Let me go ahead and tell you the coolest thing about this book: at the time of recording the audiobook, all five of the featured dancers were still alive.
Tag: nonfiction
Book Review: Evicted by Matthew Desmond
Housing is a human right. We all just want to find a home where we feel safe and can build a life worth living.
Book Review: The Book of (More) Delights by Ross Gay
An audiobook of essayettes is so perfect for shorter drives, because when each chapter is only a few minutes long, you don’t have to leave off mid-chapter and then try to remember where you were when you get back into the car.
Book Review: There Is No Ethan by Anna Akbari
I just don’t think this story is as compelling as the author thinks it is.
Book Review: Dear Body edited by Lea Bordier
Living in this world in a body that was assigned female at birth brings a lot of both challenges and delights, and Dear Body edited by Lea Bordier shares twelve stories of different AFAB experiences.
Book Review: Rin Tin Tin by Susan Orlean
This is a 12 hour audiobook and it never gets boring, as Orlean takes us through time and space to tell the story of one of the entertainment industry’s most beloved and enduring canine stars.
Book Review: Stories Are Weapons by Annalee Newitz
I don’t like to read a lot about current events because living through them is rather difficult and I mostly want my reading to be at least semi-escapist. But I trusted Newitz to do well with this topic, and I was not disappointed.
Book Review: Unmasking AI by Joy Buolamwini
AI is freaking everywhere these days, whether we want it or not. Sometimes it feels like my Facebook feed is 80-90% garbage AI “art”, or people complaining about garbage AI content.
Book Review: Diary of a Reluctant Dreamer by Alberto Ledesma
Diary of a Reluctant Dreamer by Alberto Ledesma is sort of a hybrid memoir. It intersperses essay-style text sessions with sketches, illustrations, and political cartoons, some depicting Ledesma’s life, others illustrating the more general experience of being currently or formerly undocumented.
Book Review: What An Owl Knows by Jennifer Ackerman
This book covers a little bit of everything about owls: their biology and what makes them unique; their ecological niche; myths, legends, and public attitude about owls; current challenges to their survival, and conservation efforts trying to counteract that; and of course, the answer to the question, are owls really that wise?