jenny_grant_rankin_phd's reviews
105 reviews

I’m super picky about my fantasy books (with Scott Lynch and George R. R. Martin being my favorites), and I really loved this book. It’s gritty (but only to make the triumphs that much more beautiful), the characters are gray and complicated (i.e., seemingly real), and the plot has plenty of fun twists.

This was a very engaging read and can inform people's communication in any field. I'll definitely cite some of its examples in my next book: Sharing Your Education Expertise with the World: Make Research Resonate and Widen Your Impact!

Fantastic book. Author is the leading expert on this topic (arming teachers to impact education policy) and has a very accessible and engaging style of writing. I highly recommend this book!

From the onset of Heads of the Colored People, Dr. Nafissa Thompson-Spires grabbed my heart from my chest and never let go of it. Her brilliant phrasing, combined with characters so round and realized I felt I had stepped into their lives, took my breath away, held my eyes open, and kept my hands from putting this book down. If you are so lucky as to read this book, you’ll find yourself caring deeply, laughing, relating (the DMV setting was universally accurate!), and crying, and sometimes walking that hard pull between simultaneous amusement and sadness (such as when office-mates’ petty struggle over a light switch is juxtaposed against the heart wrenching constraints a Black man feels interacting with a university of women, or when a mom launches an eviscerating quip-fest with another mom instead of seeking to bond over their many commonalities). This book is a stunning composition on humanity and how we all long to find peace within ourselves and within a world that chokes us with prewritten narratives. Everyone should read this collection of beautiful and poignant stories.

This was a super inspiring read from Hamilton's original Aaron Burr, and it's such a short book that you'll have it read in no time. I recommend it for everyone. One of my favorite quotes from the book, which captures the book's main theme, is: “The loving energy you put toward your dreams is magnified and returned to you in time" (Odom, 2018, p. 37). Definitely check it out!

I loved this book. It was a lot like Scott Lynch’s The Lies of Loch Lamora, which I consider a great compliment to give. I look forward to reading the next book in the duology!