Renata rated The Glassmaker: 2 stars
The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier
From the bestselling historical novelist, a rich, transporting story that follows a family of glassmakers from the height of Renaissance-era …
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Renata rated (Re)claiming: 4 stars
(Re)claiming by Noah Littel, Tabea Nixdorff
The book (Re)claiming presents ways in which various queer and feminist communities and initiatives in the Netherlands have (re)claimed the …
Renata rated Voyage in the Dark: 4 stars
Voyage in the Dark by Jean Rhys
Voyage in the Dark was written in 1934 by Jean Rhys. It tells of the semi-tragic descent of its young …
Renata rated Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta: 4 stars
Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta by James Hannaham
Carlotta Mercedes has been misunderstood her entire life. When she was pulled into a robbery gone wrong, she still went …
Renata rated The History of My Sexuality: 1 star
Renata rated Israel/Palestine and the Queer International: 4 stars
Israel/Palestine and the Queer International by Sarah Schulman
In this chronicle of political awakening and queer solidarity, the activist and novelist Sarah Schulman describes her dawning consciousness of …
Renata rated Full Surrogacy Now: 2 stars
Full Surrogacy Now by Sophie Lewis
Where pregnancy is concerned, let every pregnancy be for everyone. Let us overthrow, in short, the “family”
The surrogacy industry …
Renata rated Corey Fah Does Social Mobility: 3 stars
Corey Fah Does Social Mobility by Isabel Waidner
The radical, joyful follow-up to the Goldsmiths Prize-winning Sterling Karat Gold.
This is the story of Corey Fah, a writer …
Renata rated The Wych Elm: 4 stars
The Wych Elm by Tana French
"Toby is a happy-go-lucky charmer who's dodged a scrape at work and is celebrating with friends when the night takes …
Renata rated The Dispossessed: 5 stars
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down …
Tentacle by Rita Indiana, Achy Obejas
Plucked from her life on the streets of post-apocalyptic Santo Domingo, young maid Acilde Figueroa finds herself at the heart …
Renata rated Greater Than the Sum of Our Parts: 3 stars
Greater Than the Sum of Our Parts by Nada Elia
Palestinian activist Nada Elia unpacks Zionism, from its hypermilitarism to incarceration, its environmental devastation and gendered violence. She insists that …
Mammoth by Eva Baltasar, Julia Sanches
Mammoth’s protagonist is a disenchanted young lesbian. She’s inexperienced, irritated by life, eager to gestate, and determined to strip everything …
