julie
average rating: 3.76
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2024/08/24
date added: 2024/08/25
shelves:
review:
I did not know Bukowski was a crazy cat lady but i am living for it. Ah ah. 6 cats? Wow.

Quotes worth sharing:

We just grow to want the absence of others.

A guy told me every thing i touch turns to shit and i know that, i have been masturbating since i was 11.
]]> <![CDATA[Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass]]> 43554866 The highly anticipated spoken word poetry collection from Lana Del Rey, Violet Bent Backwards over the Grass

�'Violet Bent Backwards over the Grass' is the title poem of the book and the first poem I wrote of many. Some of which came to me in their entirety, which I dictated and then typed out, and some that I worked laboriously picking apart each word to make the perfect poem. They are eclectic and honest and not trying to be anything other than what they are and for that reason I’m proud of them, especially because the spirit in which they were written was very authentic.� (Lana Del Rey)

Lana Del Rey brings her breathtaking poetry to life in an unprecedented audiobook. In this stunning spoken word performance, Lana Del Rey reads 14 poems from her debut book Violet Bent Backwards over the Grass accompanied by music from Grammy Award-winning musician Jack Antonoff. Lana’s debut book solidifies her further as “the essential writer of her times� (The Atlantic). This audiobook features Lana reading select poems from the book, including "LA Who Am I to Love You?", "The Land of 1,000 Fires", "Past the Bushes Cypress Thriving", "Never to Heaven", "Tessa DiPietro", "Happy", and several others. The result is an extraordinary poetic landscape that reflects the unguarded spirit of its creator.]]> 1 Lana Del Rey Julie 3 4.03 2020 Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
author: Lana Del Rey
name: Julie
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2020
rating: 3
read at: 2024/08/23
date added: 2024/08/23
shelves:
review:
Collection of soft poetry spoken in a very beautiful manner
]]> <![CDATA[Southern Fried Sass: A Queen's Guide to Cooking, Decorating, and Living Just a Little "Extra"]]> 101021350 RuPaul’s Drag Race superstar Ginger Minj shares her favorite recipes, best advice, and wildest stories in this hilarious book that’s part memoir, part cookbook. Perfect for fans of Trixie and Katya’s Guide to Modern Womanhood.

Drag icon Ginger Minj brings her signature humor and sass to this tongue-in-cheek memoir-cum-life manual-cum-cookbook. Featuring Ginger’s favorite Southern-inspired recipes, Southern Fried Sass showcases some of her most vulnerable and celebratory moments, revealing the most valuable lessons she’s learned after years in drag and the pearls of wisdom she’s gleaned from her grandmother’s personal brand of Southern resilience.

You’ll cheer for Ginger as she spills the tea with exclusive behind-the-scenes details from three seasons of RuPaul’s Drag Race and offers her best advice on everything from contouring to cooking and setting the table for a full-on Southern-style Thanksgiving dinner. Did we say dinner? Here, you’ll find more than fifty recipes, including The Minx’s Sick’ning Scalloped Pineapple Paradise, Red Barn BBQ Ribs platter, Better Than Sex cake, and countless other decadent desserts. From fighting for what you’re worth to looking good on a motorcycle as a big girl to finding love while also making damn good cupcakes, this is the perfect gift for anyone who wants to live their best life.]]> 270 Ginger Minj 1668005484 Julie 3
I love how she incorporates the recepies "in the pdf" in her dialoge (that i am never gonna have cause i have this as an audio book).]]> 4.32 Southern Fried Sass: A Queen's Guide to Cooking, Decorating, and Living Just a Little "Extra"
author: Ginger Minj
name: Julie
average rating: 4.32
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2024/08/23
date added: 2024/08/23
shelves:
review:
This was quite entertaining. I never imagined that Ginger got so much hate after drag race caude i alwqys perceived her as a super talented and funny queen.

I love how she incorporates the recepies "in the pdf" in her dialoge (that i am never gonna have cause i have this as an audio book).
]]> Into the Forest 86236 Into the Forest is a powerfully imagined novel that focuses on the relationship between two teenage sisters living alone in their Northern California forest home.

Over 30 miles from the nearest town, and several miles away from their nearest neighbor, Nell and Eva struggle to survive as society begins to decay and collapse around them. No single event precedes society's fall. There is talk of a war overseas and upheaval in Congress, but it still comes as a shock when the electricity runs out and gas is nowhere to be found. The sisters consume the resources left in the house, waiting for the power to return. Their arrival into adulthood, however, forces them to reexamine their place in the world and their relationship to the land and each other.

Reminiscent of Margaret Atwood's A Handmaid's Tale, Into the Forest is a mesmerizing and thought-provoking novel of hope and despair set in a frighteningly plausible near-future America.]]> 243 Jean Hegland 0553379615 Julie 0 3.77 1996 Into the Forest
author: Jean Hegland
name: Julie
average rating: 3.77
book published: 1996
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/08/23
shelves: to-read, feminist, next-buys, wanted
review:

]]> My Life on the Road 15451058 My Life on the Road.]]> 276 Gloria Steinem 0679456201 Julie 0 4.05 2015 My Life on the Road
author: Gloria Steinem
name: Julie
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2015
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/08/23
shelves: to-read, feminist, next-buys, wanted
review:

]]> A Book of Days 67993333 Just Kids and M Train, featuring more than 365 images and reflections that chart Smith’s singular aesthetic—inspired by her wildly popular Instagram.

In 2018, without any plan or agenda for what might happen next, Patti Smith posted her first Instagram photo: her hand with the simple message “Hello Everybody!� Known for shooting with her beloved Land Camera 250, Smith started posting images from her phone including portraits of her kids, her radiator, her boots, and her Abyssinian cat, Cairo. Followers felt an immediate affinity with these miniature windows into Smith’s world, photographs of her daily coffee, the books she’s reading, the graves of beloved heroes—William Blake, Dylan Thomas, Sylvia Plath, Simone Weil, Albert Camus. Over time, a coherent story of a life devoted to art took shape, and more than a million followers responded to Smith’s unique aesthetic in images that chart her passions, devotions, obsessions, and whims. Original to this book are vintage photographs: anniversary pearls, a mother’s keychain, and a husband’s Mosrite guitar. Here, too, are photos from Smith’s archives of life on and off the road, train stations, obscure cafés, a notebook always nearby. In wide-ranging yet intimate daily notations, Smith shares dispatches from her travels around the world.

With over 365 photographs taking you through a single year, A Book of Days is a new way to experience the expansive mind of the visionary poet, writer, and performer. Hopeful, elegiac, playful—and complete with an introduction by Smith that explores her documentary process�A Book of Days is a timeless offering for deeply uncertain times, an inspirational map of an artist’s life.]]> 387 Patti Smith 1526650983 Julie 0 to-read, owned-books 4.39 A Book of Days
author: Patti Smith
name: Julie
average rating: 4.39
book published:
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/08/21
shelves: to-read, owned-books
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Arabian Nights: Stories Told by Scheherazade]]> 25865074
The Fisherman and the Genie
The Story of the King of the Ebony Isles (also known as "The Tale of the Ensorcelled Prince")
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
The Story of the Magic Horse

The illustrations are by Edmund Dulac.]]> 133 Laurence Housman 1850070660 Julie 0 to-read, wanted 3.00 Arabian Nights: Stories Told by Scheherazade
author: Laurence Housman
name: Julie
average rating: 3.00
book published:
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/08/11
shelves: to-read, wanted
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Schweinchen Schlau: Mein Pappa Gehört Mir!]]> 56981919
Schelmenspaß und Gesellschaftskritik verbinden sich in diesem genialen Bilderbuch so geistreich wie humorvoll zu einem kindgerechten Panorama unserer Beziehung zu Nutztieren.]]> 40 Udo Taubitz 3926914599 Julie 0 5.00 Schweinchen Schlau: Mein Pappa Gehört Mir!
author: Udo Taubitz
name: Julie
average rating: 5.00
book published:
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/08/11
shelves: to-read, children-books, next-buys, wanted
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk]]> 78130090 An electric, searing memoir by the original rebel girl and legendary front woman of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre.

Hey girlfriend I got a proposition goes something like this: Dare ya to do what you want

Kathleen Hanna’s band Bikini Kill embodied the punk scene of the 90s, and today her personal yet feminist lyrics on anthems like “Rebel Girl� and “Double Dare Ya� are more powerful than ever. But where did this transformative voice come from?

In Rebel Girl, Hanna’s raw and insightful new memoir, she takes us from her tumul­tuous childhood to her formative college years and her first shows. As Hanna makes clear, being in a punk “girl band� in those years was not a simple or safe prospect. Male violence and antagonism threatened at every turn, and surviving as a singer who was a lightning rod for controversy took limitless amounts of determination.

