Silver in the Wood [Family Reads]
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Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh There is a Wild Man who lives in the deep quiet of Greenhollow, and he listens to the wood. Tobias, tethered to the forest, does not dwell on his past life, but he […]
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The Origin of Netflix [Family Reads]
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That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea by Marc Randolph Netflix’s triumph feels inevitable, but the twenty first century’s most disruptive start up began with few believers and calamity at every turn. […]
Lalani of the Distant Sea: A Filipino Fairy Tale [Family Reads]
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Why we chose Erin Entrada Kelly’s Lalani of the Distant Sea We originally considered reading Jeff Vandermeer’s Dead Astronauts. In the time of COVID-19, though, we were not up to the task. Ash suggested Lalani of the Distant Sea after […]
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Answering Kids’ Questions about Death [Family Reads]
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Ash began our conversation with “I have nothing to say about this book”. I felt the same way. I responded with “It’s short, it’s boring, it’s underwhelming” but we immediately agreed ‘boring’ wasn’t the correct adjective. The content of Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?…
Valour Road: How Three Men from the Same Street Earned the Victoria Cross in WWI [Family Reads]
Why we chose John Nadler’s Valour Road Mom and I didn’t have any particular ideas for this month. So, I asked Mom to pick fiction or non-fiction and then we browsed my to-read-fiction shelf on Goodreads. We landed on Valour […]