![]() ![]() if you do not fall in love with these humans along with this work as a whole, that is a loss for you. In addition, the photographs of these people really add to a sense of them. The fact that Guo and Vulchi were able to travel all across the US to gain an understanding of so many people and how their race has affected their lives is a daring and meaningful venture in and of itself but it's also clear that they make a concerted effort to explore the things these people like and enjoy so that there's a fuller sense to some things they have in common with others. If you like Humans of New York, this is a little like that in the sense that it explores what makes us human but it's a great more complex and thorough than that-maybe a Humans of America. This book is an astounding work that covers so many different states and personal backgrounds to reflect on race in America. Tell Me Who You Are by Winona Guo and Priya Vulchi Feel free to share your favorites as well! I am highly interested in having conversations about books and finding out about literature I may have had less exposure to living in America.ฤก. I know I am also probably forgetting some and I feel remiss in that too, but I spent hours writing the following (even longer than that reading these) and I hope some of you get some good recommendations of books you might also like to read or can connect with me on a book you have read. The following are my favorite books of this year that I read this year (regardless of their original publication date). I should also note that, although some of these books did come out in 2019, many did not. I can say that I really enjoyed the vast majority of the books I've read and don't have any significant regrets for this reading marathon. Reading a mixture of novels, nonfiction essays and immigrant stories, collections of poetry and short stories, I read less than 10% of these books by white people and of those 10%, most were by women. I didn't read to show off but to escape the reality of our current country's political situation and to learn more about the lives and perspectives of others unlike me. So, I made an effort to read for a minimum of 2 1/2 hours per day and sometimes ended up reading for more like 4 hours a day on weekends and when I had other days off from work. But reading is the one thing I can do and I like to do at the gym, on planes, in bed, and in the bathtub primarily. ![]() I am not as graceful and elegant as I would need to be for professional dance and sports has never interested me. Even though I am a pretty athletic person, I can't run because it hurts my knees. This year, I wanted to up my game a little bit and do more like a reading marathon and ended up the year reading 365 books, a book for every day. ![]() Last year I decided that I was going to start reading more and I read 255 books. ![]()
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