false 279233
]]> 31 female Brooklyn, NY 08/2007 10/2007 23 9 5 true 5885518 read 2 true 586069 currently-reading 2 true 586068 to-read 2 false 587682 readthismorethanonce 1 false 587797 readitandlovedit http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5000327 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168465592s/33795.jpg 279233 Julia http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1187141065p2/279233.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/279233-julia Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:45:30 -0700
i hope you're diggin' the mad city. i didn't make it out for my cousin's wedding last month, but i'll definitely be in the house over the xmas holidays - possibly before.

THIS BOOK WAS DOPE. i'm a biracial only child, so the dynamics and relationship (and lack thereof) of these two sisters was really intriguing. i also found myself wondering whether or not her mom had delusions of activist grandeur, or that she really was a freedom fighter (white, at that) who had to go underground. she seemed so paranoid!

isn't this the author's first novel? it was such an engaging story and i really, really liked the protagonist and watching her evolve throughout the course of the story.
]]> Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness and the Politics of Empowerment (Perspectives on Gender) by Patricia Hill Collins]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7501473 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181873202s/1207773.jpg 279233 Julia http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1187141065p2/279233.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/279233-julia Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:41:14 -0700 The Fire Next Time (Paperback) by James Baldwin]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4593093 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174973119s/464260.jpg 279233 Julia http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1187141065p2/279233.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/279233-julia Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:04:18 -0700 Queering the Color Line: Race and the Invention of Homosexuality in American Culture (Paperback) by Siobhan Somerville]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4593044 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172111930s/139611.jpg 279233 Julia http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1187141065p2/279233.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/279233-julia Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:03:44 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4550297 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1232805354s/60931.jpg 279233 Julia http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1187141065p2/279233.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/279233-julia Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:01:28 -0700 http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/597838 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41RNFGPAPYL._SL75_.jpg 279233 Julia http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1187141065p2/279233.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/279233-julia Wed, 15 Aug 2007 10:58:40 -0700
trust... precious' experience is, unfortunately, not uncommon.

i actually found a great deal of power in the novel - not so much "exploitation of human suffering." if precious could survive all of this and become empowered with a positive outlook on life, then i feel like there is a lot of hope for a lot of women who have shared simliar struggles. ]]> The Alchemist (Paperback) by Paulo Coelho]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4561996 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255578190s/865.jpg 279233 Julia http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1187141065p2/279233.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/279233-julia Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:01:44 -0700
i started this book while in the midst of a cleansing process. it's a really easy read... and every paragraph seems to have some lesson. ]]>