Uploaded April 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
📚 the books! (links are bookshop affiliate links) 📚
The Address Book, by Deirdre Mask - bookshop.org/a/6319/9781250134769
Surviving Autocracy, by Masha Gessen - bookshop.org/a/6319/9780593188934
A Promised Land, by Barack Obama - bookshop.org/a/6319/9781524763169
World of Wonders, by Aimee Nezhukumatathil and illustrated by Fumi Makamura - bookshop.org/a/6319/9781571313652
Just Us: An America Conversation, by Claudia Rankine - bookshop.org/a/6319/9781644450215
Intimations, by Zadie Smith - bookshop.org/a/6319/9780593297612
🤓 Nonfiction Book Club 🤓
The Gene, by Siddhartha Mukherjee
May 15th, 2021 at 5 pm ET
For updates: nonfictionbookclub.substack.com/​
[Other Places to Find Me/My Work]
Twitter: twitter.com/okidoki_boki
Instagram: instagram.com/okidokiboki
Newsletter: okidokiboki.substack.com
host - Crash Course Organic Chemistry: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtONguuhLdVmq0HTKS0jksS4
writer - Journey to the Microcosmos: youtube.com/microcosmos
For business inquiries: deboki.reads@gmail.com
📚 the books! (links are bookshop affiliate links) 📚
The Address Book, by Deirdre Mask - bookshop.org/a/6319/9781250134769
Surviving Autocracy, by Masha Gessen - bookshop.org/a/6319/9780593188934
A Promised Land, by Barack Obama - bookshop.org/a/6319/9781524763169
World of Wonders, by Aimee Nezhukumatathil and illustrated by Fumi Makamura - bookshop.org/a/6319/9781571313652
Just Us: An America Conversation, by Claudia Rankine - bookshop.org/a/6319/9781644450215
Intimations, by Zadie Smith - bookshop.org/a/6319/9780593297612
🤓 Nonfiction Book Club 🤓
The Gene, by Siddhartha Mukherjee
May 15th, 2021 at 5 pm ET
For updates: nonfictionbookclub.substack.com/​
[Other Places to Find Me/My Work]
Twitter: twitter.com/okidoki_boki
Instagram: instagram.com/okidokiboki
Newsletter: okidokiboki.substack.com
host - Crash Course Organic Chemistry: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtONguuhLdVmq0HTKS0jksS4
writer - Journey to the Microcosmos: youtube.com/microcosmos
For business inquiries: deboki.reads@gmail.com
![revisiting the pop stars and indie bands of my youth | book review
the best part of nostalgia and 20 year trend cycles is that one day youll be old enough to buy the clothes your parents wouldnt let you buy in middle school
[Stuff Mentioned (note: the following includes affiliate links, if you click them, I may earn a small commission on any subsequent purchases)]
Open Book, by Jessica Simpson - https://bookshop.org/a/6319/9780062899965
Meet Me in the Bathroom, by Lizzy Goodman - https://bookshop.org/a/6319/9780062233103
Slow Burn, season 3 - https://slate.com/podcasts/slow-burn/s3/biggie-and-tupac
For more on Brooklyns culture and history - https://www.theroot.com/brooklyns-blackness-is-strongest-because-of-its-rich-di-1832924500
Next Nonfiction Book Club Discussion
I Contain Multitudes, by Ed Yong
September 12, 2020 at 5 pm ET
Other Places to Find Me
Twitter: https://twitter.com/okidoki_boki
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/okidokiboki/
Newsletter: https://okidokiboki.substack.com/
For business inquiries: deboki.reads@gmail.com
#bookreview #booktube revisiting the pop stars and indie bands of my youth | book review](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/__-NxpNcW_k/mqdefault.jpg)
![Book Hauls & Anti-Hauls | DISCUSSION
Thoughts on the recent discussion about book hauls, including discussion of what the recent trend of anti-hauls in the beauty world taught me about hauls in general.
