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We’re Going to Need More Wine
RECOMMENDED: We’re Going to Need More Wine by Gabrielle Union is $2.99! This is part of today’s Kindle Daily Deals, which features a lot of memoirs and biographies. Sarah read this one and gave it an A-:
Her perspective as a parent, an actress, an activist and artist, and as a person was a treat and a privilege to read. Half my friends are probably tired of hearing about this book in every text and message, but it’s worth passing along. This was a thoughtful and honest memoir, and I very much recommend it – especially for the Prince stories.
In the spirit of Amy Poehler’s Yes Please, Lena Dunham’s Not That Kind of Girl, and Roxane Gay’s Bad Feminist, a powerful collection of essays about gender, sexuality, race, beauty, Hollywood, and what it means to be a modern woman.
One month before the release of the highly anticipated film The Birth of a Nation, actress Gabrielle Union shook the world with a vulnerable and impassioned editorial in which she urged our society to have compassion for victims of sexual violence. In the wake of rape allegations made against director and actor Nate Parker, Union—a forty-four-year-old actress who launched her career with roles in iconic ’90s movies—instantly became the insightful, outspoken actress that Hollywood has been desperately awaiting. With honesty and heartbreaking wisdom, she revealed her own trauma as a victim of sexual assault: “It is for you that I am speaking. This is real. We are real.”
In this moving collection of thought provoking essays infused with her unique wisdom and deep humor, Union uses that same fearlessness to tell astonishingly personal and true stories about power, color, gender, feminism, and fame. Union tackles a range of experiences, including bullying, beauty standards, and competition between women in Hollywood, growing up in white California suburbia and then spending summers with her black relatives in Nebraska, coping with crushes, puberty, and the divorce of her parents. Genuine and perceptive, Union bravely lays herself bare, uncovering a complex and courageous life of self-doubt and self-discovery with incredible poise and brutal honesty. Throughout, she compels us to be ethical and empathetic, and reminds us of the importance of confidence, self-awareness, and the power of sharing truth, laughter, and support.
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Rogue Nights
Rogue Nights is 99c! This is the sixth anthology in the Rogue series. All of the romances in these anthologies have some sort of activism element and this particular installment was released just last week! I find that anthologies for me are a good way to still get some reading time in while being in the midst of a “the world is a dumpster fire” slump.
Seven tales of romance, hope, and passion. Even after the roughest night, dawn promises new beginnings.
Resisting Desire by Talia Hibbert
Activist, womanist and journalist Nina Chapman is in love with her brother’s best friend. Oops. When her attempt to seduce calm, reliable James Foster backfires, Nina’s mortified—but as much as she’d like to avoid him, she can’t. No; she literally can’t. Because Nina’s latest article has made her public enemy number one, and now the man who broke her heart just might be her only protection…Dropped Stitches by Annabeth Albert
When activist knitter Bea goes to vote, the last person she expects to run into is her high school crush. The two women forge an unlikely election day connection, but can they see a future beyond the victory party?Parking Lot Cowboy by Rebecca Crowley
Margot Dunn has spent months making up an elaborate fantasy about the tall, silent cowboy who serves as her fellow volunteer escort at a family planning clinic in Topeka. Then one morning he speaks, and the complicated reality of ranch-hand Tyler Olsen is better than any story she could make up.Dare to Dream by Hudson Lin
After the 2016 election, Derek Lam kicked his political activism into high gear—it’s what anyone with half a conscious would do. Which is why he doesn’t understand how Diego Ortega, a classmate from law school and a Dreamer, could be so politically disengaged. For Diego, pursuing law had never been about social justice. His priority has always been providing for and protecting his undocumented mother and his kid sister. Getting political did nothing but draw attention his family didn’t need. Working on a class assignment together, Diego and Derek’s mutual attraction bubbles just under the surface. But any potential relationship will have to survive the sparks that fly from their clashing political views.The Coffee Shop Around the Corner by Shae Connor
Political discourse is Madeline Maloney’s jam. Social media manager for a progressive mayoral candidate, she finds her interest piqued by an email exchange with a local businessman—but also by the cute guy at the coffee shop where she buys her morning cup. Palmer Harrison spends his mornings smiling at the beautiful woman who orders a caramel latte every day and his off hours emailing with a mystery woman who works for a mayoral campaign. Their parallel relationships intersect on Election Day…Love Your Face by Ainsley Booth
Fifteen years ago, Fred left the Midwest behind and moved to New York City. Return visits have been rocky, and this Thanksgiving promises more family drama Fred really doesn’t want to deal with it. Her best friend’s surprise appearance smooths over a difficult holiday, but raises new, complicated personal feelings when the very straight Ami confesses she’s not very straight after all.Sacred Son by Robin Covington
Adam Woodson has dedicated his life to fighting for the rights of Native Americans in court and in the legislature, a career that has kept him too busy to regret the man who got away. Judah Nighthorse is rebuilding his life after prison, fighting to regain custody of his son from a non-Native foster family so he swallows his pride and asks the man he left behind for help. When fighting the good fight together sparks desire they can’t resist, they must decide if their future holds a second chance or a final goodbye.Add to Goodreads To-Read List →
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Blaze
Blaze by Joan Swan is $1.99 at Amazon! This is a romantic suspense with some paranormal elements and a second chance romance. Readers say this one is hard to put down as the pacing is nonstop. This is the second book in the Phoenix Risingseries and some readers say it might be best to read the previous book.
