While the book is for people in their 20s, it is more for the western population in their 20s. Since I had just turned 20 in November 2022, I picked it up, not expecting it to put me in the longest slump. I picked it up because it was marketed as a must read for people in their 20s. Okay, so I already know this one is going to be a controversial one since everyone seems to just ADORE this book. #bookworm #bookreview #bookstagram #librarybookstagram #librarybook #nutanmreads #2023reads #momsthatread #raisingreaders #elementarylibrarian #middlegradefiction #middlegradebooks #realisticfiction #aworkinprogress #whathappenedtorachelriley #wishinguponthesamestars

I can see why my reader friends loved this book. My students recommended Wishing Upon The Same Stars by so I of course listened and really enjoyed this story about Arab American Palestinian relations. So good! The audio is super engaging and well done. I loved the messaging around apologizing with intention. Sexual harassment in an age appropriate way that will resonate with middle schoolers everywhere. I thought it was absolutely wonderfully done. Jonah and I listened to What Happened to Rachel Riley by.

⭐⭐⭐⭐ for each of the two books I listened to. Love love love and recommend to all readers. It broke my heart and squeezed my heart and I just loved it. I absolutely loved reading about a male MC dealing with body image issues. Bodhi immediately took it to read, also finishing it in one sitting. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ huge shining stars for 's A Work in Progress. *Content Warnings: descriptions of sexual assault, cultural appropriation, racism (and slurs), body-shaming, and fatphobia Tl dr: Yoke is a nurturing, poetic call-in for anyone (esp anyone white) who's ever loved a yoga class. It's a short 198 pages, and so so worth the read if you're interested at all in yoga culture.* Swipe for a few of my favorite out-of-context quotes from this short but powerful read. I inhaled Stanley's perspective on the Yoga Industrial Complex, the racism, the fatphobia, and her stories about navigating them on a daily basis. I was captivated by nearly every page, every story, every essay in this book.

Plus! It gave me insights I could never have experienced personally as a straight-bodied, white human. In the years since I've started to be able to gather words for my own experience, but reading this book helped solidify them. 🤨 At the time, I didn't have the vocabulary to explain WHY their actions or comments weren't ok, so my opinions got shut down pretty quickly. In that industry, I had multiple *eyebrow-raising* moments. I stepped down from yoga as a daily practice and career ~9 years ago, though, when I moved away from my favorite-ever yoga teacher - one who would always ask before she touched/adjusted me (a major CSA trigger for yours truly) - and couldn't find another instructor who treated me with the same courtesy.

Mirušie nepiedod by Ieva Melgalve