[Videos Mentioned]
Ariel Bissett Why do Booktubers Make Hauls? - https://youtu.be/HW6Uskb2cas
Vanessa @ Splitreads How Booktubes Traditions Build Community - https://youtu.be/c_BsmSTF3cg
Paige @ The Minimalist Booktuber Conscious Consumerism & Book-Buying - https://youtu.be/f_e8yV_fs-8
Kimberly Clark WHAT IM NOT GONNA BUY (aka anti-haul #1) - https://youtu.be/U4x0KZ49UwU
Kimberly Clark LISTEN UP: Consumerism (I didnt mention this in my video, but also super worth a watch) -https://youtu.be/HPExBWjcm9c
[Other Places to Find Me]
www.debokic.com
Twitter: okidoki_boki
Instagram: okidokiboki
Goodreads: okidokiboki Book Hauls & Anti-Hauls | DISCUSSION](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/__xee9Wrgso/mqdefault.jpg)

![what i read after my second miscarriage
📚 the books! (links are bookshop affiliate links) 📚
The Miscarriage Map: What To Expect When You Are No Longer Expecting, by Dr. Sunita Osborn
Not Broken: An Approachable Guide to Miscarriage and Recurrent Pregnancy Loss, by Lora Shahine
What God Is Honored Here?: Writings on Miscarriage and Infant Loss by and for Native Women and Women of Color, edited by Shannon Gibney and Kao Kalia Yang - https://bookshop.org/a/6319/9781517907938
✨ other stuff mentioned ✨
my first miscarriage video - https://youtu.be/9say5IpaUzs
The Pregnancy Gap - https://www.science.org/content/article/which-medicines-can-you-take-when-pregnant-new-efforts-aim-crack-scientific-black-box
bookriot list of miscarriage books - https://bookriot.com/books-about-miscarriage-and-pregnancy-loss/
The Guardian Today in Focus podcast: In search of answers about miscarriage - https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2021/aug/09/in-search-of-some-answers-about-miscarriage-podcast
[Other Places to Find Me/My Work]
Twitter: https://twitter.com/okidoki_boki
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/okidokiboki/
Newsletter: https://okidokiboki.substack.com/
Crash Course Organic Chemistry: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtONguuhLdVmq0HTKS0jksS4
Journey to the Microcosmos: https://www.youtube.com/microcosmos
Tiny Matters Podcast - https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/tiny-matters.html
For business inquiries: deboki.reads@gmail.com what i read after my second miscarriage](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_wnldaSDdsk/mqdefault.jpg)


![Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia | REVIEW
Gods of Jade and Shadow - https://amzn.to/3aDZoZq
(Note: the above is an amazon affiliate link, if you click it, I may receive a small commission on qualifying purchases)
Silvia Moreno-Garcias essay Tell It How It Is - http://www.silviamoreno-garcia.com/blog/tell-it-how-it-is/
[Other Places to Find Me]
Twitter: https://twitter.com/okidoki_boki
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/okidokiboki/
Newsletter: https://okidokiboki.substack.com/
For business inquiries: deboki.reads@gmail.com Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia | REVIEW](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/acTOtEBRgzo/mqdefault.jpg)
![beach read & satisfaction guaranteed | a double romance review
Some timestamps
00:00 intro
03:59 the characters
11:40 what brings them together
20:35 what keeps them apart
23:40 final thoughts
📚 the books! (links are bookshop affiliate links) 📚
Beach Read, by Emily Henry - https://bookshop.org/a/6319/9781984806734
Satisfaction Guaranteed, by Karelia Stetz-Waters - https://bookshop.org/a/6319/9781538735527
🤓 Nonfiction Book Club 🤓
Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World, by Maryanne Wolf - https://bookshop.org/a/6319/9780062388773
November 13th, 5 pm ET
https://nonfictionbookclub.substack.com/
[Other Places to Find Me/My Work]
Twitter: https://twitter.com/okidoki_boki
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/okidokiboki/
Newsletter: https://okidokiboki.substack.com/
host - Crash Course Organic Chemistry: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtONguuhLdVmq0HTKS0jksS4
