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BOOK CLUB
Bee's
Before I received my doctorate I couldn’t keep my nose out of a book. However, three years later I am still struggling to regain my passion for literature. My goal is get back in the books and share my latest read each month!
January
In his breakthrough bestseller The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell redefined how we understand the world around us. Now, in Blink, he revolutionizes the way we understand the world within.
Blink is a book about how we think without thinking, about choices that seem to be made in an instant--in the blink of an eye--that actually aren't as simple as they seem. Blink reveals that great decision makers aren't those who process the most information or spend the most time deliberating, but those who have perfected the art of "thin-slicing"--filtering the very few factors that matter from an overwhelming number of variables.
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Link to purchase: https://www.amazon.com/Blink-Power-Thinking-Without/dp/0316010669/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1703799983&sr=8-1
February
Let’s face it. A lot of Christian resources can feel cheesy, out-of-touch, and a little boring. But when Skye Jethani started doodling and writing up some of his thoughts about God, his Twitter and email list blew up. What If Jesus Was Serious? is a compilation of all-new reflections (and hand-drawn doodles) from Skye. He takes a look at some of Jesus’ most demanding teachings in the Sermon on the Mount and pushes us to ask whether we’re really hearing what Christ is saying. The visual component of the book makes it memorable and enjoyable to read, and Skye’s incisive reflections make it worthwhile for any Christian. If you’ve traditionally been dissatisfied with Christian devotional resources but love to learn about Jesus and think deeply, this book was written for you.
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Link to purchase: https://www.amazon.com/What-Jesus-Was-Serious-Teachings/dp/0802419755/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3OU7UG3TGXS6I&keywords=what+if+jesus+was+serious&qid=1703807910&sprefix=what+if+jesus+was+serious%2Caps%2C276&sr=8-1
March
Today's feminist movement has a glaring blind spot, and paradoxically, it is women. Mainstream feminists rarely talk about meeting basic needs as a feminist issue, argues Mikki Kendall, but food insecurity, access to quality education, safe neighborhoods, a living wage, and medical care are all feminist issues. All too often, however, the focus is not on basic survival for the many, but on increasing privilege for the few. That feminists refuse to prioritize these issues has only exacerbated the age-old problem of both internecine discord and women who rebuff at carrying the title. Moreover, prominent white feminists broadly suffer from their own myopia with regard to how things like race, class, sexual orientation, and ability intersect with gender. How can we stand in solidarity as a movement, Kendall asks, when there is the distinct likelihood that some women are oppressing others?
In her searing collection of essays, Mikki Kendall takes aim at the legitimacy of the modern feminist movement, arguing that it has chronically failed to address the needs of all but a few women. Drawing on her own experiences with hunger, violence, and hypersexualization, along with incisive commentary on reproductive rights, politics, pop culture, the stigma of mental health, and more, Hood Feminism delivers an irrefutable indictment of a movement in flux. An unforgettable debut, Kendall has written a ferocious clarion call to all would-be feminists to live out the true mandate of the movement in thought and in deed.
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Link to purchase: https://www.amazon.com/Hood-Feminism-Notes-Movement-Forgot/dp/0525560564/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2QRC4AN1CK6AA&keywords=hood+feminism+mikki+kendall&qid=1703808121&sprefix=hood+fe%2Caps%2C131&sr=8-1
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