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Why we chose Danya Kukafka’s Notes on an Execution Ash had a lot of library books checked out at the end of 2023, including this one. She had checked it out because she’d seen it on several “Best Reads of 2023” lists. When I asked her which book we should do for Family Reads, she suggested I choose a book from her current check outs. I went with Notes on […]
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Alice Austen Lived Hereby Alex GinoSource: Hardcover/libraryPublished: June 2022Publisher: Scholastic PressLength: 176 pages Genre: Contemporary fictionTarget Age: +8Representation: Nonbinary protagonist, Black nonbinary supporting character, various queer supporting characters Summary 💬 Sam is very in touch with their own queer identity. They’re nonbinary, and their best friend, TJ, is nonbinary as well. Sam’s family is very cool with it… as long as Sam remembers that nonbinary kids are also required to clean their rooms, do […]
This is a low stakes post. A simple list of the books I read but didn’t review. A few of them I had intended to review and never did; most were never going to be reviewed anyway. If I had some quick thoughts on the book being rated while I was writing this post, then I noted those thoughts down. But all I really want to say is “I read […]
#24’s Result – The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea is a young adult fantasy – AND it’s told in first person. You probably know how I feel about YA fantasy and first person, so. Yup. I allowed that stunning cover to lure me in. But! I can see why this one might stand out a bit. There were a […]
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The Beautiful Something Elseby Ash Van OtterlooSource: Hardcover/libraryPublished: May 2023Publisher: Scholastic PressLength: 271 pages Genre: ContemporaryTarget Age: +8Representation: Assorted queer identities incl nonbinary, trans woman, unlabelled aro/ace I previously read Van Otterloo’s debut Cattywampus but have yet to pick up their sophomore novel A Touch of Ruckus. Both of those stories have a good dose of magic about them. This one is not magical (well, there’s a touch of it in the lightest gentlest mostly […]