Grete Rachel Howland
@greterachel.bsky.social
Bookworm, beach bum, treehugger, horse girl, water baby, distance runner, exvangelical. Oh, and I wrote a book! How to Leave the Church is out now from Apocryphile Press: https://books2read.com/leavechurch
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For my last day of #20bookchallenge, I'm posting my own book! If you're curious about the #exvangelical experience or are one yourself, please check out my story! It's a blend of memoir and self-help--light on the bitter, high on the hope. Thank you for reading and sharing! Link in bio 💙📚 #booksky
Apart from some subtle (or in one instance, not subtle at all) authorial bias creeping into the writing, I'm grateful to have read this book and recommend it--just don't consider it the whole story.
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Review by grete_rachel_howland - Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
It's easy to see why this book receives the praise it does. Keefe relays the most recent polit...
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November 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Apart from some subtle (or in one instance, not subtle at all) authorial bias creeping into the writing, I'm grateful to have read this book and recommend it--just don't consider it the whole story.
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This one was really fascinating--such a rich text!
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Review by grete_rachel_howland - This Is How You Lose the Time War
I probably would not have picked up this book were it not for my book club deciding to read it...
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August 23, 2025 at 2:44 AM
This one was really fascinating--such a rich text!
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Not a favorite, unfortunately. The cover is really a treat, though!
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Review by grete_rachel_howland - Playground
There is much to like about this book. Powers is so skilled at weaving together the destinies ...
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August 23, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Not a favorite, unfortunately. The cover is really a treat, though!
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There’s so much out there about the lasting harms of purity culture when it comes to one’s relationship to sexuality, but I’m starting to realize being raised with the prosperity gospel fucked me up just as badly when it comes to my relationship to money
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July 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
There’s so much out there about the lasting harms of purity culture when it comes to one’s relationship to sexuality, but I’m starting to realize being raised with the prosperity gospel fucked me up just as badly when it comes to my relationship to money
#exvangelical #deconstruction
#exvangelical #deconstruction
Glad I finally got around to this one--it's a definite recommend.
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Review by grete_rachel_howland - Homegoing
A beautiful story of stories--a family's legacy expanding and then turning back in on itself. ...
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July 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Glad I finally got around to this one--it's a definite recommend.
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A decently fun time if you're not looking for anything too deep--good for a vacation read.
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Review by grete_rachel_howland - The Midnight Feast
A solid vacation read--the chapters are very short, it moves fast, there are multiple twists, ...
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May 30, 2025 at 9:37 PM
A decently fun time if you're not looking for anything too deep--good for a vacation read.
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Picked this one up used at a local indie bookstore. Not a life-changer, but I always try to remember what an incredible thing it is for someone to have written a book.
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April 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Picked this one up used at a local indie bookstore. Not a life-changer, but I always try to remember what an incredible thing it is for someone to have written a book.
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Given the literal definition of deportation is removing a foreigner or noncitizen from the country, we - journalists, media orgs - should probably all stop referring to the ‘deportation’ of a 2 year old US citizen. It’s NOT a deportation.
I’m not sure what it is. A kidnapping?
I’m not sure what it is. A kidnapping?
April 27, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Given the literal definition of deportation is removing a foreigner or noncitizen from the country, we - journalists, media orgs - should probably all stop referring to the ‘deportation’ of a 2 year old US citizen. It’s NOT a deportation.
I’m not sure what it is. A kidnapping?
I’m not sure what it is. A kidnapping?
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You guys don’t need to try to convince me that any form of AI has merit. It doesn’t. It is boring and half-assed. I am fine getting by with human brain power. If the world nears its end and AI has one hater left, good news! I am still alive.
April 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
You guys don’t need to try to convince me that any form of AI has merit. It doesn’t. It is boring and half-assed. I am fine getting by with human brain power. If the world nears its end and AI has one hater left, good news! I am still alive.
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A Black man won the presidency and they decided to burn the entire country to the ground so it won’t be something worth winning anymore.
April 9, 2025 at 1:51 AM
A Black man won the presidency and they decided to burn the entire country to the ground so it won’t be something worth winning anymore.
No shit Sherlock. It infuriates me in a way i can’t put into words that any of this is reported like it’s not been completely obvious what drives this man
Sources close to the president say Trump is tanking the economy for little reason beyond his grudges and long-running obsessions.
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Trump to America as Markets Crash: 'Sometimes You Have to Take Medicine'
Following Trump’s tariff announcement, stock market futures dropped again Sunday afternoon. Trump said he is not deliberately tanking the market.
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April 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
No shit Sherlock. It infuriates me in a way i can’t put into words that any of this is reported like it’s not been completely obvious what drives this man
Why do we make teenagers read textbooks when writing like this exists?
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Review by grete_rachel_howland - The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
Wilkerson conveys history with empathy, creativity, and clarity. If only we were all taught ab...
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April 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Why do we make teenagers read textbooks when writing like this exists?
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Russell Brand?!?!
Why is it always the ones you absolutely expect?
Why is it always the ones you absolutely expect?
April 4, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Russell Brand?!?!
Why is it always the ones you absolutely expect?
Why is it always the ones you absolutely expect?
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So glad comedy is legal again on X because this is gold!
April 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM
So glad comedy is legal again on X because this is gold!
My fellow eldest daughters raised in scary/unsafe homes who are trying to break cycles, I want to celebrate what a big difference we made for our siblings. How much work we did for them that maybe we didn’t even realize we were doing. What a blessing we were, even as we craved our own protectors.
March 28, 2025 at 3:20 AM
My fellow eldest daughters raised in scary/unsafe homes who are trying to break cycles, I want to celebrate what a big difference we made for our siblings. How much work we did for them that maybe we didn’t even realize we were doing. What a blessing we were, even as we craved our own protectors.
One of the best things I ever learned in school—from my 7th grade civics teacher who was a white dude, go figure—was that we allll have biases & the only way to weed them out is to name them. You’re already on the train—inaction is complicity.
A lot institutional leaders in the U.S. need to read this book right now:
March 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
One of the best things I ever learned in school—from my 7th grade civics teacher who was a white dude, go figure—was that we allll have biases & the only way to weed them out is to name them. You’re already on the train—inaction is complicity.
A lot institutional leaders in the U.S. need to read this book right now:
March 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM
A lot institutional leaders in the U.S. need to read this book right now:
Shutout babyyyy 🤘
March 23, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Shutout babyyyy 🤘
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The thing about so-called generative artificial intelligence is, the intelligence isn't artificial. It's real. It's OURS. The techbros stole our intelligence (our data, our thoughts, our stories, our art) and used the software to regurgitate it and spackle it together into digital particleboard.
March 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The thing about so-called generative artificial intelligence is, the intelligence isn't artificial. It's real. It's OURS. The techbros stole our intelligence (our data, our thoughts, our stories, our art) and used the software to regurgitate it and spackle it together into digital particleboard.
Thank the universe for TJ Klune. As with Cerulean Sea, this book left my heart bursting 💙📚 #booksky #thestorygraph
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Review by grete_rachel_howland - Somewhere Beyond the Sea
I think I've figured out what it is about this world that Klune built that so mesmerizes, deli...
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March 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Thank the universe for TJ Klune. As with Cerulean Sea, this book left my heart bursting 💙📚 #booksky #thestorygraph
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remember when all we had was blogspot and a dream
March 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
remember when all we had was blogspot and a dream