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Bookhunter | Jason Shiga
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Wild and interesting but characters die on the page and there are old technology references that would probably confuse some readers. It helps to know what an old public pay telephone looked like for example or maybe what a microfiche reader was. Glad I borrowed this.

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My pictures aren‘t the best but this is a lovely good-for-all-ages light read. Clementine fox goes on a little adventure with her friends. Although I could do without the “I hate math” trope, I have no other complaints. Loved this and hope to see more soon!

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The trees help in this lovely graphic novel 🤩 that I‘m really enjoying!

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Panpan

This desperately needed a good editor and much more self-reflection. I‘m not a huge fan but I‘ve enjoyed some of his country hits. I was hoping for insight into that part of his new musical direction but there wasn‘t much at all. I‘m sorry I asked my library to get this for me, ugh!

dabbe #fanofthepan! 🤩🤩🤩 3mo
Smrloomis @dabbe I only finished it because I requested it but otherwise I would have bailed! 😅 3mo
dabbe @Smrloomis Better books are ahead! 🤩 3mo
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Pageboy: A Memoir | Elliot Page
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I loved this and was not much bothered by the nonlinear way he went about it (totally get that some readers will feel differently so no criticism meant to others‘ reactions). However I did have to skip some parts so check the TW on this one before reading or prepare to skip portions as I did. I loved this: “Let me just exist with you. Happier than ever.” Really glad I read this.

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“Child-free libraries” is a terrifying thought! https://bookriot.com/donnelly-public-library-adults-only/

wanderinglynn I could understand having child-only libraries (i.e., a library dedicated to children‘s literature & literacy), but a child free library? That‘s ridiculous. 5mo
Smrloomis @wanderinglynn yeah it‘s like child free playgrounds… it‘s an awful thought. 5mo
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Coming Home | Brittney Griner, Michelle Burford
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Don‘t want to spoil some details here…but the kindness of some of the ordinary Russians she meets is just making me tear up. This is an incredible read.

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Coming Home | Brittney Griner, Michelle Burford
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WNBA players “earn about 250 times less than NBA players and have a hard cap on salaries. In the WNBA that year I made around 220,000. Overseas, I earned a million plus. That pay gap is why I was in Russia in the first place.”

Bookwormjillk Didn‘t realize she has a book out 5mo
Smrloomis @Bookwormjillk just published! I was super excited to borrow a copy at my local library. 5mo
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On the idea of forcing kids to eat whatever we say they need to eat: “Without ever intending it, we‘re normalizing the idea that it‘s ok for somebody else to dominate your body, to decide what you put inside it - if they love you.” !!!

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Really good so far…

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Huh, this cover was super cute and I didn‘t at all expect cat eating monsters. Um. Not sure how I feel about this one.

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Her first call to her father after she was shot and the doctor told her not to cry. After she woke up she was constantly worrying about her father and how her family would pay for her medical care. I‘m reading this on my lunch break right now and that is the ONLY reason I‘m not bawling my eyes out!

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One of Malala‘s prayers: “Help us appreciate the school days that are left to us, God, and give us the courage to fight even harder for more.”

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Future books from LeVar Burton!! Someone sign me up for these 2026 and 2028 pubs - especially the inspirational memoir 😍

Smrloomis Oh also in case anyone‘s interested this came from Book Riot‘s Today in Books substack: https://todayinbooks.substack.com/ 8mo
vivastory Def will be reading the memoir 8mo
vlwelser I misread this and was questioning how he got a Women's prize nom. Someone needs a nap. 8mo
Smrloomis @vivastory I know, right?!! 8mo
Smrloomis @vlwelser ha ha I love that 😂😂😂 8mo
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Smrloomis
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Heart warming, filled with great illustrations and an innocent first crush before high school. Really good read that I recommend highly.

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John Paul Brammer is publishing a new children‘s book called Samara. He wrote: “Samara is, among other things, a love letter to those weird kids sitting in the very back of the classroom with their heads in the clouds, who doodle and take cracks at poetry and find comfort and refuge in language.” 🥳🥳🥳

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The Neighbor Favor | Kristina Forest
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“He‘d definitely popped up in her dreams dressed as an old school sexy elevator operator…” is HYSTERICAL to me for some reason 😂

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Roaming | Mariko Tamaki, Jillian Tamaki
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Liked this but didn‘t absolutely love it. Probably because I‘m way past the late teens/early 20s angst that drives the Canadian characters over the course of their 2009 NYC trip. Loved the art though and think it‘s a good read for the right readers.

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Poverty, by America | Matthew Desmond
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This book is so galvanizing. I finally finished it and hope everyone will read it.

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Poverty, by America | Matthew Desmond
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“Poverty isn‘t simply the condition of not having enough money. It‘s the condition of not having enough choice and being taken advantage of because of that.”

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“You are as good a cause to invest in as anything else, and your capacity to do good in the world around you heavily depends on your ability to live well.”

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Forgot to post a review but this is an excellent workbook style text for grownups trying to get their financial stuff together. You complete steps as Aliche guides and encourages you. I appreciate the clear way she lays out everything. Check this out if you could benefit!

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💕💕💕 “Instead of exerting all of your energy trying to convince someone of a truth you hold dear, spend more time living a life that exemplifies your values in a way that makes it difficult to refute the power of your perspective.” I love this! This would make a good daily meditations book.

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Finished this finally and loved it 🤩

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This book is phenomenal and everyone should read it. I LOVED it SO MUCH! 💗😍

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This is so so good 💗💗💗

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Found a lot to agree with here, even as someone whose family doesn‘t fall under the LGBTQIA2S+ identities. Glad to see more diverse perspectives being published (at least in some places) and hope this book reaches as many readers as possible 🤞🏽

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I LOVED this book and am so glad I finally got to finish it. Encouraging advice for families of all kinds 💕🌈 I also liked the illustrations a lot and actually thought they added to the text (something I don‘t always feel in books aimed at adults). Highly recommended!

