en-US Wed, 30 Apr 2025 20:24:56 -0700 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Review7532737430 Wed, 30 Apr 2025 20:24:56 -0700 /review/show/7532737430 Amanda gave 3 stars to Hebrews for Everyone (Paperback) by Tom Wright
I found the introduction and opening segments of this book to be particularly helpful. ]]> Review7518926289 Fri, 25 Apr 2025 17:25:16 -0700 /review/show/7518926289 Amanda gave 4 stars to A Mess of Greens: Southern Gender and Southern Food (Paperback) by Elizabeth S.D. Engelhardt
This book was very informative, and I was especially delighted to see so many case studies from North Carolina. ]]> Review7493254868 Wed, 16 Apr 2025 07:21:20 -0700 /review/show/7493254868 Amanda gave 5 stars to White Bread: A Social History of the Store-Bought Loaf (Hardcover) by Aaron Bobrow-Strain
This book was exactly what I was looking for to help me understand how perceptions of bread help tell the story of class, race, and power in American history. ]]> Review7450268220 Mon, 31 Mar 2025 06:54:38 -0700 /review/show/7450268220 Amanda gave 4 stars to Folk Medicine in Southern Appalachia (Paperback) by Anthony Cavender
A comprehensive look at folk medicine in Southern Appalachia. ]]> Review7416471075 Wed, 19 Mar 2025 05:55:30 -0700 /review/show/7416471075 Amanda gave 4 stars to Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia (Paperback) by Sabrina Strings
An important and necessary read for anyone seeking to understand diet culture and fat phobia. ]]> ReadStatus9150622426 Wed, 05 Mar 2025 12:10:09 -0800 /review/show/7378314159 Amanda wants to read A Short Guide to Spiritual Formation: Finding Life in Truth, Goodness, Beauty, and Community by Alex Sosler
]]> Review7353940617 Tue, 25 Feb 2025 06:51:06 -0800 /review/show/7353940617 Amanda gave 4 stars to Belonging: A Culture of Place (Paperback) by bell hooks
A beautiful articulation of home, place, and identity. Clear eyed, avoiding nostalgia, honest, this book is a must for anyone seeking to understand the rural south and the experience of Black folks who call Kentucky home. ]]> Review7057978094 Thu, 13 Feb 2025 16:01:04 -0800 /review/show/7057978094 Amanda gave 5 stars to Plundered: The Tangled Roots of Racial and Environmental Injustice (Paperback) by David W. Swanson
One of the best books I've read this year. Swanson takes journalistic and academic research and brings the issue down to a practical level. Beautifully written, challenging, and inspirational. ]]> Review7318725115 Thu, 13 Feb 2025 15:55:16 -0800 /review/show/7318725115 Amanda gave 3 stars to The Marvelous Pigness of Pigs: Respecting and Caring for All God's Creation (Hardcover) by Joel Salatin
What I appreciated about this book is how much ground Salatin covers in such a short period of time, deftly outlining the various problems with the industrialized food complex. I also appreciate that he is writing as a Christian, motivated by Biblical mandates. He said himself that he is a bit of a radical, and I would say that my qualms with the book had more to do with the extremes of his view, along with some of what felt like "proof texting." I would have appreciated a recognition that for many who live in food desserts, access to this way of life is nearly impossible. ]]> Review7295949076 Thu, 06 Feb 2025 06:52:09 -0800 /review/show/7295949076 Amanda gave 5 stars to The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays (Paperback) by Wendell Berry
An exquisite selection of Berry's finest essays. I've underlined countless passages. Deeply grateful for this book...it is one I can honestly say changed me. ]]>