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Jamila is Currently Reading

Jamila is currently reading

Untamed

by Glennon Doyle (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: female-author, non-fiction, memoir-biography, currently-reading

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Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High

by Kerry Patterson

bookshelves: education, psychology, non-fiction, personal-development, currently-reading

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Jamila’s Notes & Highlights

Olga Dies Dreaming by Xóchitl González

2 highlights

It’s dangerous at your young age to be surrounded by people who don’t value who you are.

Poverty, by America

by Matthew Desmond

3 highlights
All My Rage

by Sabaa Tahir

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Jamila’s Groups

Clever — 39 members — last activity Oct 21, 2015 02:34PM
Clever employees who love reading!

El Castillo Bookclub — 7 members — last activity Mar 20, 2023 05:14PM
Apparently, that's what it was called in the inaugural email from Heather in February, 2018. ...more

Social Change & Activism — 1702 members — last activity Sep 17, 2026 05:10PM
People interested in progressive social change for advancing social justice and the environment. Exploring issues, ideas, solutions, organizing, metho ...more

South Asian Book Club — 270 members — last activity Nov 05, 2026 12:01PM
We read and discuss books by South Asian writers. We currently meet virtually via Zoom every 4-6 weeks and sometimes have in-person meetings in NYC. ...more

Literary Fiction by People of Color — 13686 members — last activity Nov 09, 2026 08:22PM
This can include genre fiction that is literary (e.g. speculative fiction, historical fiction, etc.), as long as it's written by a person of color (Af ...more

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