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LET’S GO, CORDELIA!!!!!

The mom’s thoughts 😭

Just remembered I have this, so I’m breaking the emergency glass and downing it like a shot.

I AM WELL FED

Wait okay WHAT the chokehold chapter four had on me????

West has raised the bar for romantic leads. I am AGOG.

THIS BOOK

😭

SCREAMING

I KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO BE GOOD

I have waited four books for this, and here we are on number five, and it is every bit as good as I hoped it’d be so far.

I. LOVE. WEST. SO. MUCH.

HOW DID I NOT PUT THIS TOGETHER

“We’ve been told the choice [the ban on private flights for WNBA players] is about money. It seems like it’s about devaluing women, especially women of color. Approximately 70 percent of WNBA players are Black.” (2/2)

“some jackass got in my face, yelling. ‘Was it a fair trade for the Merchant of Death?’ he shouted. ‘Is it true you had sex with Vladimir Putin?’ …I’m grateful the WNBA allowed me to fly private for the rest of the season…But there’s no guarantee that me or my teammates will fly private in the 2024 season.” (1/2)

How have I read most of this in one day

"Unlike my bruised hands, Viktor's hands were soft. So were the creases on his face. He'd spent much of his sentence doing artwork, I'd heard--painting portraits of cats. I'd spent mine with a table saw. We released our grip. I was left with a sick feeling, like death, all over my palms and beyond."
[Griner on the arms dealer the US traded for her.]

Griner's voice here is crisp, stunning, evocative, complicated, and relevant.

"Hoping and not hoping are both ways we protect ourselves. Hope gives us something to live for. Letting go steels us for cold reality."

"Only 4 percent of U.S. sports coverage is devoted to women's sports. Black female athletes get even less airtime."

This is so timely, especially in the cultural moment surrounding this season. There's more coverage than past seasons, but much of that coverage and much of the fan response, especially in regards to certain players' behavior and opportunities, has not been equitable.

"All through the Bible I read stories of people questioning God even as they pleaded for His help. Being faithful wasn't about having blind faith, I started realizing. It was about bringing your doubts to God, the way a father in Scripture once did...(Mark 9:23-24, NIV). That statement summed up my journey toward faith. It also became my prayer: 'Lord, I believe. Help my unbelief.'"