With a man like him, every mission becomes personal. . .
Ever since FBI agent Keira O’Shay started tracking a young boy named Mateo, she’s felt a connection even her empathic abilities can’t explain. She needs to save Mateo from the cult leader holding him hostage. Nothing can interfere with that–not even the reappearance of Luke Ransom, the hot-as-hell fire captain she’s regretted walking out on for three long years.
Losing Keira left Luke vulnerable–in every way. When they were together, the powers each possesses were mysteriously enhanced. But it’s the sexy, surprising woman beneath the tough exterior that Luke’s really missed. Even if she betrayed him utterly. And even if agreeing to help her uncover a government conspiracy means watching his life and his heart go up in flames again. . .
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A Geek Girl’s Guide to Murder
A Geek Girl’s Guide to Murder by Julie Anne Lindsey is $1.99! This is book one in the Girl Girl Mysteries series and is more on the cozy than thriller side of the spectrum. There’s also a romance element. I read a review on Goodreads that said they considered the heroine a fake geek girl because she dressed in short skirts and cosplayed in skimpy outfits. Just a reminder that geeky girls come in all shapes and sizes!
IT manager Mia Connors is up to her tortoiseshell glasses in technical drama when a glitch in the Horseshoe Falls email system disrupts security and sends errant messages to residents of the gated community. The snafu’s timing couldn’t be worse—Renaissance Faire season is in full swing and Mia’s family’s business relies on her presence.
Mia doesn’t have time to hunt down a computer hacker. Her best friend has disappeared, and she finds another of her friends murdered—in her office. When the hunky new head of Horseshoe Falls security identifies Mia as the prime suspect, her anxiety level registers on the Richter scale.
Eager to clear her name, Mia moves into action to locate her missing buddy and find out who killed their friend. But her quick tongue gets her into trouble with more than the new head of security. When Mia begins receiving threats, the killer makes it clear that he’s closer than she’d ever imagined.
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I’ve been a fan of Gabrielle Union for years, so this is a must for me. Add in the fact that “We’re going to need more wine,” is my friend group’s rallying cry & it’s a perfect choice for the non-fiction slot on my reading list.
Also, how have I missed Geek Girl mysteries?! Obviously I need to remedy that!
I wish I could make everyone read the chapter in Gabrielle Union’s book about dropping ‘black bombs’ on her stepkids, forcing them to see and plan for the discrimination they will face, both small and potentially deadly. If a person hasn’t raced down a street in their own neighborhood fearing for their child’s life because they were foolish enough to walk the dog late in the evening, they have no right to complain about anyone taking a knee during the National Anthem. Before we demand that they show some respect, our country and our society has to earn it from them.
I really enjoyed listening to Union’s book on a long flight from Seattle to Orlando. She is a great narrator (as you would expect) and the book is at times hilarious and then also heartbreaking.
I read the geek girl book a few years ago, I really enjoyed it. Very light on the romance, more of a flirtation if I recall correctly. It’s a series, so I assume the romance progresses through the books.
For Real by Alexis Hall is $0.99. MM with BDSM, age difference. It’s the third in the series but can be read as a stand-alone, and comes highly recommended. I liked it enough to pick up some other books by Hall, but haven’t re-read it.
@Katie Lynn: I read FOR REAL last month and highly recommend it, even if m/m and/or bdsm are not your usual catnips. Hall does a great job of writing the book in two completely distinct voices, and the love story is sexy, sweet, and melancholy. Loved it!
@Katie Lynn – came here to post the same thing!
For Real is my absolute favorite Alexis Hall. It’s probably not for everyone – there’s a big age difference and the younger character is 19. It’s bdsm – the twist is that the younger MC is dominant. The author’s voice is very British and tends to get a little fic-lit-ish (not my favorite writing style) so read the excerpt. All that said, I love this book and it’s on my comfort read rotation.
Rogue Nights: Dare to Dream. Shouldn’t that be ‘conscience’ rather than ‘conscious’ or should it have read “anyone with a conscious MIND would do”? Migraine hangover here, so it’s quite possible I didn’t read it right, but it kicked me out of the description and subsequent rereads didn’t help. Just me?
Nevermind, carry on.