24 books
—
6 voters


“There’s no room for facts when our minds are occupied by fear.”
― Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About The World - And Why Things Are Better Than You Think
― Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About The World - And Why Things Are Better Than You Think

“I am not a person to say the words out loud / I think them strongly, or let them hunger from the page.”
―
―

“Some hoarders choose to be alone because they have lost someone in the past. On the surface it looks like a hoarder wants to be alone, but the truth is the hoarder doesn’t want to get close to someone else and risk another loss or death.”
― The Secret Lives of Hoarders: True Stories of Tackling Extreme Clutter
― The Secret Lives of Hoarders: True Stories of Tackling Extreme Clutter

“But all our phrasing—race relations, racial chasm, racial justice, racial profiling, white privilege, even white supremacy—serves to obscure that racism is a visceral experience, that it dislodges brains, blocks airways, rips muscle, extracts organs, cracks bones, breaks teeth. You must never look away from this. You must always remember that the sociology, the history, the economics, the graphs, the charts, the regressions all land, with great violence, upon the body.”
― Between the World and Me
― Between the World and Me

“It was a dark and stormy night. Lightning flashed and thunder rolled across the sky. Rain spattered a mysterious, hooded stranger who peered over the ...more

This is a group for women only,who wish to read women's writing that has been longlisted/shortlisted or has won the Baileys/ Orange prize for women's ...more

Join us on Monday, April 23, for a discussion with some of the finest mystery and crime writers on the scene today. This group is in celebration of th ...more

Started by a Village Books bookseller. Let's use this group as a place to discuss books we're loving or books we might not be loving, a place to meet ...more

Join us on Monday, October 1, 2012 for a special discussion with the author of Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide a ...more
Renee’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Renee’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends�
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Renee
Lists liked by Renee