But the relationships she developed during those years buoyed her, including with her bandmates Tobi Vail, Kathi Wilcox, JD Samson, and Johanna Fateman. And her friendships with musicians like Kurt Cobain, Ian MacKaye, Kim Gordon, and Joan Jett reminded her that, despite the odds, the punk world could still nurture and care for its own. Hanna opens up about falling in love with Ad-Rock of the Beastie Boys and her debilitating battle with Lyme disease, and she brings us behind the scenes of her musical growth in her bands Le Tigre and The Julie Ruin. She also writes candidly about the Riot Grrrl movement, documenting with love its grassroots origins but critiquing its exclusivity.

In an uncut voice all her own, Hanna reveals the hardest times along with the most joyful—and how they continue to fuel her revolutionary art and music.]]> 326 Kathleen Hanna 0062825232 Julie 3 feminist It was nice to have a glimpse into the life of one of the most important feminist icons of my generation. Also that you can still bounce back and reinvent yourself after years of abuse.

Thank you Kathleen, for sharing and for creating a movement that was much needed in the 90s and also for understanding how to adapt your discourse to the 2020s (being inclusive and all).]]> 4.40 2024 Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk
author: Kathleen Hanna
name: Julie
average rating: 4.40
book published: 2024
rating: 3
read at: 2024/08/09
date added: 2024/08/09
shelves: feminist
review:
Kathleen you are the queen of my world.
It was nice to have a glimpse into the life of one of the most important feminist icons of my generation. Also that you can still bounce back and reinvent yourself after years of abuse.

Thank you Kathleen, for sharing and for creating a movement that was much needed in the 90s and also for understanding how to adapt your discourse to the 2020s (being inclusive and all).
]]> <![CDATA[The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories]]> 99300
Written from a feminist perspective, often focusing on the inferior status accorded to women by society, the tales include "turned," an ironic story with a startling twist, in which a husband seduces and impregnates a naĂŻve servant; "Cottagette," concerning the romance of a young artist and a man who's apparently too good to be true; "Mr. Peebles' Heart," a liberating tale of a fiftyish shopkeeper whose sister-in-law, a doctor, persuades him to take a solo trip to Europe, with revivifying results; "The Yellow Wallpaper"; and three other outstanding stories.

These charming tales are not only highly readable and full of humor and invention, but also offer ample food for thought about the social, economic, and personal relationship of men and women � and how they might be improved.

Collects:
—The Yellow Wallpaper
—Three Thanksgivings
—The Cottagette
—TłÜ°ů˛Ô±đ»ĺ
—Making a Change
—If I Were a Man
—Mr. Peebles' Heart]]> 129 Charlotte Perkins Gilman 0486298574 Julie 4
In general, all of this short stories are a general critic to the conditions of woman in the 19th century; and nothing else was expected from Perkins, being her an important activist of her time. We've women living at home, having no sort of occupation because it was not considered classy that a man could not provide for his family; we have women facing bankruptcy with men that lure them into marriage to sustain them and despite that they can conquer everything by their own means without needing support, etc etc.

This is just an empowering book, proving that women, even in that century, where nothing was given to them, in most of the cases not even a proper education; could rise from the ashes and be able to do something with their lives despite men. lovely! just lovely! ]]> 4.05 1892 The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories
author: Charlotte Perkins Gilman
name: Julie
average rating: 4.05
book published: 1892
rating: 4
read at: 2013/01/21
date added: 2024/08/07
shelves: feminist, strongly-recommend, owned-books
review:
sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet! This book was a delight. Especially the major short story that gives name to this book. It's about a woman that get's mad for being confined at home due to a disease.

In general, all of this short stories are a general critic to the conditions of woman in the 19th century; and nothing else was expected from Perkins, being her an important activist of her time. We've women living at home, having no sort of occupation because it was not considered classy that a man could not provide for his family; we have women facing bankruptcy with men that lure them into marriage to sustain them and despite that they can conquer everything by their own means without needing support, etc etc.

This is just an empowering book, proving that women, even in that century, where nothing was given to them, in most of the cases not even a proper education; could rise from the ashes and be able to do something with their lives despite men. lovely! just lovely!
]]> A Haunted House 20423012 32 Virginia Woolf Julie 3
Woolf is extremely poetic and makes full use of the language at her advantage. It is always a pleasure to read her.

On the preface this statement was made about her and truly defines her as an author: "Pioneer in the use of the stream of consciousness as a narrative device".]]> 3.36 A Haunted House
author: Virginia Woolf
name: Julie
average rating: 3.36
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2023/08/20
date added: 2024/08/07
shelves:
review:
Short story about a haunted house that held a treasure which was a heart.

Woolf is extremely poetic and makes full use of the language at her advantage. It is always a pleasure to read her.

On the preface this statement was made about her and truly defines her as an author: "Pioneer in the use of the stream of consciousness as a narrative device".
]]> <![CDATA[Count Magnus and Other Ghost Stories: The Complete Ghost Stories of M. R. James, Volume 1]]> 9407076 Count Magnus and Other Ghost Stories contains the entire first two volumes of James's ghost stories, Ghost Stories of an Antiquary and More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary. These volumes are both the culmination of the nineteenth-century ghost story tradition and the inspiration for much of the best twentieth-century work in this genre. Included in this collection are such landmark tales as "Count Magnus," set in the wilds of Sweden; "Number 13," a distinctive tale about a haunted hotel room; "Casting the Runes," a richly complex tale of sorcery that served as the basis for the classic horror film Curse of the Demon; and "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad," one of the most frightening tales in literature. The appendix includes several rare texts, including "A Night in King's College Chapel," James's first known ghost story. ]]> 400 M.R. James 1440628610 Julie 0 to-read, wanted 4.21 2005 Count Magnus and Other Ghost Stories: The Complete Ghost Stories of M. R. James, Volume 1
author: M.R. James
name: Julie
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2005
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/08/07
shelves: to-read, wanted
review:

]]> The Call of Cthulhu 6092613 54 H.P. Lovecraft Julie 4
anyway this got me hooked! as soon as I started to read it alone it took me 2 days or something. I was reading this with Pepito, like one page a day due to the high english level and the demand for explanations in every sentence.

long story short (notes not to forget as usual...):

- Cthulhu drives people mad
- Nobody that studied the Cthulhu cult or saw Cthulhu as ever survived, they all die in mysterious circumstances (this was something that got me puzzled... did they die because of some cult members that assassinated them or some dark forces or something? humpf.)

and yes I would love to know what happens with the narrator but yeah, though luck.

]]> 3.97 1928 The Call of Cthulhu
author: H.P. Lovecraft
name: Julie
average rating: 3.97
book published: 1928
rating: 4
read at: 2014/01/09
date added: 2024/08/07
shelves: strongly-recommend, owned-books
review:
there is a reason why Lovecraft is one of the most clammed horror authors. This book is first of all, extremely well written, I even discovered Latin words you could use in English that I had no idea you could use, or maybe they are not used anymore (?) that's something I still need to figure out...

anyway this got me hooked! as soon as I started to read it alone it took me 2 days or something. I was reading this with Pepito, like one page a day due to the high english level and the demand for explanations in every sentence.

long story short (notes not to forget as usual...):

- Cthulhu drives people mad
- Nobody that studied the Cthulhu cult or saw Cthulhu as ever survived, they all die in mysterious circumstances (this was something that got me puzzled... did they die because of some cult members that assassinated them or some dark forces or something? humpf.)

and yes I would love to know what happens with the narrator but yeah, though luck.


]]> <![CDATA[The Collected Short Stories of Virginia Woolf]]> 10394986 204 Virginia Woolf 184902538X Julie 0 3.91 1921 The Collected Short Stories of Virginia Woolf
author: Virginia Woolf
name: Julie
average rating: 3.91
book published: 1921
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Tales]]> 70985 Although Bram Stoker is best known for his world-famous novel Dracula, he also wrote many shorter works on the strange and the macabre. Comprised of spine-chilling tales published by Stoker’s widow after his death, as well as The Lair of the White Worm, an intensely intriguing novel of myths, legends, and unspeakable evils, this collection demonstrates the full range of Stoker’s horror writing.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.]]> 408 Bram Stoker 0141441712 Julie 4 3.93 1914 Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Tales
author: Bram Stoker
name: Julie
average rating: 3.93
book published: 1914
rating: 4
read at: 2010/11/29
date added: 2024/08/06
shelves: strongly-recommend, owned-books
review:

]]> Milk and honey 23513349 Milk and Honey is a collection of poetry and prose about survival. About the experience of violence, abuse, love, loss, and femininity.

