Goodreads Review - "This Book Is Gay"

This Book Is Gay by James Dawson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I really loved this book and found it useful and valuable. Most of the stuff I already knew but I wish I would have read this book when it first came out or wished it would have come out in my teen years (1990s). I marked this book up with so many sticky tabs that I found relatable or helpful.

This book is great for "in the closet", "out of the closet", straight allies, parents of LGTBQ+ kids/adults, teachers, mental health workers, etc. It's good for everyone to read, just to get more information on what we go through or experience.

While reading this book, I found it to be like one big group therapy where a lot of things in it were validating or helpful information for future decisions to make, ie. dating, marriage, kids, resources, etc.

There's also a section at the end called, "Build a Bridge: Guidance for Parents and Carers of LGBTQ+ Youth" that may be advantageous to those parents or carers.

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Date Read: 26 May - 11 Jun 2022

Goodreads Review - "WOLFPACK: How To Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game"

WOLFPACK: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game by Abby Wambach
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I loved this book! If you want to read a book about women empowerment in leadership, this is the one.

My favorite quote from the book is this one:

"There is a wolf inside of every woman. Her wolf is who she was made to be before the world told her who to be. Her wolf is her talent, her power, her dreams, her voice, her curiosity, her courage, her dignity, her choices--her truest identity."

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Date Read: 14 - 16 Feb 2022

Goodread Reviews - "Anxious People"

Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Fredrik Backman has yet to disappoint me! This book made me sad, happy, and hopeful all at the same time. I loved the humor (especially from Zara) and I laughed quite a bit while reading this novel.

This is the 4th book I have read from him ("A Man Called Ove", "Beartown", & "Us Against You"). I appreciate how he beautifully writes about emotions and the importance of human connection in his stories.

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Date Read: 10 - 29 Jan 2022

Goodreads Review - "Us Against You"

Us Against You by Fredrik Backman
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This book is so worth the read and was the better one of the series, but you have to read "Beartown" first in order to really know the characters & the town. "Beartown" tells us what happened, and "Us Against You" tells us what the aftermath was. The quote at the front of the book really sums up the entire story: "Have you ever seen a town fall? Ours did. Have you ever seen a town rise? Ours did that, too." This book evoked so many emotions from me (especially, the last 150+ pages) that I'm still trying to recover from it.

This is the 3rd book I have read from Fredrik Backman ("A Man Called Ove" & "Beartown") and he has yet to disappoint me. He has this way of telling a story that draws you in to all of the characters and makes you feel the emotions, as if you are the actual character in this story, even if you have never been through any of the situations that take place in the book.

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Date Read: 5 - 14 Dec 2021