writer - Journey to the Microcosmos: https://www.youtube.com/microcosmos
For business inquiries: deboki.reads@gmail.com beach read & satisfaction guaranteed | a double romance review](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cjMxO90b6C4/mqdefault.jpg)
![December 2016 & January 2017 | MONTHLY WRAP-UP
[Works Mentioned]
DNF
A Sorceress of his Own, by Dianne Duvall
MEH
The Lady Julia Grey Mysteries, by Deanna Raybourn:
https://youtu.be/kbmRzTBfPK4
LIKE
Luckiest Girl Alive, by Jessica Knoll
LOVE
Unf*ck Your Habitat, by Rachell Hoffman: https://youtu.be/xOVbeiJ-wIc
Scandals and Scoundrels series, by Sarah MacLean
Love by Numbers series, by Sarah MacLean: https://youtu.be/v1HDmRsuYJE
Rebecca, by Daphne du Maurier
The Queen of the Night, by Alexander Chee
Big Little Lies, by Liane Moriarty
[Other places to find me]
Twitter: https://twitter.com/okidoki_boki
Goodreads: okidokiboki December 2016 & January 2017 | MONTHLY WRAP-UP](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/crD7scS43Dc/mqdefault.jpg)
![Sexual Harassment in STEM | STEM SYLLABUS
I wanted to try out something new and put together a reading/listening/watching list on things other people have made that have shaped my ideas about different things in science. Starting this off with a list of articles and podcasts about sexual harassment in STEM.
For an introduction to some of my thoughts on diversity in science/academia: https://youtu.be/TX2pHgFquBI
[LINKS MENTIONED]
Article: Famous Berkeley Astronomer Violated Sexual Harassment Policies Over Many Years
by Azeen Ghorayshi / BuzzFeed News
https://goo.gl/KdfZSh
Video/Podcast: Sexual Harassment and Gender Equity in Science
Azeen Ghorayshi, Sarah Ballard, Evelynn M. Hammonds, Christina Couch / MIT Comparative Media Studies
https://goo.gl/r4RQVb
Article: Reflecting On One Very, Very Strange Year At Uber
by Susan J. Fowler
https://goo.gl/2WR2Hr
Podcast: WTF is Happening at Uber?
Johana Bhuiyan, Kara Swisher, Lauren Goode / Too Embarrassed to Ask
https://goo.gl/3NWNM6
Article: Thinx Promised a Feminist Utopia to Everyone But Its Employees
by Hilary George-Parkin / Racked
https://goo.gl/6GC6no
Tyler Ford (@tywrent) twitter thread on their experience working with Thinx
https://goo.gl/qplF6B
[Other places to find me]
www.debokic.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/okidoki_boki
Instagram: okidokiboki
Goodreads: okidokiboki Sexual Harassment in STEM | STEM SYLLABUS](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/deag8h9lh6I/mqdefault.jpg)
![A (very broad) Intro to Science Writing + Scicomm Jobs
What is science writing? How do you find science writing jobs? I dont have all the answers, but hopefully this is a helpful place to start.
[Various People/Things Mentioned]
Bedtime Bookworm - https://www.youtube.com/c/bedtimebookworm
Journey to the Microcosmos - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBbnbBWJtwsf0jLGUwX5Q3g
National Association of Science Writers - https://www.nasw.org/
science.sam - https://www.instagram.com/science.sam/
AAAS conference - https://meetings.aaas.org/
List of science writing internships - https://code.likeagirl.io/where-to-find-science-communication-internships-53d7edea471e
Erin Winick (Twitter) - https://twitter.com/erinwinick
Erin Winick (Instagram) - http://instagram.com/erinwinick
AAAS Mass Media Fellowship - https://www.aaas.org/programs/mass-media-fellowship
MassiveSci - https://massivesci.com/
The Open Notebook - https://www.theopennotebook.com/
The Science Writers Handbook (note: this is an amazon affiliate link) - https://amzn.to/3aguRSl
Eurekalert - https://www.eurekalert.org/
[Other Places to Find Me]
Twitter: https://twitter.com/okidoki_boki
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/okidokiboki/
Newsletter: https://okidokiboki.substack.com/
For business inquiries: deboki.reads@gmail.com A (very broad) Intro to Science Writing + Scicomm Jobs](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eBVZgO54FnA/mqdefault.jpg)