It is split into four chapters, with each chapter dealing with a different pain. Healing a different heartache. Milk and Honey takes readers through a journey of the most bitter moments in life and finds sweetness in them -- because there is sweetness everywhere if you are just willing to look.]]> 204 Rupi Kaur 1502784270 Julie 3 feminist 3.97 2014 Milk and honey
author: Rupi Kaur
name: Julie
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2014
rating: 3
read at: 2024/07/14
date added: 2024/07/14
shelves: feminist
review:
Quite an empowering book about accepting yourself and come to terms with the fact men are trash. The end.
]]> <![CDATA[Oje, ich wachse!: Von den acht "Sprüngen" in der mentalen Entwicklung Ihres Kindes während der ersten 14 Monate und wie Sie damit umgehen können - Jetzt mit großem Kapitel zum Ein- und Durchschlafen]]> 51895794 Rare Book 431 Hetty van de Rijt 3442178231 Julie 4 owned-books, children-books
I seriously dislike reading in german though so i switch to the english version as soon as i could.]]> 3.35 Oje, ich wachse!: Von den acht "Sprüngen" in der mentalen Entwicklung Ihres Kindes während der ersten 14 Monate und wie Sie damit umgehen können - Jetzt mit großem Kapitel zum Ein- und Durchschlafen
author: Hetty van de Rijt
name: Julie
average rating: 3.35
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2024/07/13
date added: 2024/07/13
shelves: owned-books, children-books
review:
I am actually amazed of how accurate these leaps are. I follow it religiously. So far it has been quite reasuring that our little muffin is developing accordingly.

I seriously dislike reading in german though so i switch to the english version as soon as i could.
]]> <![CDATA[The Wonder Weeks: How to Stimulate Your Baby's Mental Development and Help Him Turn His 10 Predictable, Great, Fussy Phases Into Magical Leaps Forward]]> 9684947 The Wonder Weeks. How to stimulate your baby's mental development and help him turn his 10 predictable, great, fussy phases into magical leaps forward describes in easy-to-understand terms the incredible developmental changes that all babies go through during the first 20 months of their lives. This is the extended, "fat" edition with 2 more chapters covering 2 more leaps in the mental development of your baby up to the end of the sensorimotor period.

The book is based on the discovery of a little known phenomenon: all normal, healthy babies appear to be more tearful, troublesome, demanding and clingy at very nearly the same ages.

These age-related fluctuations in need for body contact and attention are related to major and quite dramatic changes in the brains of the children. These changes enable a baby to enter a whole new perceptual world and, as a consequence, to learn many new skills. This should be a reason for celebration, but as far as the baby is concerned these changes are bewildering. He's taken aback -- everything has changed overnight. It is as if he has woken up on a strange planet.

The book includes:

- Week-by-week guide to baby's behavior

- An explanation of the markers for cranky, clingy, crying (the three C's) behavior and how to deal with them

- A description from your baby's perspective of the world around him and how you can understand the changes he's going through

- Fun games and gentle activities you can do with your child

The book offers parents:

- Support in times of trouble

- Self-confidence

- Help in understanding their baby

- Hints on how to help their baby play and learn

- A unique account of their baby's development

For more detailed information about contents and the research behind the book, please visit ]]> 493 Hetty van de Rijt 9079208043 Julie 0 3.86 1992 The Wonder Weeks: How to Stimulate Your Baby's Mental Development and Help Him Turn His 10 Predictable, Great, Fussy Phases Into Magical Leaps Forward
author: Hetty van de Rijt
name: Julie
average rating: 3.86
book published: 1992
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/07/13
shelves: children-books, currently-reading
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]]> <![CDATA[A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)]]> 10572
It is a tale in which brother plots against brother and the dead rise to walk in the night. Here a princess masquerades as an orphan boy; a knight of the mind prepares a poison for a treacherous sorceress; and wild men descend from the Mountains of the Moon to ravage the countryside. Against a backdrop of incest and fratricide, alchemy and murder, victory may go to the men and women possessed of the coldest steel...and the coldest hearts. For when kings clash, the whole land trembles.

Here is the second volume in George R.R. Martin magnificent cycle of novels that includes A Game of Thrones and A Storm of Swords. As a whole, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, bringing together the best the genre has to offer. Magic, mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure fill these pages and transport us to a world unlike any we have ever experienced. Already hailed as a classic, George R.R. Martin stunning series is destined to stand as one of the great achievements of imaginative fiction.]]> 1009 George R.R. Martin 0553381695 Julie 0 4.42 1998 A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)
author: George R.R. Martin
name: Julie
average rating: 4.42
book published: 1998
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/06/09
shelves: owned-books, currently-reading
review:

]]> The House of Hidden Meanings 181109983
A profound introspection of his life, relationships, and identity,  The House of Hidden Meanings  is a self-portrait of the legendary icon on the road to global fame and changing the way the world thinks about drag. Central to RuPaul’s success has been his chameleonic adaptability. From drag icon to powerhouse producer of one of the world’s largest television franchises, RuPaul’s ever-shifting nature has always been part of his brand as both supermodel and supermogul.

Yet that adaptability has made him enigmatic to the public. In this memoir, his most intimate and detailed book yet, RuPaul makes himself truly known. Stripping away all artifice, RuPaul recounts the story of his life with breathtaking clarity and tenderness, bringing his signature wisdom and wit to his own biography. From his early years growing up as a queer Black kid in San Diego navigating complex relationships with his absent father and temperamental mother, to forging an identity in the punk and drag scenes of Atlanta and New York, to finding enduring love with his husband Georges LeBar and self-acceptance in sobriety, RuPaul excavates his own biography, uncovering new truths and insights in his personal history.

Here in RuPaul’s singular and extraordinary story is a manual for living—a personal philosophy that testifies to the value of chosen family, the importance of harnessing what makes you different, and the transformational power of facing yourself fearlessly. If we’re all born naked and the rest is drag, then this is RuPaul totally out of drag. This is RuPaul stripped bare.Ěý±Ő±Ő> 256 RuPaul 0063263904 Julie 4
The book title is awesome btw and i love that it is a statement that came out of an acid trip.]]> 3.78 2024 The House of Hidden Meanings
author: RuPaul
name: Julie
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2024
rating: 4
read at: 2024/06/09
date added: 2024/06/09
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Very humble and vulnerable account on his life. I heard the audio book and i loved that he tells his own story.

The book title is awesome btw and i love that it is a statement that came out of an acid trip.
]]> Good Night Moon 6520789
In this classic of children's literature, beloved by generations of readers and listeners, the quiet poetry of the words and the gentle, lulling illustrations combine to make a perfect book for the end of the day.]]> 34 Margaret Wise Brown Julie 0 4.43 1947 Good Night Moon
author: Margaret Wise Brown
name: Julie
average rating: 4.43
book published: 1947
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/06/03
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]]> Heidi (Heidi, #1-2) 93 352 Johanna Spyri 0753454947 Julie 0 4.02 1880 Heidi (Heidi, #1-2)
author: Johanna Spyri
name: Julie
average rating: 4.02
book published: 1880
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/06/03
shelves: to-read, children-books, wanted
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]]> <![CDATA[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1)]]> 6310 (back cover)]]> 176 Roald Dahl 0142403881 Julie 0 4.16 1964 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1)
author: Roald Dahl
name: Julie
average rating: 4.16
book published: 1964
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/06/03
shelves: to-read, children-books, wanted
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]]> <![CDATA[Over Sea, Under Stone (The Dark is Rising, #1)]]> 11312 196 Susan Cooper 068987121X Julie 0 3.86 1965 Over Sea, Under Stone (The Dark is Rising, #1)
author: Susan Cooper
name: Julie
average rating: 3.86
book published: 1965
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/06/03
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]]> <![CDATA[Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen]]> 6356046 244 Hans Christian Andersen 0316913227 Julie 0 4.29 Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen
author: Hans Christian Andersen
name: Julie
average rating: 4.29
book published:
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)]]> 8127 Anne of Green Gables is also a wonderful portrait of a time, a place, a family� and, most of all, love.

WITH AN AFTERWORD BY JENNIFER LEE CARELL]]> 320 L.M. Montgomery 0451528824 Julie 0 4.30 1908 Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
author: L.M. Montgomery
name: Julie
average rating: 4.30
book published: 1908
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Northern Lights (His Dark Materials, #1)]]> 70947
The ensuing quest leads them to the bleak splendour of the North, where armoured bears rule the ice and witch-queens fly through the frozen skies - and where a team of scientists is conducting experiments too horrible to be spoken about.

Lyra overcomes these strange terrors, only to find something yet more perilous waiting for her - something with consequences which may even reach beyond the Northern Lights...]]> 399 Philip Pullman 0590660543 Julie 0 4.24 1995 Northern Lights (His Dark Materials, #1)
author: Philip Pullman
name: Julie
average rating: 4.24
book published: 1995
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[A Dream of Spring (A Song of Ice and Fire, #7)]]> 6382055 A Time For Wolves. The seventh and apparent final book of George R.R. Martin's acclaimed series, A Song of Ice and Fire.]]> George R.R. Martin Julie 0 wanted, to-read 4.34 A Dream of Spring (A Song of Ice and Fire, #7)
author: George R.R. Martin
name: Julie
average rating: 4.34
book published:
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/05/27
shelves: wanted, to-read
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]]> <![CDATA[The Winds of Winter (A Song of Ice and Fire, #6)]]> 12111823 The Winds of Winter is the forthcoming sixth novel in the epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin.

