Melissa Marie Croteau

A Fantastic, Beautifully Crafted Tale

Revisado: 02-08-24

This is a riveting, gothic story poised between the mythical and the real, but, refreshingly, the author does not feel the need to privilege one type of world over the other. It’s clear Cooke did meticulous research, and this enriches the novel greatly. I highly recommend this lovely book!!

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Amber and Lacey are a Delight

Revisado: 07-18-23

These well told stories are a stark reminder that macro and micro-aggressions based on race are everywhere and all the time. Yet, Amber and Lacey make the book fun to listen to because their sense of humor permeates even the darkest stories. Also, their sisterly bond is so lovely to hear/see. Plus, their mother is clearly a superhero! She is, without exaggeration, awesome. Thanks for this much needed book, Amber & Lacey!

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A Fun Read for a Film Professor

Revisado: 05-20-23

The Brothers’ are raw and vulnerable here in an endearing way, but I truly loved their openness about their journey into and within the screen storytelling ecosystems. I’ll certainly be sharing some of their anecdotes with my students. Two words: throw pillows. Working for studios is not all it’s cracked up to be. Independent work is a tough road, but it’s not impossible.

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Wonderful!

Revisado: 04-15-23

What a great ride! The atmospheric portrayal of Los Angeles. I highly recommend it! Excellent character development.

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A Brilliant and Timely Book

Revisado: 02-07-23

James Baldwin was a prophet but somehow a hopeful one. Glaude, Jr. weaves Baldwin’s writings through their crucial moments in history. In this book, the gift of Baldwin’s wisdom, anger, and love are powerfully expressed.

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A Must Read for Those Working in the College Industrial Complex

Revisado: 01-29-23

Having been a college professor for 27 years, I have seen many of the negative shifts in higher ed that Bunch discusses, but this compelling book delves deeply into the history and causes of the crises in higher ed in the US. The problems seem intractable and the data Bunch provides can be depressing, but he also opines that we may be able to crawl out of the chasm of student debt as a nation with some changes that could reasonably be/become bipartisan.

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Remarkably Pertinent

Revisado: 01-14-23

Baldwin is eerily prescient of our current problems, or perhaps very little has changed in the last 50 years. Baldwin is one of the US’s most important prophets, and his work is needed now more than ever.

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Excellent Book, So True It’s Painful

Revisado: 11-02-21

I grew up in this evangelical culture as an intelligent, independent young woman and witnessed the rampant hypocrisy this book describes. This well-researched book explains the path evangelicalism followed through the last century, illuminating how we as a nation ended up in our current state. White Christian nationalism with it’s patriarchal dictates, celebrating bellicosity while claiming victimhood, has poisoned the American church, its culture, and its politics.

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Excellent Read

Revisado: 07-01-21

This is a thoroughly researched piece of historical writing that is delightful to read/listen to. Tying history to one woman’s journey is an ingenious conceit that works extremely well here. Brilliant and beautifully rendered!

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Brilliant, Revelatory, and Much Needed

Revisado: 11-14-19

I suspected that an audio book about data would be dull and trying on the patience (all those numbers thrown around); however, I was dead wrong. The book « reads » like a real page-turner, a new discovery around every corner. Perez reads her own book like pro and has a very pleasant and expressive voice. Brava! Honestly, I thought I was angry about injustice wrought upon women and have been told I was overly so. This book shows quantitatively that I’m not angry enough. We have such a long way to go to achieve anything resembling parity and so much of the injustice is entirely preventable if women were only listened to and truly recognized as half the human race. Looking at the data, too often were not considered human at all. READ THIS.

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