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Big | Vashti Harrison
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I love Harrison‘s other books and this did not disappoint. I adored this book‘s illustrations and message. Everyone should read it. 💕💕💕

Lindy I agree. Great book! 10mo
Smrloomis @Lindy I know! Her illustrations and stories are so so good! (edited) 10mo
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Ok my picture (at a roller rink no less so the lighting is pretty weird) is terrible but this book is so SO GOOD 🌈🤩🥳

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How to Bird | Rasha Hamid
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Loved this 😍

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I LOVED THIS so much because Hollis is hysterical 😂😂😂. Even enjoyed his short “Worst of the Worst” section which included this revolting little recipe for Pickle Cheesecake 🤢

LeahBergen Oh, gross! Why is there sugar in the crust?? 😆 11mo
BkClubCare Someone sent me a Pickle Pie recipe once 😳 11mo
Smrloomis @LeahBergen I know!! As if the sour cream and goat cheese weren‘t enough!! 😂 11mo
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Smrloomis @BkClubCare I love dill pickles but I‘ve tried dill pickle beer and dill pickle popcorn - and found both to be just gross. 11mo
Soubhiville 🙊 no thanks! 11mo
Smrloomis @Soubhiville I love that he called it a “devil quiche” 😂😂😂 11mo
willaful @LeahBergen I made a recipe for “onion pie“ from an old cookbook and not having any saltines, did a Ritz cracker crust. I was afraid the sweetness of the Ritz would ruin it but it was actually super tasty and everyone loved it. 11mo
willaful This book looks like an absolute hoot! 11mo
LeahBergen @willaful That sounds really good. Ritz crackers have a good balance of salty and sweet. 😆 11mo
Tamra 🤣🤣🤣 11mo
Karkar I love his Instagram account. He makes some recipes and you get to see his sense of humor 11mo
Susanita That sounds awful 11mo
BkClubCare @willaful - 👏 11mo
willaful I'm gonna go see if I can get this as a last minute birthday present for my husband. 😁 11mo
Smrloomis @willaful YES! I adored this book and find him and his sense of humor delightful 🙃 11mo
Smrloomis @Susanita @Tamra YUP. Just gross! 11mo
Smrloomis @Karkar he‘s so funny! 11mo
PathfinderNicole My whole family says things like nilla! or eggies or moo juice whenever we‘re baking or cooking thanks to him 😂 we obviously love Hollis in this house! 11mo
Smrloomis @PathfinderNicole 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 11mo
TieDyeDude @wildalaskabibliophile loves seeing recipes like this on Facebook 😅 11mo
BookNAround Bwahahaha! My daughter might actually attempt this (and then have the gall to like it). 10mo
Smrloomis @BookNAround 😂 If she does, I‘d love to hear what she thinks!!! 10mo
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OMG I LOVE this 😂😂😂. I had no idea who Rock was before I started and the audio is incredible 💕💕💕

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Ram Dass on the death of a child: “Is anyone strong enough to stay conscious through such teaching [meaning great suffering] you are receiving?” Not from the tagged book but another compiled by Usher called Grief.

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From French writer Colette on finding a letter from her long dead mother: “How strange: one can successfully “hold” oneself very well in the hardest hours. But then, someone makes a friendly gesture behind a window, one notices a blossom which was just a bud yesterday - or a letter slips from a drawer - and everything falls apart.”

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Rainbow Shopping | Qing Zhuang
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I swore I posted this already but maybe I just imagined it? Anyway this is a great read about a girl who has recently moved from China to New York City by a woman who did that in her childhood. It‘s so sweet and the mom pulls the little girl out of bed “like a giant turnip”! 😍

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This is of course the absolute least of their worries but it‘s still so sad. It‘s 1975 and Saigon is now under Communist control and her family is trying to figure out how to survive…

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LOVE THIS SO MUCH. Book 1 ends on a cliffhanger!

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Salaam, with Love | Sara Sharaf Beg
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Cool YA sale! Wish I had room to get some of these…https://pangobooks.com/bookstore/heyella

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I‘m on page 15 and I already LOVE this and have to get book 2 💕💕💕

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Pickpick

These illustrations are so lovely!! 😍 Also this book has very little text - like a few lines every 10+ pages? but it still tells an interesting story 💕

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Pickpick

If you love Carle‘s illustrations, you‘ll love this book. It is just so beautiful 😍

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This is amazing and deserves all the hype. CW: sexual assault / rape, and repeated mentions of substance abuse (although addiction is not depicted on the page).

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Only a dozen pages in and this is just …wow!

Prairiegirl_reading Really good!! 2y
Smrloomis @Prairiegirl_reading YES! So true!!! 2y
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Other Words for Home | Jasmine Warga
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Written in verse, this is a fast and lovely read. Started it a long while ago so I‘m glad I finally got to finish it!

Blaire My son is currently reading this for school. Hoping to read it myself too. 2y
Smrloomis @Blaire definitely get a copy! It‘s a fast and endearing read. 2y
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The Last Mapmaker | Christina Soontornvat
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Very good so far… 🤩

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Pickpick

Great book and stunning illustrations.

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This picture doesn‘t do it justice but this book is so beautiful and interesting. Everyone should get a copy! And here is a quote: “Patience is the love of life.”

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Pickpick

Slim but good. For me this was a borrow not buy kind of book. It was a little too short but otherwise I liked it.

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Garlic and the Witch | Bree Paulsen
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My pictures don‘t nearly do it justice but I loved this second book in Garlic‘s adventures. Highly recommended.

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