The previous installment, A Dance with Dragons, covered less story than Martin intended, omitting at least one planned large battle sequence and leaving several character threads ending in cliffhangers. Martin intends to resolve these cliffhangers "very early" in The Winds of Winter, saying "I'm going to open with the two big battles that I was building up to, the battle in the ice and the battle at Meereen—the battle of Slaver's Bay. And then take it from there."]]> George R.R. Martin 0002247410 Julie 0 to-read, wanted 4.40 The Winds of Winter (A Song of Ice and Fire, #6)
author: George R.R. Martin
name: Julie
average rating: 4.40
book published:
rating: 0
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]]> GuRu 37819098 FOREWORD BY JANE FONDA

A timeless collection of philosophies from renaissance performer and the world’s most famous shape-shifter RuPaul, whose sage outlook has created an unprecedented career for more than thirty-five years. GuRu is packed with more than 80 beautiful photographs that illustrate the concept of building the life you want from the outside in and the inside out.

"You’re born naked and the rest is drag."

As someone who has deconstructed life’s hilarious facade, RuPaul has broken "the fourth wall" to expand on the concept of mind, body, and spirit. This unique perspective has allowed RuPaul to break the shackles of self-imposed limitations, but reader beware, this is a daily practice that requires diligence and touchstones to keep you walking in the sunshine of the spirit. Once you’re willing to look beyond the identity that was given to you, a hidden world of possibilities will open its doors.

Throughout the history of humans on this planet, there’ve always been shaman, seers, and mediums who are able to interpret both high and low frequencies and remind humans to look beyond the surface for the truth of who we really are. And who we really are is an extension of the power that created the universe (aka: God in drag). FYI: most people are not willing to hear or accept that.

That is RuPaul’s secret for success, not only in show business, but in all aspects of life, especially in navigating the emotional landmines that inhibit most sweet, sensitive souls.

If you think this book is just about "doing drag," you are sorely mistaken because for RuPaul, drag is merely a device to deactivate the identity-based ego and allow space for the unlimited.]]> 206 RuPaul 0062863002 Julie 3 3.67 2018 GuRu
author: RuPaul
name: Julie
average rating: 3.67
book published: 2018
rating: 3
read at: 2024/05/25
date added: 2024/05/25
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There is a lot of wise insights mixed with glitter, like it should be.
]]> No Longer Human 194746 No Longer Human, this leading postwar Japanese writer's second novel, tells the poignant and fascinating story of a young man who is caught between the breakup of the traditions of a northern Japanese aristocratic family and the impact of Western ideas. In consequence, he feels himself "disqualified from being human" (a literal translation of the Japanese title).

Donald Keene, who translated this and Dazai's first novel, The Setting Sun, has said of the author's work: "His world � suggests Chekhov or possibly postwar France, � but there is a Japanese sensibility in the choice and presentation of the material. A Dazai novel is at once immediately intelligible in Western terms and quite unlike any Western book." His writing is in some ways reminiscent of Rimbaud, while he himself has often been called a forerunner of Yukio Mishima.

Cover painting by Noe Nojechowiz, from the collection of John and Barbara Duncan; design by Gertrude Huston]]> 176 Osamu Dazai Julie 0 next-buys 3.99 1948 No Longer Human
author: Osamu Dazai
name: Julie
average rating: 3.99
book published: 1948
rating: 0
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]]> Antoinette kehrt zurĂĽck 20972077 94 Olivia Vieweg 3770455002 Julie 3 graphics 3.64 2014 Antoinette kehrt zurĂĽck
author: Olivia Vieweg
name: Julie
average rating: 3.64
book published: 2014
rating: 3
read at: 2024/05/07
date added: 2024/05/07
shelves: graphics
review:
Antoinette decides to go back to her hometown where she was bullied and her mom was known for being mentally ill.
]]> Iranian Love Stories 57252015
Zeinab is 20 and she loves being a woman in Iran. She says that she feels like a queen! And despite all the risks, she confesses that she makes love with her boyfriend because the danger excites her.

Vahid is 26. He was a leader with the Green Movement. Then he watched his friend Neda die right in front of him. Now he keeps his head down, trying to finish his studies.

In a series of vignettes based on clandestine interviews, this award-winning graphic novel explores the politics and love lives of ten young Iranian men and women from diverse backgrounds. The result is an honest portrait of Iranian youth today and a rare glimpse into a society where the sexes are strictly segregated--and Western journalists aren't welcome. Through rare testimonies from across the country, we learn about traditional marriages, the pressures of living under the regime, and how young people escape the police and defy tradition to live their love stories.]]> 144 Jane Deuxard 163779004X Julie 4 graphics, strongly-recommend Every chapter is narrated by a different person that agreed to do an interview.]]> 4.02 Iranian Love Stories
author: Jane Deuxard
name: Julie
average rating: 4.02
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2024/04/27
date added: 2024/05/07
shelves: graphics, strongly-recommend
review:
Super endearing graphic novel about love in contemporary Iran. How to find love and how to navigate intimate relationships in a country that is highly oppressive.
Every chapter is narrated by a different person that agreed to do an interview.
]]> <![CDATA[Code Pru (Cinema Purgatorio, #1)]]> 55036438


In der heutigen Vorführung zeigen wir Episoden aus dem Arbeitsalltag einer New Yorker Ersthelferin mit Namen Prudence Slapweather oder kurz: Pru. Pru ist eine moderne junge Frau und auf ihre ganz eigene Art nonkonformistisch. Eigentlich ist sie (auf sich allein gestellt nach dem mysteriösen Tod ihrer Stiefeltern, die einer Wolverine-Skulptur zu nahe gekommen zu sein scheinen) bestens gerüstet, ihr Leben in die eigenen, latexbehandschuhten Hände zu nehmen. Alles könnte laufen wie im Lehrbuch: Verletzte versorgen, Leben retten, einen Lover finden � wäre da nicht ihr Arbeitsplatz, New York. In den Häuserschluchten Manhattans tummeln sich bekanntermaßen seit jeher teils zwielichtige Gestalten aus aller Welt � entfernte Galaxien und die tieferen Kreise der Hölle inbegriffen. Aber die zwielichtigste Gestalt von allen ist Prus Chef, Jon Squidpump, der in seiner Freizeit gern Monopoly spielt � im hermetisch abgeriegelten Kellergeschoss des von ihm geleiteten Krankenhauses � mit einem Tentakelmonster, das vorgibt, ein Älterer Gott zu sein �

Dies ist der erste Band einer fulminanten Serie, die jeden Fan klassischer Horror- und Science-Fiction-Filme begeistern wird. Ob nun Alien, The Thing, Predator, Ghostbusters oder Jurassic Park (um nur einige zu nennen): Garth Ennis (Preacher, The Boys) und Raulo Cáceres (°ä°ůĂ©ł¦˛â, Captain Swing) bedienen sich fleiĂźig im Mythenschatz des Genrekinos und lassen es krachen! Popcorn und Erste-Hilfe-Koffer in Reichweite halten und dann â€� Film ab!]]> 248 Garth Ennis 3946952569 Julie 5 The story of Prudence that works fornthe pharamedics and has to deal with a lot of different paranormal beings. The graphics are, of course, a piece of art, cause they are done by the fantastic Raulo Caceres.]]> 3.77 Code Pru (Cinema Purgatorio, #1)
author: Garth Ennis
name: Julie
average rating: 3.77
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2024/04/28
date added: 2024/05/07
shelves: graphics, favourites, strongly-recommend
review:
This was absolutely amazing.
The story of Prudence that works fornthe pharamedics and has to deal with a lot of different paranormal beings. The graphics are, of course, a piece of art, cause they are done by the fantastic Raulo Caceres.
]]> <![CDATA[Captain Swing and the Electrical Pirates of Cindery Island]]> 10852315 128 Warren Ellis 1592911366 Julie 0 to-read, graphics, wanted 3.43 2011 Captain Swing and the Electrical Pirates of Cindery Island
author: Warren Ellis
name: Julie
average rating: 3.43
book published: 2011
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/04/27
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]]> °ä°ůĂ©ł¦˛â 861227 48 Warren Ellis 1592910408 Julie 0 to-read, graphics, wanted 4.05 2003 °ä°ůĂ©ł¦˛â
author: Warren Ellis
name: Julie
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2003
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/04/27
shelves: to-read, graphics, wanted
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Gravel, Volume 1: Bloody Liars (Gravel, #7)]]> 6498172 192 Warren Ellis 1592910696 Julie 0 to-read, graphics, wanted 3.76 2005 Gravel, Volume 1: Bloody Liars (Gravel, #7)
author: Warren Ellis
name: Julie
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2005
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/04/27
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]]> <![CDATA[Elizabeth Bathory #1 (Elizabeth Bathory #1)]]> 59823747 34 Raúlo Cáceres Julie 0 to-read, graphics, wanted 3.00 Elizabeth Bathory #1 (Elizabeth Bathory #1)
author: Raúlo Cáceres
name: Julie
average rating: 3.00
book published:
rating: 0
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]]> The Doors en BD 94406326 John Densmore: percussionniste dans la fanfare du lycée
Ray Manzarek: pianiste amateur de boogie-woogie.

