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Comics for Choice

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Comics for Choice             The book Comics for Choice is a nonfiction book containing stories about women from different backgrounds and their unique experiences with abortion, reproductive rights, and the oppression of women by the U.S. government. In addition, the book includes stories about courageous women and organizations that led the charge to ensure that women have the right to choose and have access safe, affordable abortions.             Of the many interesting stories in this book, two of the most inspiring stories in this book were the stories of Tennessee's first black legislator, Dorothy Brown, a reproductive rights advocate and of the Janes, a secret organization that was committed to getting women safe abortions before Roe vs. Wade even legalized it. The only way to fully appreciate these touching and inspiring stories is by reading and engaging with this book on your own.             I think books like these should definitely be in the spotlight more often, es

Rising Water : A Non-Fiction Book That is Actually Good?

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Rising Water is a book by Marc Aronson which covers the real-life events of the 2018 Thai Cave Rescue. I would like to start this review by mentioning that I personally have never had a liking for nonfiction books, and I honestly think they are bland and coma-inducing after five pages. Usually, when looking for a new book to delve into, I overlook anything remotely related to nonfiction. But this time, I wanted to mix things up. As I was looking for a book, I headed over to the Interesting Reads for Teens section in my library, and Rising Water caught my eye for one particular reason. It was short. That’s right, I chose to read this book because it was short. “Only 100 pages, jackpot,” I thought to myself. I decided to just start reading the book without looking on the internet about the events that occurred. I was completely expecting this read to be a mundane process, where I would have to read one page at a time to understand what was going on. How wrong could I be? The book

The Communist Manifesto

  For this third blog post, I read the Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx. My first impression of it was a small red book with an introduction that was WAY too long (half the actual book, and keep in mind the width of it is about half an index finger measured vertically). When I started to get to the content, the closest thing I could find to a character was a guy called the “bourgeoisie”, who seemed to be messing with a guy called the “proletarian” and the “communists”. The whole plot  was basically how “bourgeoisie” was screwing up others' lives! 0/10, would not recommend.  Bad jokes aside, I actually did enjoy the book a lot. As I said above, the intro was quite lengthy, but once I got to the good part, smooth sailing was inevitable. I came to this book with a mindset of skepticism, as it seemed as if it was brainwashing propaganda meant to make the reader hypnotize themselves in Communism. Of course, my skepticism was well deserved, as my predictions turned out to be true.  Howev