oh, I guess I could link to these

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Here's my first five 50books_poc posts. Since I seem incapable of writing short book reviews *facepalm*, I'll try to reduce them each to a few words.

1. Nick Bruel, Bad Kitty vs. Uncle Murray
Cute graphic novel for kids, won't be tiresome for adults reading to/with them.

2. bell hooks, Bone Black: memories of girlhood
Fabulous, amazing, intimate, empowering, A+++.

3. Ma Bo, Blood Red Sunset: A Memoir of the Chinese Cultural Revolution
Memorable story but seems to lack insight and perspective, and is dragged down by an author/protagonist who's too hard to sympathize with.

4. Thich Nhat Hanh, Teachings on Love
Has good parts, but I liked other books by this author better.

5. Frederick Matthew Wiseman, Voice of the Dawn: An Autohistory of the Abenaki Nation
This really spoke to me. When my schools tried (and failed) to teach us about Native people, I wish they'd used a book like this instead. Loved it.


This is so much fun. I'm not worrying about getting through 50 books in a year, but if I keep going at this rate, it's going to happen anyway.