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Notable Native People is a collection and historical identification of 50 prominent indigenous leaders. It’s unfathomable to me to look back in US history and see what can basically be termed as genocide of indigenous peoples.

“To be Indigenous is to be of a place, to have creation stories of how your people emerged from the land, and to be connected to a community from that place.”

I feel this 100%! I was born and raised in Hawaii, we come from a line tracing back to Native Hawaiians. I never realized the connection I felt with the land and the people until I moved away and came back to visit.

The stories in the book provides only a slight understanding of indigenous culture. But I gained a lot of insight into other Indigenous cultures. And it was also nice to see parts of my culture written down for others to enjoy!

This book is a must have and a must read!

This book is definitely one of my favorites of 2021. It’s a coming of age story about modern womanhood. I absolutely adored Tabitha Walker and I was cheering her on with every chapter!

Tabitha is a 33 year old black woman with a checklist for the life of her dreams. Those dreams are questioned when she must choose between her career, a home, or a family of her own.

“Sometimes you just jump and hope it’s not a cliff”.

pov: you wake up one day and find the U.S. has a woman for President, the First Son is bisexual and is publicly dating the Prince of England.

That’s the book. It is escapism at its finest! An enemies to friends to lovers trope. And honestly its amazing. Alex is the First Son of the first female president who has a running feud with Henry, the Prince of England. After a disastrous accident at a royal wedding, they are forced into a public friendship, eventually they become friends and start confiding in each other. Then one drunken night Henry kisses Alex and everything changes. I absolutely loved the banter between them it was so cute and witty. It was especially interesting to witness Alex discover his sexuality, and then embrace it to the fullest.

I did feel like there was a chuck in the middle that could have been left out. The story felt a little drawn out. Despite that, this book is cute, fun and worth a read.

I have a co-worker who categorizes all books as “good” or “weird”. After reading Milk Fed, all I could think about was how it would fit perfectly in her weird category.

Rachel is a Jewish girl in her 20s living in LA who works for (what I would view as) your typical Silicon Valley type media company. She seeks help from a therapist for her toxic relationship with her mother. But it’s clear from the start that Rachel has a pretty bad eating disorder. Her ED is not brought up in therapy but is constantly talked about throughout the book.

Rachel quickly meets Miriam, a employee at the frozen yogurt store Rachel frequently visits. On first glance it seems the Rachel is repulsed by Miriam, but then quickly grows to worship her to a level of obsession. They dive into a relationship(?) that is borderline toxic and unhealthy.

This is my first exploration of Melissa Broder’s novel, there is no doubt she’s an extraordinary writer. She extremely explicit in her descriptions of food and sex. The way she details Rachel fantasizing about frozen yogurt made me crave a large cup of it and I don’t even like frozen yogurt.

Milk Fed is a raw, real, and witty exploration of sexuality, mental illness, longing, sexual exploration, and what it means to be Jewish.

Our American Friend is a story about a secretive First Lady, a inquisitive journalist and a few friends in between. It’s a cross between a Cold War historical fiction and a fictional biography.

Sofie is a American journalist who gets the opportunity of a life time: to write the biography of the First Lady.

Lara Caine, the First Lady of the US has a interesting past. She was born in the Soviet Union and her father worked for the KGB. As Sofie gathers more info for her book she discovers she might be in too deep.

I’m not sure how I feel about this one! I don’t really understand why Sofie was part of the plot. She was considered the main character but she was also very bland and had no personality. The President and First Lady reminded me too much of Trump and Melania for my liking. The transitions were not good at all, it was abrupt and confusing. In relation to other historical fictions this one is rated pretty low on the list.

If you like political historical fictions or stories of the Cold War, this one might do it for you!

Wow what an adventure! I loved every aspect of this book.

The story starts with Travis Wren, someone to call to find people. He sets off to find a children’s author, Maggie St. James who has been missing for years. Travis is led to a community deep in the forest called Pastoral and suddenly he goes missing as well.

This book had me on the edge of my seat the ENTIRE time. There was always some new information to try to price together. I discovered the ending before the book revealed it, but I still found it very fun to read.

I’m so fascinated by cults so this book was so interesting to me! I couldn’t get enough.

These 26 short stories (extremely short) pack a delightful, exotic experience for readers!

"Once it became clear that the town would have nothing to do with it, the housing development struck out on its own, erecting its own school, post office, town hall, shops, office buildings —the whole works. It even minted its own currency, with a creepy symbol of six heads clumped together."

It's quirky, and fun. I'm not sure exactly what I was reading, but it was surely inventive. Stories about a little bar and restaurant called The Love, a child (or dog, can't be quite sure) living under a tree, & doll brains are sure to entertain.

All I can say is this neighborhood has a lot going on and it's definitely worth visiting.