Book Haul - Feminist Edition

I've been on a feminism kick for a while now and have recently been amping up my feminist book buying. These are purchases that I've made in the last month or so. Currently finishing up Men Explain Things to Me by Rebbeca Solnit. I've heard very good things about The Purity Myth by Jessica Valenti. Pretty much everything else I just discovered from surfing online. So these are my feminist/women's studies purchases of the past month or so:

• Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit
• Yes Means Yes: Visions of Sexual Power & A World Without Rape by Jaclyn Friedman and Jessica Valenti
• Girls Like Us: Fighting for a World Where Girls Are Not For Sale by Rachel Lloyd
• Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
• The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women by Jessica Valenti
• Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism, and the Future by Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards

I can't imagine that I'll get to ALL these books in the near future, but I look forward to picking my way through them in the months and years to come.

Book Haul - April

Since I work at a library, I don't usually buy a TON of books. But lately I just can't help myself, especially since discovering a wonderful bookstore in Ann Arbor called Literati. This is what I've picked up there in the past month or so.

• Even Though I Don't Miss You by Chelsea Martin
• Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer
• Tampa by Alissa Nutting
• The End of Eve by Ariel Gore
• The Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison

So far, I've only read The Empathy Exams (and saw the wonderful Leslie Jamison read from it), but I can't wait to dig into everything else!

Book Haul

I went to New York last weekend and did quite a bit of book shopping while I was there. This is what I bought:

• I’m Only Here for the WiFi by Chelsea Fagan
• Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
• Over You by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Krauss
• The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick
• Great House by Nicole Krauss
• What A Wonderful World, Volume 1 and 2 by Inio Asano
• Point Omega by Don DeLillo
• Brain On Fire by Susannah Cahalan
• Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
• Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
• Marcel Duchamp from Taschen

Book Haul

I went to New York City for the first time last week, so of course I went to the Strand Bookstore (18 miles of books!!). I thought that I exhibited great self control in only buying six new books. These were my purchases:

• Essays in Love by Alain be Botton
• Free Will by Sam Harris
• Paper Towns by John Green
• The Receptionist by Janet Groth
• Blueprints for Building Better Girls by Elissa Schappell
• The Society of Timid Souls: or, How to be Brave by Polly Morland

It was a really amazing, though moderately overwhelming, store with tons of cute tote bags, notebooks, etc. I plan on going back on my next trip to NYC!