Trois musiciens que rien ne voue à faire l'actualité. Un homme va les inscrire à tout jamais dans l'histoire... Un certain Jim Morrison. Poète, visionnaire, harangueur de foule, ancien timide aux pupilles et au foie dilatés, ce Rimbaud à la voix envoûtante et à la plume envoûtée va marquer à tout jamais l'histoire de la musique.. Et cette histoire, celle des Doors, commence en 1965, sur une plage où Jim Morrison déclame ses poèmes à son ami Ray Manzarek. Elle se terminera six ans plus tard dans une baignoire où le poète déchu aurait succombé à une crise cardiaque, après une longue descente aux enfers.. Découvrez le destin aussi mythique que tragique des Doors, dans cet album qui mêle bandes dessinées et pages documentaires. .]]> 176 unknown author 2380460973 Julie 3 graphics 4.00 The Doors en BD
author: unknown author
name: Julie
average rating: 4.00
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2024/04/17
date added: 2024/04/17
shelves: graphics
review:
I loved the fact that every chapter in this book was illustrated by a different artist.
]]> <![CDATA[Ina May's Guide to Breastfeeding]]> 11059088 352 Ina May Gaskin 190517733X Julie 4 4.33 2009 Ina May's Guide to Breastfeeding
author: Ina May Gaskin
name: Julie
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2009
rating: 4
read at: 2024/04/16
date added: 2024/04/16
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review:

]]> <![CDATA[Zu Erlangen musst du ein Buch machen - sonst kannst du auch gleich zu Hause bleiben]]> 211216919 Olivia Vieweg Julie 2 graphics 2.00 Zu Erlangen musst du ein Buch machen - sonst kannst du auch gleich zu Hause bleiben
author: Olivia Vieweg
name: Julie
average rating: 2.00
book published:
rating: 2
read at: 2024/04/12
date added: 2024/04/12
shelves: graphics
review:
A lot of different strips about her life. Nothing too exciting, just an easy read.
]]> Encounter 10680203 192 Milan Kundera 0061894435 Julie 4 - describes everything he loves with commitment and deep understanding, also with knowledge and great sensibility

- he writes as himself about his own thoughts and ideas, about his life and experiences as an immigrant;

- creates interest on you; to know or to wish you knew more about what he reflects on. ]]> 3.76 2009 Encounter
author: Milan Kundera
name: Julie
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2009
rating: 4
read at: 2015/06/24
date added: 2024/04/08
shelves: the-slavic-soul, strongly-recommend, owned-books
review:
my notes:
- describes everything he loves with commitment and deep understanding, also with knowledge and great sensibility

- he writes as himself about his own thoughts and ideas, about his life and experiences as an immigrant;

- creates interest on you; to know or to wish you knew more about what he reflects on.
]]> The Hypnobirthing Book 17351483
Childbirth can be an empowering and positive experience that you treasure for the rest of your life. Hypnobirthing teaches simple and gentle techniques that have a profound effect.

By practising these techniques during pregnancy, you can release fear and anxiety, and build confidence in yourself and your body's ability to give birth naturally. Feeling calm and confident during labour helps your body to work efficiently, releasing endorphins, your body's natural anaesthetic.

Hypnobirthing can reduce the need for pain relief and shorten labour, and you are more likely to experience a natural, calm, comfortable birth. It actively involves the father; you will both learn skills to instill confidence about the birth and your role as parents.

KATHARINE GRAVES has personally taught over 1,000 mothers and her methods are taught internationally. She is a qualified advanced hypnotherapist and a qualified doula, having trained with Michel Odent, the internationally renowned obstretician. Katharine is a member of the International Advisory Board of the HypnoFertility Foundation of America, the Maternity and Newborn Forum of the Royal Society of Medicine, the Association for the Improvement of Maternity Services, and an associate member of the Royal College of Midwives. She has four grown-up children and five grandchildren.

"This book lays out an approach to childbirth designed to give a calm, confident and joyful delivery. I strongly recommend it as offering a practical approach using proven techniques." DR ZHIDAO XIA, School of Medicine, Swansea University

"Katharine's personal qualities - unfailing positivity, humour, the deepest respect for birth and women, their partners and babies, and a deep faith in the natural birth process - shine out of the pages of this splendid book." LIZ NIGHTINGALE, Independent Midwife]]> 205 Katharine Graves 0957144504 Julie 4 owned-books - "Giving birth can be the most enpowering experience of a life time - an initiation into a new dimension of mind-body awareness" - Ina May Gaskin

- A mother who uses hypnobirthing will often say that giving birth was the most wonderful and empowering experience of her life
- "Pain" is a perfectly good word in normal conversation but in labour it is actively harmful
- One of the most important thing that hypnobirthing fathers do is to make sure their partner feels calm and safe
- Start noticing how often you use the negative , and re-programme yourself to use the positive. It makes a diference, and your life will improve immeasurably
- all the muscles in your body are usually comfortable doing the job they are supposed to do, but the only muscles that are considered painful are the muscles of the uterus, which seems an appallingly bad design fault when you consider that these are the muscles that ensure the continuation of the human race.
- as the upper muscles of the uterus work to draw up, if the muscles of the cervix gently release with each surge, then each surge is more comfortable, more efficient and shorter, there are fewer of them and labour is shorter
- the best environment to give birth is the same environment in which the baby was conceived: low lights, soft music, privacy and no rush.
- the body is designed to produce oxytocin, which makes birth efficient, and endorphins which make birth comfortable, as long as our minds are in a calm, safe and harmonious place.
- There are two types of breathing in hypnobirthing: the up breathing and down breathing
- the up breathing will be used in the first stage of labour.
- it is a long slow breath, in through the nose (natural way of breathing)
and out through the mouth (feeling of release, of letting go, which is what we want to achieve
- Exercise: three or four breaths cause they are the lenght of a surge
- Down breathing is used when the cervix is fully opened, as the baby moves down
- The opening flower visualization
- if your mind is thinking soft and open, your mind is doing soft and open
- Relaxation: if we release the tension in the head and face, the whole body will do the same
- Your partner should touch your abdomen as an aid to relaxation during birth (not to strange the touch of the midwife during labour). Your partner can also touch other parts of your body
- Squatting is a very good position for giving birth because it offers maximum pelvic capacity. It shortens the lenght of the birth canal and helps your baby to move more easily and quickly into the world. It also tilts the uterus and pelvis forward, placing the baby in the perfect alignment for birth, and opens the pelvic floor muscles.
- A mother is often most comfortable giving birth in an upright position, probably leaning slightly forwards, squatting, kneeling, leaning on the kitchen work surface, or standing or standing up with her arms around her partner's neck - so that the weight of the baby in no way inhibits her blood flow or her nervous system
- Pelvic floor exercises are useful for two reasons: you tense the muscles of the pelvic floor, starting at the back passage, moving forwards and right up into the vagina, hold it for a few seconds and then release. The tension is important because it tones muscles, and toned muscles work better
- pelvic floor exercises are not only good for birth but for after birth, improving also your sex life
- perineal massage reduces tearing ( to do after week 35)
- A woman in labour goes into herself and she is not in a place to negotiate with anyone. She enters what midwives call her "birth trance" - an altered state of consciousness created and supported by being undisturbed, quiet and observed as little as possible, so her birth hormones flow freely and well
- Her partner, that also understand the principals of calm and natural birth, is prepared to speak for her clearly, calmly and courageously, can make all the difference between an unhappy and an empowering experience
- A father's level of the hormone prolactin rises just before the birth, leading to prolactin being called "the hormone of paternity", and fathers with a higher level of prolactin are more responsive to the cries of a newborn.
- A mother's instinct is to nurture and a father's instinct is to protect. These roles are not exclusive, but the instinct to protect becomes much heightened in the father during late pregnancy
- Inducing labour more naturally: love making, nipple and clitoral stimulation, laughter, acupressure massage, hypnotherapy, visualizing an open rose bud, walking, taking a bath, raspberry leaf tea
- A sign that birth could be starting soon (directly or a week after) is a "show", the mucus plug is released because the cervix became softer
- After the water breaks labour should start within 24 hours (after 18 hours there is a need to be monitorized)
- In the first stage of birth, besides doing the up breathing you should drink and eat, also gentle back stroking (helps to produce endorphins - nature's pain relief)
- The partner should be the one answering any questions. Your thinking part of the brain should not click into gear because it is the part of the brain that takes you from a confident state to fear response
- In the down part of labour your own body will know when to push
- In its passage through the birth canal, the baby will learn their mother's smell and will recognize it after being born
- Babies that have skin to skin contact after birth tend to feed well
The latest studies show that it is better to wait until the placenta is expelled before cutting the cord because the stem cell count increases drastically
- take collagen supplements to help the belly get back to normal (after breast feeding is over)

Beginning of labour:
- Start to time the surges
- Listen to the colour and calmness CD
- eat snacks, drink to keep the energy up
- watch a funny movie
- go about your life and do daily life activities
- yoga movements for preparation for labour
- practice the up breathing with visualizations during surges
- Call the midwife only when surges are one minute long and three to four minutes apart

