Don’t Sleep with the Dead by Nghi Vo [Fantasy Review]

8 April 2025 / review / 6 Comments
Don’t Sleep with the Dead by Nghi Vo [Fantasy Review]

Don’t Sleep with the Deadby Nghi VoSource: Hardcover/publisherPublished: 8 Apr 2025Publisher: Tordotcom (Macmillan)Length: 112 pages Genre: Historical speculative fictionTarget Age: AdultRepresentation: Gay protagonist Summary 💬 Nick Carraway―paper soldier and novelist―has found a life and a living watching the mad magical spectacle of New York high society in the late thirties. He’s good at watching, and he’s even better at pretending: pretending to be straight, pretending to be human, pretending he’s forgotten the events […]

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Stolen Pride: Loss, Shame, and the Rise of the Right by Arlie Russell Hochschild [Family Reads]

5 April 2025 / family reads / 4 Comments
Stolen Pride: Loss, Shame, and the Rise of the Right by Arlie Russell Hochschild [Family Reads]

Why we chose Arlie Russell Hochschild’s Stolen Pride: Loss, Shame, and the Rise of the Right I read Arlie Russell Hochschild’s Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on American Right back in June 2017. To this day, I remember it as the non-fiction read having the greatest impact on my understanding of a group of people different to myself: that is, right wing Americans. I immediately recommended it […]

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March 2025 Month in Review

1 April 2025 / month in review / 8 Comments
March 2025 Month in Review

Hmm, so March is over. I am experiencing a new phenomenon in which the weekdays go by quickly and the weekends go by quickly. And I haven’t even been doing anything interesting! Just the usual work, chores, exercise, read, wee bit of blogging… I hope this sensation goes away soon. I feel I barely have time to get anything done, even with an entire weekend available. For most of April, […]

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Misadventures in Ghosthunting and It Came From the Trees [MG Reviews]

20 March 2025 / brief reviews / 2 Comments
Misadventures in Ghosthunting and It Came From the Trees [MG Reviews]

Misadventures in Ghosthuntingby Melissa YueSource: Paperback/libraryPublished: Aug 2024Publisher: HarperCollins CanadaLength: 360 pages Genre: SupernaturalTarget Age: Upper middle grade (suitable for 10+)Representation: Characters are Chinese Canadian It Came from the Treesby Ally RussellSource: Hardcover/libraryPublished: July 2024Publisher: Delacorte Press (PRH)Length: 227 pages Genre: Paranormal horrorTarget Age: Middle grade (suitable for 9+)Representation: Main character is Black Is there a supernatural creature that’s your favourite to read about?(Would you rather face down Bigfoot or hunt angry ghosts?!)

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The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family by Jesselyn Cook [Non-Fiction Review]

16 March 2025 / review / 7 Comments
The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family by Jesselyn Cook [Non-Fiction Review]

The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family by Jesselyn CookSource: Hardcover/libraryPublished: July 2024Publisher: Crown (PRH)Length: 250 pages Genre: NonfictionTarget Age: Adult (suitable for +15)Representation: One family profiled is Black Summary 💬 “SHED MY DNA”: three excruciating words uttered by a QAnon-obsessed mother, once a highly respected lawyer, to her only son, once the closest person in her life. QAnon beliefs and adjacent conspiracy theories have had devastating political consequences […]

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