If you know me and follow me on Twitter, you know that I am a huge cycling enthusiast. However, I don’t read many books about cycling because most of them tend to focus on privileged, white male cyclists, and tend they tend to focus more on the sport rather than recreational cycling. I happen to be in my local bookstore Brookline Booksmith and found Revolutions: How Women Changed The World On Two Wheels by Hannah Ross.
It’s a great book about the many untold stories of women and girls around the world who fought for the right to ride a bike and gender equity by defying stereotypes and finding freedom for themselves.
I have been reading (and rereading) a lot of books this year because of the pandemic. I made a list not only to share my reading habits but also to hold myself accountable to continue reading. I always say that my new year’s resolution every year is to read more books, but this year I focused on reading more books for enjoyment!
I picked up this book at the bookstore one day on a whim, and I am glad I did!
The Barbizon is the true story about the women who lived in the famed New York hotel during its heyday. If you are looking for some escapist reading from all the madness in the world, this book is for you.
Nonfiction bloggers and Booktubers are encouraging readers this month to challenge themselves to read at least one nonfiction book.
If you follow this blog, you already know this is not a hard task for me to do. However, if you find it hard to find nonfiction books you would enjoy, I would highly recommend first checking anything you have watched on Netflix or Hulu lately.
There are a lot of popular movie adaptations of books, including Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will To Survive by Stephanie Land. This memoir is about the author’s experience of being a single mother struggling against domestic abuse and poverty. I was really struck by the book because most people including the judicial system only think of physical violence when discussing domestic abuse and not necessarily the mental and emotional violence involved. I also appreciated the focus on what it is like to be working poor in America. I highly recommend it and watch the Netflix program.
If you know me and follow me on Twitter, you know that I am a huge cycling enthusiast. However, I don’t read many books about cycling because most of them tend to focus on privileged, white male cyclists, and tend they tend to focus more on the sport rather than recreational cycling. I happen to be in my local bookstore Brookline Booksmith and found Revolutions: How Women Changed The World On Two Wheels by Hannah Ross.