Throughout the birth:
- Change to down breathing exercises and visualizations
- Father: protect the mother's space and be her advocate, with gentle prompts, back stroking, shoulder stroking, kisses, play the color and calmness CD for her, provide water and snacks for both. The most important thing is to be there for her
- Use essential oil of lavandel and orange
- Remain calm and confident
- Allow your birthing body to birth your baby
- Birthing and caring for your baby is a natural process of being
- Whatever you do is right
My birth plan:
- Have baby at the birth center
- Use a birthing pool
- Safe and calm place for birth
- Dim lights
- Relaxing music
- Minimum of taking
- Quiet voices
- Careful use of words
- Breathe baby down
- No coaching to push
- Wait to cut the umbilical cord after the placenta has been expelled
- Skin to skin contact directly after birth
- Natural breastfeeding as soon as baby is ready
- Hold my baby undisturbed until the placenta is expelled

- Every parent before their baby is born, thinks they are going to bring them up in a particular way, and then after they are born, they realize the child is already their own person, and your role as a parent is simply to support them in every way you can, and then when you see in which way they want to go, to run along behind, trying to keep up as they develop. The most important thing for your child is your love.
]]> 3.86 2012 The Hypnobirthing Book
author: Katharine Graves
name: Julie
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2012
rating: 4
read at: 2024/02/07
date added: 2024/04/05
shelves: owned-books
review:
Notes:
- "Giving birth can be the most enpowering experience of a life time - an initiation into a new dimension of mind-body awareness" - Ina May Gaskin

- A mother who uses hypnobirthing will often say that giving birth was the most wonderful and empowering experience of her life
- "Pain" is a perfectly good word in normal conversation but in labour it is actively harmful
- One of the most important thing that hypnobirthing fathers do is to make sure their partner feels calm and safe
- Start noticing how often you use the negative , and re-programme yourself to use the positive. It makes a diference, and your life will improve immeasurably
- all the muscles in your body are usually comfortable doing the job they are supposed to do, but the only muscles that are considered painful are the muscles of the uterus, which seems an appallingly bad design fault when you consider that these are the muscles that ensure the continuation of the human race.
- as the upper muscles of the uterus work to draw up, if the muscles of the cervix gently release with each surge, then each surge is more comfortable, more efficient and shorter, there are fewer of them and labour is shorter
- the best environment to give birth is the same environment in which the baby was conceived: low lights, soft music, privacy and no rush.
- the body is designed to produce oxytocin, which makes birth efficient, and endorphins which make birth comfortable, as long as our minds are in a calm, safe and harmonious place.
- There are two types of breathing in hypnobirthing: the up breathing and down breathing
- the up breathing will be used in the first stage of labour.
- it is a long slow breath, in through the nose (natural way of breathing)
and out through the mouth (feeling of release, of letting go, which is what we want to achieve
- Exercise: three or four breaths cause they are the lenght of a surge
- Down breathing is used when the cervix is fully opened, as the baby moves down
- The opening flower visualization
- if your mind is thinking soft and open, your mind is doing soft and open
- Relaxation: if we release the tension in the head and face, the whole body will do the same
- Your partner should touch your abdomen as an aid to relaxation during birth (not to strange the touch of the midwife during labour). Your partner can also touch other parts of your body
- Squatting is a very good position for giving birth because it offers maximum pelvic capacity. It shortens the lenght of the birth canal and helps your baby to move more easily and quickly into the world. It also tilts the uterus and pelvis forward, placing the baby in the perfect alignment for birth, and opens the pelvic floor muscles.
- A mother is often most comfortable giving birth in an upright position, probably leaning slightly forwards, squatting, kneeling, leaning on the kitchen work surface, or standing or standing up with her arms around her partner's neck - so that the weight of the baby in no way inhibits her blood flow or her nervous system
- Pelvic floor exercises are useful for two reasons: you tense the muscles of the pelvic floor, starting at the back passage, moving forwards and right up into the vagina, hold it for a few seconds and then release. The tension is important because it tones muscles, and toned muscles work better
- pelvic floor exercises are not only good for birth but for after birth, improving also your sex life
- perineal massage reduces tearing ( to do after week 35)
- A woman in labour goes into herself and she is not in a place to negotiate with anyone. She enters what midwives call her "birth trance" - an altered state of consciousness created and supported by being undisturbed, quiet and observed as little as possible, so her birth hormones flow freely and well
- Her partner, that also understand the principals of calm and natural birth, is prepared to speak for her clearly, calmly and courageously, can make all the difference between an unhappy and an empowering experience
- A father's level of the hormone prolactin rises just before the birth, leading to prolactin being called "the hormone of paternity", and fathers with a higher level of prolactin are more responsive to the cries of a newborn.
- A mother's instinct is to nurture and a father's instinct is to protect. These roles are not exclusive, but the instinct to protect becomes much heightened in the father during late pregnancy
- Inducing labour more naturally: love making, nipple and clitoral stimulation, laughter, acupressure massage, hypnotherapy, visualizing an open rose bud, walking, taking a bath, raspberry leaf tea
- A sign that birth could be starting soon (directly or a week after) is a "show", the mucus plug is released because the cervix became softer
- After the water breaks labour should start within 24 hours (after 18 hours there is a need to be monitorized)
- In the first stage of birth, besides doing the up breathing you should drink and eat, also gentle back stroking (helps to produce endorphins - nature's pain relief)
- The partner should be the one answering any questions. Your thinking part of the brain should not click into gear because it is the part of the brain that takes you from a confident state to fear response
- In the down part of labour your own body will know when to push
- In its passage through the birth canal, the baby will learn their mother's smell and will recognize it after being born
- Babies that have skin to skin contact after birth tend to feed well
The latest studies show that it is better to wait until the placenta is expelled before cutting the cord because the stem cell count increases drastically
- take collagen supplements to help the belly get back to normal (after breast feeding is over)

Beginning of labour:
- Start to time the surges
- Listen to the colour and calmness CD
- eat snacks, drink to keep the energy up
- watch a funny movie
- go about your life and do daily life activities
- yoga movements for preparation for labour
- practice the up breathing with visualizations during surges
- Call the midwife only when surges are one minute long and three to four minutes apart

Throughout the birth:
- Change to down breathing exercises and visualizations
- Father: protect the mother's space and be her advocate, with gentle prompts, back stroking, shoulder stroking, kisses, play the color and calmness CD for her, provide water and snacks for both. The most important thing is to be there for her
- Use essential oil of lavandel and orange
- Remain calm and confident
- Allow your birthing body to birth your baby
- Birthing and caring for your baby is a natural process of being
- Whatever you do is right
My birth plan:
- Have baby at the birth center
- Use a birthing pool
- Safe and calm place for birth
- Dim lights
- Relaxing music
- Minimum of taking
- Quiet voices
- Careful use of words
- Breathe baby down
- No coaching to push
- Wait to cut the umbilical cord after the placenta has been expelled
- Skin to skin contact directly after birth
- Natural breastfeeding as soon as baby is ready
- Hold my baby undisturbed until the placenta is expelled

- Every parent before their baby is born, thinks they are going to bring them up in a particular way, and then after they are born, they realize the child is already their own person, and your role as a parent is simply to support them in every way you can, and then when you see in which way they want to go, to run along behind, trying to keep up as they develop. The most important thing for your child is your love.

]]> Kisses for Jet 59647211
In 1999, when most people think that the world is about to end with the Y2K crash on the eve of the new Millennium, Jet is just trying to get through high school. When their Mom moves to another country to work on fixing the Millennium bug, Jet is forced to stay at a boarding house while they finish the school year, and they’re not pleased about it.

But something’s not quite right, and it’s not just the out-of-control kids that Jet has to live with, or the staff who look after the boarding house who act super suspiciously. As Jet slowly starts to feel overwhelmed by their peers, they begin to notice that they don’t feel like the other girls in their class. As new feelings start to emerge, Jet slowly begins to realise that they may be more of a boy than a girl.

Is that even possible? And who do they talk to about these feelings when there’s not even any internet around, and cell phones are barely used?

