Aw may. My birthday month. I turn 32 this year. I was feeling a bit down about it, but then I realized I’m only getting better with age. I’m bragging a bit, but it’s more of a self acceptance. I’ve spent years trying to figure myself out and my place in the world and I think I finally have an idea on who I am. That being said I wanted to read about other women who rocked. I know I did the all female month recently, but is it really something one can over-do? If your answer is yes, I’m not your blogger.
- Kindred by Octavia Butler
- The First Bad Man by Miranda July
- The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
- Honor by Elif Shafak
- The Emperor’s Children by Claire Messud
- Spinster: Making a Life of One’s Own by Kate Bolick
- A Short History of Women by Kate Walbert
- The Girls of Atomic City by Denise Kiernan
- Hammer Head by Nina MacLaughlin
- Redefining Realness by Janet Mock
- The Scarlet Sisters: Sex, Suffrage and Scandal in the Gilded Age by Myra MacPherson
- Flow: The Cultural Story of Menstration by Elissa Stein
- Anything Goes: A Biography of the Roaring Twenties by Lucy Moore
- Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self by Danielle Evans
- Hausfrau by Jill Alexander Essbaum
- Bachelor Girl: The Secret History of Single Women in the Twentieth Century by Betsy Israel
- God Help The Child by Toni Morrison
My digital shelf
- Euphoria by Lily King
- The Architect’s Apprentice by Elif Shafak
- Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary by Anita Anand
- I Am Not a Slut by Leora Tanenbaum
- American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee by Karen Abbott
- The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
This is just too good of a pile I’m hoping I can make a sizable dent in it. Which would you be reaching for first?
You seem to enjoy reading a range of books from different genres, historical fiction and (auto)biographies included. Have you read The Glass Castle? I recently read that this year and fell in love with it!
I love reading all kinds of stuff. There is such a wealth of stories out there that I figure why limit myself. I haven’t read it, but it’s on my shelf! I need to make a note to move it up my TBR list. Recs like yours helps me do that!
It’s wonderful, I hope you enjoy it! Happy reading!