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Listened to this last month and it was just a delight from start to finish! Kelly Bishop is such a humble and unpretentious person. Even when she knows she is talented, she doesn't brag about it. From her upbringing as a ballerina and through her acting career, she shows a deep love for the art of her profession above everything else. I laughed, I cried, I want to go rewatch Gilmore Girls
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A really interesting look at what we know and don't know about the history of gender nonconformity. With input from historians, this graphic novel presents our current best understanding of different kinds of gender identity throughout the past, as well as sharing voices from the present. The images are based whenever possible on historical records, though the artist also brings some humor. Would make a fantastic high school textbook.

#MonthlyNonfiction2025 August reads @julieclair

Off and racing with #MonthlyNonfiction2025 for September - this graphic nonfiction book about the Redbone rock band. It was just so-so for me, but interesting in parts.

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Read six books from my #BookSpin list and got two bingos.

#MonthlyNonfiction2025: The Mythmakers The Mad Files, One Day I'll Grow Up and Be a Beautiful Woman, and Puzzled.

Written by a reader, for readers, these lovely essays on the fun and foibles of a reading life are totally relatable for book nerds. I recognized myself in these pages! This was my #MonthlyNonfiction2025 pick for August.
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Here are my selections for my various reading choices this month. Excited to see what everyone else has chosen!

#ReadOrDonate - The Friend Zone

#MonthlyNonfiction2025 - The Last Pirate of New York

#ThematicCozies #Books - DyingToRead

#FictionalTraveler #EnglishSpeaking - The Museum of Ordinary People

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If like me, you grew up feeling you intimately knew movies you'd never seen, you might also enjoy these writings on MAD by authors & cartoonists. (Roz Chast & Art Spiegelman contribute short comics.) I was especially intrigued by pieces on the few women contributors and the Jewish influences on MAD, including a Talmud comparison! It needed pruning because there's a *lot* of repeated info, but overall a fun, nostalgic read.

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A heartbreaking, harrowing memoir that often had me in tears. Abi Maxwell loves all the family history in her New Hampshire town, until she discovers that her “nice“ neighbors have no compunctions about denying the rights and needs of her transgender/autistic child.

The book piles on dramatic emphasis a bit too much, but the text never fails to respect the author's daughters identity, which I admire tremendously.

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Found the sixties in this graphic memoir! #WickedWords @AsYouWish

Also my August nonfiction for #MonthlyNonfiction2025 @julieclair