Because I Was A Girl

Good concept, just ok execution. I liked that all sorts of women were included, not just authors or “famous” women. The stories ranged from great (Libba Bray, always) to not really sure why it was included. It could have done with some better format editting. There was no explanation why women were grouped into the decades. I assume that decade was when they were born? It definitely was in need of some front matter for setup. Also, I was about 4 stories in a wishing that each women had something that said what she did as a profession or why she was included, when I realized that at the bottom left of the picture was a small blue box that gave that information. I mean, I look at books for a living and this was not obvious to me - for sure the intended audience might miss this! I liked the timeline facts of women's history, but they also seemed relatively randomly generated.