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Kaitlin M. Reckord's avatar

If you ever find yourself interested in fibre arts, specifically fibre arts through the lense of women's (and some queer) history Women's Work; The First 20 000 Years by Eliza the Wayland Barber and The Subversive Stitch by Rozsika Parker are AMAZING! It probably time for a re-read on my end!

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Sarah Schauer's avatar

Yes I’m absolutely interested! I’m getting into cultivating my own personal style and I would love to pick up more books on the history behind clothing and textiles! Thank you!!

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Kaitlin M. Reckord's avatar

Also Amanda Yates Garcia's Initiated: Memoir of a Witch is stunningly beautiful!

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Kierstin's avatar

i watched ur tiktok about this, so glad to have the full thing now!

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Sarah Schauer's avatar

Yes! I’m sorry I didn’t do a full list of the titles in the video, it was pushing 10 minutes and I know trying to write anything down must’ve been frustrating!

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Kierstin's avatar

no worries! thank you for sharing with us :)

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Malishia Chandler's avatar

Thanks for sharing, I’m always looking for more nonfiction to add to my tbr. I recommend A Naked Singularity by Sergio De La Pava. It’s fiction but it’s so good!

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Sarah Schauer's avatar

Thank you so much!! I’ve really been wanting to get into more fiction!

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melissa grace's avatar

Thank you for posting these!! I follow all of your book reviews/journeys, and you’ve helped me get more into nonfiction. 💪

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Sarah Schauer's avatar

No problem at all! And ahh! That’s amazing, I hope it’s a good time!

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melissa grace's avatar

I was very burnt out on reading nonfiction from too much school-it still felt like homework. I stopped feeling that way this year. Looking forward to more recs! ✨

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Rosemary Bruce's avatar

Im so glad to see someone else giving out as many 5 stars as I do!!!

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Amanda St Clair's avatar

As a nonfiction person myself I SOOOOOOO looooove this list!

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Sarah Schauer's avatar

Ohhh as a non-fiction lover what are your favorite books (if you don’t mind me asking)!

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Amanda St Clair's avatar

Some recent favs are

Know My Name - Chanel Miller (very intense book)

Invisible Kingdom - Megan O’Rourke

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes!!!!!!!

Everything Nothing Someone - Alice Carriere

Educated - Terra Westover

Pageboy - Eliot Page

Flowers of Fire - Hawon Jung

ALL I feel like should be required reading. I have SO MANY TBRs and not enough time!!!

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Sofia B's avatar

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes is one of my favorites too!! So good.

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Grace's avatar

would love to hear your take on “the culture of narcissism,” i know nothing abt the book but the low rating stood out to me!!!

one of my favorite nonfiction books of all time is jon krakauer’s “into thin air,” it’s so captivating so i always recommend it. i also think you would really like donna haraway’s works!

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marina donati's avatar

second this first part!

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Jinal's avatar

Hi, how do you actually start reading and how do you pick your next book after finishing one book? What keeps you motivated to read more books?

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marina donati's avatar

i wonder if you would like the book crazy like us? i read it for my anthropology of mental health class and it was incredibly eye opening. its about how different cultures experience mental illness and how their symptoms might be different than ours because of their culture

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Stephanie Kaplan's avatar

Can’t wait to read some of these! Recommend: paychocybernetics by Maxwell maltz and infinite possibilities by Mike Dooley

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Mary Wesley's avatar

Best books this year: Youngblood Hawke, New York Trilogy, The Mezanine, Phigod 402, Disturbance of sleep. These are treasures with beautiful writing.

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Anna Lynn's avatar

I'm curious what made you rate "The Culture of Narcissism" 1 star? I just noticed every book is 3+ stars except that one. Would you mind sharing your thoughts? Just curious if it was more along the lines of a problematic narrative or bad writing?

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Mary Anne Shew's avatar

Wow! We're kindred spirits! I read about the same proportion of non-fiction to fiction. This is a great list--I'm copying it to my own notes to look into. Thanks!

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Gabriella Rosie ★'s avatar

wow THANK YOU!!

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Julia ᡣ𐭩's avatar

Really curious to know what you thought of Unwell Women. I have it on my shelf. I noticed you only rated it 3 stars?

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