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[dreamer_easy]

I do believe that International Blog Against Racism Week is coming up in August, so there's plenty of time for my mad plan: ask you all to read one book (or watch one movie) and then review it during the week.

I have dozens of relevant books around here, and there are plenty of movies and documentaries, all of which I'd love to review, but there's never enough hours in the day. But if a bunch of people read/watch one thing each and then give their thoughts on it, I reckon that'd be a great contribution - bringing books and films to peoples' attention, sparking discussion, etc.

Pretty much anything that seems relevant is fair game, fiction or non-fiction. Posts in past ibarw have covered a broad range of topics, including anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, and Whiteness (I might do a posting about Watching the English amongst the other stuff :-)

Life's busy; I'm not going to ask you to sign up or anything. If you don't think you'll have time, you could leave a suggestion here for a book or movie which you enjoyed or found thought-provoking.

Comments

[thegameiam.livejournal.com]

I just read slant on my last business trip, and I'd give it an "eh": it had interesting potential, but never quite made it for me.

Other than SF, I tend to read history, technical books, philosophy, or graphic novels, and my pattern tends to be "random walk until something catches my eye, or I get a recommendation, and then read several things by that author."

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

I do that "gobble the back catalogue" thing with authors too! I'm currently very s l o w l y working my way through the novels of Niall Griffiths, and even m o r e s l o w l y through Kerouac and Hunter S. Thompson.