The F-word discussion

Hello all!
I can't believe it, but another year of reading has nearly passed, and it is time to think about our first 2020 reads for The F-Word. 2020!

Let's start the nomination process for the first half of 2020.

Fiction and non-fiction nominations wanted.
We will follow the group guidelines for books in this group, that they may contribute in one or more of the following ways:

1-Written by a feminist and/or a woman
2-Plot looks at how gender, race, class, sexuality, ability/disability, ethnicity, nationality, etc. shape us and our views of the world
3-Spark conversation about social justice and gender equality
4-Have strong female characters

Please use the "add book/author" link to avoid any confusion, and be sure to include the name of the author with you nomination.

Please indicate fiction and non-fiction nominations

This is not a self promotion zone. Please feel free to self- promote your work in our blatant self promotion thread.

Make sure to check out our bookshelf for books we've already read as a group, although if it has been a few years since the group read it, we may consider a re-read. The bookshelf is also a great place to find ideas for nominations of books we haven't read.

Nominations will remain open for about 2 weeks, and the polls will go up in the last week of November to give us time to gather our first read of 2020. So please share with us. What would you like to read?

Nominations

fiction:
-The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
-The Way Forward is with a Broken Heart by Alice Walker
-XX by Angela Chadwick
-The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
-An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
-Circe by Madeline Miller
-One Kick by Chelsea Cain

non-fiction:
-A Life Discarded: 148 Diaries Found in a Skip by Alexander Masters
-Know My Name by Chanel Miller
-The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution by Jonathan Eig
-The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler
-Women, Race, and Class by Angela Y. Davis
-A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
-The Gendered Brain: The New Neuroscience That Shatters the Myth of the Female Brain by Gina Rippon
-A Border Passage: From Cairo to America – A Woman's Journey by Leila Ahmed

Non-fiction
A Life Discarded: 148 Diaries Found in a Skip by Alexander Masters

I'd like to nominate Know My Name by Chanel Miller

Fiction:
I'd like to nominate The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

I would also like to nominate The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution by Jonathan Eig.

I've never read it, but I'll nominate
The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler (nf)
I think it could be a great group read. It seems to elicit polar reactions from people.

We could use some fiction nominations!

I would like to nominate Women, Race, and Class by Angela Y. Davis. and A Room of One's Own by by Virginia Woolf. The Virginia Wolf is a re-read for this group, so if others felt like they have read it to recently we can skip it.
I have one fiction book to suggest, The Way Forward is with a Broken Heart by Alice Walker. I found a signed copy at the thrift store a long time ago and would love crack it open.

I'd like to nominate The Gendered Brain: The New Neuroscience That Shatters the Myth of the Female Brain by Gina Rippon as I've just bought it and I think it would be a good one to discuss with others.

For fiction, how about XX by Angela Chadwick?

I’d like to nominate for fiction: The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin, An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon, and Circe by Madeline Miller.

For fiction, I nominate One Kick by Chelsea Cain.

For non-fiction I nominate A border passage: from Cairo to America- a woman’s journey by Leila Ahmed.

Nominations are closed. Polls are here.
Voting will end on the 15th of December.

*eta poll link

Can I nominate two in fiction, both timely with strong female characters?
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8...

Tim wrote: "Can I nominate two in fiction, both timely with strong female characters?
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8......"

Sorry Tim, the nomination process is closed for this round. You'll have another chance to nominate books during the next round though.

Sorry for the delayed post everyone. The polls have ended and here are the final selections for January through June, 2020:

Fiction:
Circe by Madeline Miller
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

Non fiction:
Women, Race, and Class by Angela Y. Davis
The Gendered Brain: The New Neuroscience That Shatters the Myth of the Female Brain by Gina Rippon
A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf

Since this month is a non fiction read, we will start January off with the fiction book, Circe. Happy holidays and happy reading everyone!

Awesome! I read Circe this year and can confirm it's an excellent read!

Honore wrote: "Awesome! I read Circe this year and can confirm it's an excellent read!"

I actually just finished reading it. I loved it as well!
I think it was my favorite book I read this year.