This coming-of-gender graphic novel debut from trans creator Joris Bas Backer is an enlightening and often hilarious tale that casts light on what it was like to be transgender before information and help was more accessible and widespread.]]> 208 Joris Bas Backer 1913123030 Julie 2 graphics 3.50 2022 Kisses for Jet
author: Joris Bas Backer
name: Julie
average rating: 3.50
book published: 2022
rating: 2
read at: 2024/04/04
date added: 2024/04/04
shelves: graphics
review:
I would deem this comic more appropriate and relevant for teenagers. It is about a girl called Jet that in reality is a boy and her journey to discover her gender identity.
]]> <![CDATA[¡Digo! Ni puta ni santa. Las memorias de La Veneno]]> 32414622 Siempre dispuesa a asumir la vida como venga, dejándolo todo en manos del destino. El mismo destino que la llevaría, de la noche a la mañana, a saborear las mieles del éxito al involuntario descenso a los infiernos.
Cristina La Veneno es capaz de abarcar con su peculiar manera, diferentes temas, que van desde la familia, pasando por la cirugía plástica, el sexo o el drama carcelario. Es la historia de un joven que huyó de su pueblo transformándose en mujer. De una prostituta que ve cambiar su suerte. De un personaje famoso que jamás luchó por serlo. La Veneno envuelvo todo el concepto de la España profunda, a la que parece que todo le queda grande, pero que no duda en ponerse el mundo por montera.
Deslenguada, sincera y divertida nos presenta su vida. Una vida nada común, única como su protagonista y que posee cierto aire melodramático, que servirá para conocer un poco más a Cristina, ya, para siempre, La Veneno.]]> 160 Valeria Vegas Julie 0 to-read, wanted 4.02 2016 ¡Digo! Ni puta ni santa. Las memorias de La Veneno
author: Valeria Vegas
name: Julie
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2016
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/04/02
shelves: to-read, wanted
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Vestidas de azul: Análisis social y cinematográfico de la mujer transexual en los años de la Transición española (Spanish Edition)]]> 44346216 primer documental español protagonizado por seis mujeres transexuales que se estrenó en salas comerciales. Hoy, 35 años después y con la perspectiva que da el paso del tiempo, la periodista Valeria Vegas analiza cómo los medios y el cine abordaban la transexualidad en una época verdaderamente hostil para un colectivo tan expuesto como minoritario. A través de las circunstancias que rodearon a Eva, Loren, Tamara, Josette, Nacha y Renée, la autora indaga en aspectos como la prostitución, el espectáculo, la exclusión social o las leyes opresoras. Sus vidas son también las de otras muchas mujeres para las que no siempre la democracia fue sinónimo de libertad.]]> 211 Valeria Vegas 8494967479 Julie 0 to-read, wanted 4.09 Vestidas de azul: Análisis social y cinematográfico de la mujer transexual en los años de la Transición española (Spanish Edition)
author: Valeria Vegas
name: Julie
average rating: 4.09
book published:
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/04/02
shelves: to-read, wanted
review:

]]> Creepshow 11580
Contents:

· Father’s Day · gs *
· The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill [adapted from “Weeds�, Cavalier May �76] · gs *
· The Crate [Gallery, Jul �79] · gs *
· Something to Tide You Over · gs *
· They’re Creeping Up On You · gs *]]> 66 Stephen King 0452253802 Julie 3 graphics A walk through memory lane... 4.07 1982 Creepshow
author: Stephen King
name: Julie
average rating: 4.07
book published: 1982
rating: 3
read at: 2024/04/02
date added: 2024/04/02
shelves: graphics
review:
A walk through memory lane...
]]> <![CDATA[Crossed Monster-Edition: Bd. 2]]> 43460366 Garth Ennis 3741605700 Julie 3 graphics
The theme of this volume seemed to be "i left my mankind in the toilet and i will be as brutal and emotionless as the crossed themselves".

It incorporates crossed psychopath, badlands and homo superior. I never read the latter so it was a good surprise.]]> 4.00 Crossed Monster-Edition: Bd. 2
author: Garth Ennis
name: Julie
average rating: 4.00
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2024/03/31
date added: 2024/03/31
shelves: graphics
review:
After "Crossed: psychopath" i am a huge fan of Raulo Caceres. That was an illustrative piece of art really. It has not been proven easy to find more of his stuff at the library but i will continue on the hunt. Cannot wait to put my hands on "águas calientes".

The theme of this volume seemed to be "i left my mankind in the toilet and i will be as brutal and emotionless as the crossed themselves".

It incorporates crossed psychopath, badlands and homo superior. I never read the latter so it was a good surprise.
]]> Aguas Calientes 15722732 192 Raúlo Cáceres 8496756505 Julie 0 to-read, graphics, wanted 4.00 Aguas Calientes
author: Raúlo Cáceres
name: Julie
average rating: 4.00
book published:
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/03/31
shelves: to-read, graphics, wanted
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Crossed Monster-Edition: Bd. 1]]> 37909989 416 Garth Ennis 3741603031 Julie 4 graphics I have the feeling i read these volumes before but seperately; it was so long ago it was nice to get a refresh anyway. Family values was always one of my faves and the other one had these guy with the face of someone used as panties and out of the mouth his testicles, which is a genius gross idea and to have the other blob as a backpack... too good.]]> 4.22 Crossed Monster-Edition: Bd. 1
author: Garth Ennis
name: Julie
average rating: 4.22
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2024/03/28
date added: 2024/03/28
shelves: graphics
review:
The brutal apocalipse.
I have the feeling i read these volumes before but seperately; it was so long ago it was nice to get a refresh anyway. Family values was always one of my faves and the other one had these guy with the face of someone used as panties and out of the mouth his testicles, which is a genius gross idea and to have the other blob as a backpack... too good.
]]> Humiliated and Insulted 3304085 400 Fyodor Dostoevsky 184749045X Julie 0 4.15 1861 Humiliated and Insulted
author: Fyodor Dostoevsky
name: Julie
average rating: 4.15
book published: 1861
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/03/27
shelves: to-read, the-slavic-soul, owned-books
review:

]]> <![CDATA[The Walking Dead, Vol. 32: Rest In Peace]]> 42835868 224 Robert Kirkman 1534312412 Julie 4 graphics
So, on this volume we have a prelude of an uprising in the community, Dwight is an instigator but people are generally not happy. Mercer is thrown into jail for trying to instigate an uprising among the guards. Dwight points a gun at the governeur and Rick is obliged to kill him. Mercer is released out of jail by another guard and the governeur is sent to jail. Her idiot son kills Rick Grimmes basically on his sleep... so among everything that Rick has gone through, he ends up being killed by a stupid brat. That was not satisfying at all but it makes sense for the whole Rick Grimmes aura and deityfication afterwards. We skip to quite some years after his death, the safe zone has grown exponentially and there are kids born that never saw a walker. Carl Grimmes ends up with Sophia which makes total sense cause they were always best friends and perfect for each other, they have a 6 year old daughter they called Andrea. Sophia's brother becomes kind of a douch and has circus freaks which are zombies - face palm -. Carl ends up going to court because of a whole incident with his walkers. Rick has a huge statue of him raised in the city. Carl gives an awesome speech at court with Michonne as the judge and it is pretty much it.]]> 4.36 2019 The Walking Dead, Vol. 32: Rest In Peace
author: Robert Kirkman
name: Julie
average rating: 4.36
book published: 2019
rating: 4
read at: 2024/03/21
date added: 2024/03/21
shelves: graphics
review:
I cannot believe i am finished with the walking dead after all these years... and to think it was the comic that got me hooked on comics more than a decade ago...

So, on this volume we have a prelude of an uprising in the community, Dwight is an instigator but people are generally not happy. Mercer is thrown into jail for trying to instigate an uprising among the guards. Dwight points a gun at the governeur and Rick is obliged to kill him. Mercer is released out of jail by another guard and the governeur is sent to jail. Her idiot son kills Rick Grimmes basically on his sleep... so among everything that Rick has gone through, he ends up being killed by a stupid brat. That was not satisfying at all but it makes sense for the whole Rick Grimmes aura and deityfication afterwards. We skip to quite some years after his death, the safe zone has grown exponentially and there are kids born that never saw a walker. Carl Grimmes ends up with Sophia which makes total sense cause they were always best friends and perfect for each other, they have a 6 year old daughter they called Andrea. Sophia's brother becomes kind of a douch and has circus freaks which are zombies - face palm -. Carl ends up going to court because of a whole incident with his walkers. Rick has a huge statue of him raised in the city. Carl gives an awesome speech at court with Michonne as the judge and it is pretty much it.
]]> The Walking Dead: The Alien 29966648 32 Brian K. Vaughan Julie 4 graphics 3.62 2016 The Walking Dead: The Alien
author: Brian K. Vaughan
name: Julie
average rating: 3.62
book published: 2016
rating: 4
read at: 2024/03/20
date added: 2024/03/20
shelves: graphics
review:
This was quite good. It is the story of Jess Grimes, Rick's brother, that travelled to Barcelona and got stuck in there when the apocalipse started.
]]> <![CDATA[The Walking Dead: Here's Negan!]]> 35486085 72 Robert Kirkman 1534303278 Julie 4 graphics
Turns out he was a football coach for teenagers. He always had a foul mouth and before the apocalipse his partner, Lucille, was diagnosed with cancer and was pretty much dying by the time the zombies came. They were at the hospital, when she died she turned and Negan could not kill her, he had to ask a teenager he just saved to kill her for him (this part is talked about later in the comics as something he always regretted). He met a lot of people along the way and they all got killed by zombies. The first group, one of the guys had a baseball bat that he kept for himself.
He met Dwight and subsequently his group and slowly became the leader. They met another group on the way and the guy was talking to him about how the rape their women and Negan, which we always saw during the comic, is stricktly against rape, killed him with the baseball bat next to barbed wire, he decides to use the barbed wire on the bat and gives a speech about how Lucille kept him alive and protected him and that is how Lucille the baseball bat is born. Also the exploitation of other groups of people.]]> 3.77 2017 The Walking Dead: Here's Negan!
author: Robert Kirkman
name: Julie
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2017
rating: 4
read at: 2024/03/20
date added: 2024/03/20
shelves: graphics
review:
This is the book we all know we needed. A book just about Negan to understand Negan and his background.

