November Wrap Up
✨NOVEMBER WRAP UP✨
Another month, another wrap up drawing.
A quick recap of the ten books I read in November:
✨Maid: A moving memoir about a young mother and her daughter living in poverty in America and trying to survive by whatever means necessary.
✨My Body: A stunning series of essays by model/actress/activist Emily Ratajkowki exploring the commodification of her body.
✨Invisible Women: A deep dive into the data bias that exists in modern society and the many institutions that are failing women by basing their assumptions of the “average human” on men.
✨Felix Ever After: A fictional account of a Black trans teen navigating his way through high school drama, love and self-discovery. Megan Rapinoe’s November selection for her book club with Literati.
✨Dava Shastri’s Last Day: A memorable debut novel about an ultra-wealthy philanthropist who is diagnosed with terminal cancer… so naturally, she leaks news of her death early so she can read her obituaries.
✨Empire of Pain: A masterpiece of investigative journalism that documents three generations of the Sackler family, their company Purdue Pharma and their drug that effectively started the opioid crisis, OxyContin.
✨You’re The Only One I’ve Told: An impactful and educational collection of short stories that humanizes the abortion debate by telling the stories of many different women who have made the difficult decision to end a pregnancy.
✨Carry: A heartbreaking memoir that shines a light on gun violence, the history of stolen land and the Native American experience.
✨In My Dreams I Hold A Knife: An academia thriller about a group of friends in town for their college reunion and the dark secrets they uncover about their collective past.
✨We We’re Never Here: A Reese’s Book Club thriller about two twenty-somethings who are bound together by a vacation abroad that turns murderous.
My favorites this month were Empire of Pain and My Body (full reviews for both coming soon!). I also loved Dava Shastri’s Last Day and will never forget You’re The Only One I’ve Told.
