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Supremacy’s Court: A Review of The Scheme

July 9, 2023July 9, 2023Rebekah Kohlhepp

The Supreme Court has been captured by shadowy right-wing mega-donors. It doesn’t sound like it could be true, but it is. In The Scheme: How the Right Wing Used Dark Money to Capture the Supreme Court, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and Jennifer Mueller put the Court itself on trial and make an airtight case that the integrity of the Court has been sold. For hundreds of billions of dollars.

How White Christian Nationalism Led to the Insurrection: A Review of Preparing for War

June 11, 2023June 10, 2023Rebekah Kohlhepp

I held off on buying and reading Preparing for War until I met Bradley Onishi at my organization’s conference, the Summit for Religious Freedom, in April, because I couldn’t imagine that there could be more to say about Christian Nationalism that hadn’t already been said. Fortunately—or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it—he proved me wrong.

Nonfiction November 2022: Your Year in Nonfiction

November 1, 2022November 9, 2022Rebekah Kohlhepp

Nonfiction November is finally here! I love Nonfiction November because I get to share my love of nonfiction with the rest of the book blogging community and somehow end up with even more books on my never-ending to-read and to-buy lists.

Jólabókaflóð: The Icelandic Christmas Tradition for Book Lovers

December 19, 2021December 18, 2021Rebekah Kohlhepp

Thanks to a tweet from IndieBound a couple of months ago, I discovered Jólabókaflóð (yola-boka-flot), which translates to “Yule Book Flood.” It’s the Icelandic tradition of exchanging books on Christmas Eve and reading them late into the night while enjoying hot chocolate, and I knew I wanted to be a part of it.

5 Reasons Why Reading Nonfiction is Actually Fun

July 18, 2021March 3, 2022Rebekah Kohlhepp

I was a #bookstagrammer for a hot minute. I really liked seeing everyone’s books, cute book pictures, and short reviews. About a year ago, I finally gave up on that account for several reasons, but one of the reasons was that I never really felt that I fit in with the bookstagram community. Those who do fit in will tell you it’s the best online community they’ve ever experienced, but there’s something they don’t mention: the #bookstagram community is overwhelmingly dedicated to fiction.