Turns out he was a football coach for teenagers. He always had a foul mouth and before the apocalipse his partner, Lucille, was diagnosed with cancer and was pretty much dying by the time the zombies came. They were at the hospital, when she died she turned and Negan could not kill her, he had to ask a teenager he just saved to kill her for him (this part is talked about later in the comics as something he always regretted). He met a lot of people along the way and they all got killed by zombies. The first group, one of the guys had a baseball bat that he kept for himself.
He met Dwight and subsequently his group and slowly became the leader. They met another group on the way and the guy was talking to him about how the rape their women and Negan, which we always saw during the comic, is stricktly against rape, killed him with the baseball bat next to barbed wire, he decides to use the barbed wire on the bat and gives a speech about how Lucille kept him alive and protected him and that is how Lucille the baseball bat is born. Also the exploitation of other groups of people.
]]> <![CDATA[The Walking Dead, Vol. 31: The Rotten Core]]> 40629268 136 Robert Kirkman 1534310525 Julie 3 graphics 3.90 2019 The Walking Dead, Vol. 31: The Rotten Core
author: Robert Kirkman
name: Julie
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2019
rating: 3
read at: 2024/03/17
date added: 2024/03/17
shelves: graphics
review:
So the governeur comes to Alexandria to meet Rick and she sees the sea for the first time in a very long time. Mercer gets involved with the princess. Rick goes to meet their place too, with Dwight and Eugene. Eugene and Stephanie start a love affair. Dwight is getting nuts on the fact that this new society is anything but just. Rick even says at the restaurant "imagine surviving the apocalipse to end up a waiter at a restaurant", some people after seeing him (the governeur of his own place) helping to clean up the space, ask him if they can move in with him to Alexandria. They also are invited to go on a "hunt" where they shoot zombies for sport (cringe), it is getting clearer for them that this place id anything but just, just like society before everything happened and that people are actually quite unsatisfied. After hearing Rick talking about how the new world order should be, Mercer said he should be their new leader. Dwight goes bezerk on the governeur and threatens to shoot her dead and Rick had to kill him in order for it not to happen but he clearly is not happy with his decision.
]]> <![CDATA[The Walking Dead, Vol. 30: New World Order]]> 38812901 136 Robert Kirkman 1534308849 Julie 3 graphics They had a wall with people they were looking for and they see Michone's picture too, one of her daughters were looking for her. She ends up meeting her inside and decides to stay and live there with her daughter, they give her a huge place and want her to continue her lawyer job.
In this community they are building a society based on how the world was made before and you get a house and a certain status depending on your job and status in your life before the apocalipse.
The governeur has a stupid brat as a son that everybody wants to either scold or see dead (me inclusive). She decides to ride with the group to alexandria to meet Rick. They have a talk about how the fair world of Alexandria works, how Rick has the same house as everybody else, the same chores and so on and Rick says that in his opinion it is time to start another world order, needless to say, the governeur was not very happy about it lol.]]> 3.90 2018 The Walking Dead, Vol. 30: New World Order
author: Robert Kirkman
name: Julie
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2018
rating: 3
read at: 2024/03/16
date added: 2024/03/16
shelves: graphics
review:
The group gets to meet all these storm troopers from this place wher Stephanie lives and the emissary.
They had a wall with people they were looking for and they see Michone's picture too, one of her daughters were looking for her. She ends up meeting her inside and decides to stay and live there with her daughter, they give her a huge place and want her to continue her lawyer job.
In this community they are building a society based on how the world was made before and you get a house and a certain status depending on your job and status in your life before the apocalipse.
The governeur has a stupid brat as a son that everybody wants to either scold or see dead (me inclusive). She decides to ride with the group to alexandria to meet Rick. They have a talk about how the fair world of Alexandria works, how Rick has the same house as everybody else, the same chores and so on and Rick says that in his opinion it is time to start another world order, needless to say, the governeur was not very happy about it lol.
]]> <![CDATA[The Walking Dead, Vol. 23: Whispers Into Screams]]> 23704466
Collects THE WALKING DEAD #133-138.]]> 136 Robert Kirkman 1632152584 Julie 3 graphics Jesus takes Lydia has a hostage and Alpha comes to their place to exchange 2 of their people (Ken and Dwight if i am not mistaken) against her daughter. Carl does not want her to go back cause he is infatuated by the fact they just bonded and she told him she was basically raped several times by her people but they do not consider rape a thing anymore "just like animals don't". At the end of the book he decided to follow them and go rescue his one day love lol.

In the meanwhile the idiot Gregory (i think that is his name...) tries and does not suceed in killing Maggie with the help of the hillbillies that have stupid children that keep on getting their asses kicked by Sophia and Carl lol. Jesus caughts him in the act and he is made prisoner.]]> 4.16 2015 The Walking Dead, Vol. 23: Whispers Into Screams
author: Robert Kirkman
name: Julie
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2015
rating: 3
read at: 2024/03/15
date added: 2024/03/15
shelves: graphics
review:
A volume pretty much dedicated to getting aquainted with the whisperers.
Jesus takes Lydia has a hostage and Alpha comes to their place to exchange 2 of their people (Ken and Dwight if i am not mistaken) against her daughter. Carl does not want her to go back cause he is infatuated by the fact they just bonded and she told him she was basically raped several times by her people but they do not consider rape a thing anymore "just like animals don't". At the end of the book he decided to follow them and go rescue his one day love lol.

In the meanwhile the idiot Gregory (i think that is his name...) tries and does not suceed in killing Maggie with the help of the hillbillies that have stupid children that keep on getting their asses kicked by Sophia and Carl lol. Jesus caughts him in the act and he is made prisoner.
]]> <![CDATA[One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich]]> 17125 The only English translation authorized by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

First published in the Soviet journal Novy Mir in 1962, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich stands as a classic of contemporary literature. The story of labor-camp inmate Ivan Denisovich Shukhov, it graphically describes his struggle to maintain his dignity in the face of communist oppression. An unforgettable portrait of the entire world of Stalin's forced work camps, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich is one of the most extraordinary literary documents to have emerged from the Soviet Union and confirms Solzhenitsyn's stature as "a literary genius whose talent matches that of Dosotevsky, Turgenev, Tolstoy"--Harrison Salisbury

This unexpurgated 1991 translation by H. T. Willetts is the only authorized edition available, and fully captures the power and beauty of the original Russian.]]> 182 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Julie 0 3.98 1962 One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
author: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
name: Julie
average rating: 3.98
book published: 1962
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/03/15
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]]> <![CDATA[The Walking Dead, Vol. 29: Lines We Cross]]> 35989501
Collects THE WALKING DEAD #169-174.]]> 136 Robert Kirkman 1534304975 Julie 3 graphics Rick keeps on grieving Andrea and bounds with a kid that lost both parents.
Carl moves again to were Maggie lives to help them rebuild.
Michone, Eugene, Siddiq and more go on a journey to meet Stephanie (the woman Eugene has been talking with through the radio and her troop) they meet a cuckoo girl with a pink fury jacket on the way that decides to join them. They meet some people that seem to be from Stephanie's group that receive them with guns and more cannot be known yet.
Maggie asks the guy that is always flirting with her and i do not remember his name, to follow Negan and see where he is staying. He finds out and goes there with her. She tries to kill him but being faced with the fact he actually -wants- her to kill him she decides not to and leaves. Kisses the guy that she has been cutting his advances since forever in the process.
Negan burns the new baseball bat he found.]]> 3.94 2018 The Walking Dead, Vol. 29: Lines We Cross
author: Robert Kirkman
name: Julie
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2018
rating: 3
read at: 2024/03/11
date added: 2024/03/11
shelves: graphics
review:
After war it is time to rebuild.
Rick keeps on grieving Andrea and bounds with a kid that lost both parents.
Carl moves again to were Maggie lives to help them rebuild.
Michone, Eugene, Siddiq and more go on a journey to meet Stephanie (the woman Eugene has been talking with through the radio and her troop) they meet a cuckoo girl with a pink fury jacket on the way that decides to join them. They meet some people that seem to be from Stephanie's group that receive them with guns and more cannot be known yet.
Maggie asks the guy that is always flirting with her and i do not remember his name, to follow Negan and see where he is staying. He finds out and goes there with her. She tries to kill him but being faced with the fact he actually -wants- her to kill him she decides not to and leaves. Kisses the guy that she has been cutting his advances since forever in the process.
Negan burns the new baseball bat he found.
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