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July Wrap-Up

July was a productive reading month for me! I finished Middlemarch, which I will definitely be reading again. Then, I read Blink for one of my book clubs. It isn't the type of book I would normally read, but it was interesting, even though the whole book was mainly illustrating Gladwell's two points about how instant decisions can be accurate if based in expertise but can also have dire consequences, like police shootings, if based in stereotype. Giovanni's Room is a book I've had on my physical TBR shelf for a while, and I decided to pick it up. It was totally not what I thought! It was my first James Baldwin book, and I know he was a Black gay man, so I was surprised that he's writing about two white gay men in the book. Or, well, they could be bi, since both have female lovers as well. It was a wonderful book though, highly recommend. Your Perfect Year was a fun, early #WIT read, and I'm excited to read a couple more #WIT books this month. So You Want to Talk About Race was one of my purchases for #BlackOutBestsellerList. It clarified some things and made me want to learn more. Overall, a great reading month.

Books Finished This Month

  1. Middlemarch by George Eliot
  2. Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
  3. Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin
  4. Your Perfect Year by Charlotte Lucas, trans. Alison Layland
  5. So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
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Judy Krueger said…
I recently finished a biography of James Baldwin in which David Leeming, the author, explains a lot about Giovanni's Room. Made me want to reread it.
August 8, 2020 at 5:42 PM
Space Station Mir said…
Hi Judy, that sounds like I should read the biography!
August 8, 2020 at 6:02 PM
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