Sophia Basaldua-SunReading at a tea shop. I picked this book because it was recommended reading in preparation for the Trump presidency round two.<br> <br> I’ve previously listened to Masha Gessen’s book on Putin, The Faceless Man, and their work is always so engrossing. I immediately feel my energy rising when I read them.<br> <br> A note on the tea. I gave up drinking caffeinated coffee because I’m a migraineur and caffeine is a known migraine trigger, so now I drink mostly non caffeinated teas.<br> <br> One of my favorites is soba cha that comes from this specific store in Green Point: Kettl. We ran out at home, so had to make a soba cha run and made a day of it out here.<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/books?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookstadon?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstadon</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookstagram?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstagram</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/whatimreading?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#whatimreading</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/booksandtea?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#booksandtea</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/politicalnonfiction?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politicalnonfiction</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/nonfiction?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nonfiction</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/nonfictionreader?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nonfictionreader</a>