BOOKS! BOOKS! BOOKS! BOOKS!

TOTAL NUMBER OF BOOKS OWNED: 150+

LAST BOOK(S) BOUGHT:

Getting What You Came For : The Smart Student's Guide to Earning an M.A. or a Ph.D. by Robert Peters. I think a Ph.D. is in my future! I love school! I love being smart and getting smarter!

A Return To Modesty: Discovering the Lost Virtue by Wendy Shalit. I want to see what her definition of modesty is all about.

Real Sex: The Naked Truth About Chastity by Lauren Winner. The title alone is intriguing and I'm interested in issues of "modesty," innocence" and "chastity" in the 21st century.

The Long Interview by Grant McCracken. I want to see how his analysis of research interviews intersects with my own journalistic knowledge of reporting.

Female Chauvinist Pigs : Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture by Ariel Levy. I am fed up with the ridiculousness of raunch culture and the ignorant women who play into it.

LAST BOOK READ:

The Professor's Daughter by Emily Raboteau. I am in the midst of writing a novel and, very simply, the book inspired me. Her dialogue felt effortless and her characters felt real. She conveyed a lot, sparingly.

5 BOOKS THAT MEAN A LOT TO YOU:

1. The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank. She was like a kindred spirit to me when I discovered it as a young girl. I felt like I knew her and that we would have been great friends.

2. Words of Fire: An Anthology of African-American Feminist Thought by Beverly Guy-Sheftall. One of the most inspiring books ever. Showed me that black women have an amazing intellectual history. I go back to it again and again. She rocks!

3. Ain't I A Woman: Black Women and Feminism by bell hooks. Helped set the stage for my growth in understanding my identity as a black woman. I am forever grateful.

4. Black Women in America by Darlene Clark Hine. Awesome collection everyone should own. I hope this volume set grows bigger and bigger. One day I sincerely hope to be an entry!

5. My Place by Sally Morgan. Reminded me that the struggle for self identity is globally interconnected. No one is alone and your story, your hopes, your dreams and discoveries are not new. They're practically ancient.